Melissa Thornburg
Counseling
Scottsdale, AZ

Melissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZMelissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZMelissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZ

Melissa Thornburg
Counseling
Scottsdale, AZ

Melissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZMelissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZMelissa Thornburg Counseling Scottsdale, AZ
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    • Trauma Therapy Scottsdale
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    • Infidelity Trauma Therapy
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  • Home
  • Trauma Therapy Scottsdale
  • EMDR Intensive Scottsdale
  • Couples Therapy Arizona
  • Compulsive Sex Recovery
  • Infidelity Trauma Therapy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Clinical Supervision

Treating Addiction & Trauma

Treating Addiction & TraumaTreating Addiction & Trauma
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Individual, Couples & Group Therapy

Individual Trauma Therapy using EMDR to treat PTSD and other anxiety related issues.

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Relief & resolution of single events and complex trauma utilizing EMDR.

Couples Therapy in Phoenix using Emotionally Focused Therapy to improve the dynamic between Couples.

Couples Therapy in Scottsdale

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Both the EFT and PACT approaches can help Couples repair the bonds of partnership. Melissa specializes in supporting Couples experiencing Infidelity and Betrayal.

Sex Addiction Individual and Group Therapy in Phoenix and Prescott. Insurance accepted.

Sex and Porn Addiction Treatment in Scottsdale

Individual and Intensive Trauma Therapy In Scottsdale

Sex and Porn Addiction Treatment in Scottsdale

Melissa offers Individual and Group Counseling using an integrative model that can include Carnes' 30 Task Model.

Individual & Couples Therapy in Scottsdale

Trauma Therapy in Scottsdale

I am trained in and offer both evidence based and non-evidence based approaches to support your healing journey:

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) 

Somatic Experiencing and Embodiment Coaching 

Emotional Freedom Technique (known as Clinical Tapping)

Deep Brain Reorienting  

Trauma Sensitive Yoga  

Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises 

Polyvagal Theory in Therapy Approaches

Structural Dissociation  & Ego State Approaches 

Carnes 30 Task Model for treating Compulsive Sexual Behaviors


EMDR, Energy Psychology, Polyvagal and Somatic approaches can offer a great deal of relief and resolution, especially when combined to treat the complex trauma most clients have experienced. I believe our bodies have a story to tell and through the therapist ~ client connection, those stories can be shared, held and brought to a new understanding in support of wholeness and happiness.

Couples Therapy in Scottsdale

Everyone wants to be seen, heard and valued. My experience and training as an Emotionally Focused Therapist and Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapist allows me to provide marriage counseling through a humanistic lens, recognizing each individual within the partnership as an expert in the process occurring between them.  


I'm specifically trained as a Certified Sex Addiction and Betrayal Trauma Therapist through IITAP and APSATS. This makes my professional focus working with individuals, partners and couples experiencing challenges due to compulsive sexual behaviors and the betrayal trauma associated with those behaviors.

My Approach to Therapy

My experience, training and passion is for working with adults who experience challenges due to traumatic experiences, over a lifetime. that have led them to feeling, thinking and behaving in ways that have become counterproductive These experiences may result in symptoms of anxiety, depression, substance use and/or behavioral addiction (such as sex, porn, eating, working, exercise, spending, or gambling). Through integrative counseling and therapies including the AIP Model of EMDR, Somatic Embodiment  and Ego State Approaches along with Attachment and Neurodevelopment Theory, my goal for treatment is to help each of my clients learn to emotionally regulate themselves while learning the skills necessary to be more functional, and identify and live in alignment with their values in better connection with trusted others. 

Melissa Thornburg, LAC, works with individuals and couples seeking help for addictions & trauma.
Specializing in Sex Addiction and Infidelity Trauma

Melissa Thornburg, L.P.C., ASAT, CPS-C, RYT

Professionally, those letters behind my name mean that I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor, an Associate  Sex Addiction Therapist, a Certified Partners Specialist - Candidate, a Registered  Yoga Teacher and Trauma Releasing Exercise Facilitator - in training.  


I'm also trained in EMDR, S.E. and EF

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