Marriage Fully Alive

About Dr. Corey Allan

Knowledge that leads
to action. Every time.

My work aims to hit the sweet spot between knowledge and action. I collaborate with you to discover the foundational information you need — and follow it up with conversations and actions you can take up right away.

This work is a profoundly simple approach, yet extremely difficult to pull off. But it is well worth the effort and sacrifice.

PhD, Marriage & Family Therapy
Licensed MFT — TX #200944 · Board Approved Supervisor
In practice since 2002
Host, Sexy Marriage Radio (700+ episodes · 14 years)
Author, Go First: It Will Cost You. It’s Worth It.
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Dr. Corey Allan
Dr. Corey Allan
PhD, LMFT · Marriage Fully Alive
20+
Years working with couples and individuals
775+
Podcast episodes of Sexy Marriage Radio
14
Years of weekly SMR episodes — still going
30+
Years married to Pam

The 100-year mission

One marriage.
100 years
of impact.

I’m working to impact one marriage at a time — because that marriage could produce kids who get married, who have kids who get married, and on it goes.

“That one marriage could create a legacy that is felt 100 years from now. That’s the mission. And that one marriage is yours.”

Since I began working with couples and individuals in 2002, I’ve had one goal: assisting people in living life fully alive. Not just surviving their marriage. Not just managing conflict. Becoming fully themselves inside of it.

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Knowledge + Action
The sweet spot between knowing what to do and actually doing it — in your marriage and your life
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Growing Up
Not fixing your spouse. Not managing symptoms. Becoming more yourself — more resilient, more honest, more fully alive
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Faith-Grounded
Integrating clinical rigor with a faith dimension that takes Scripture seriously without offering pat answers
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Generational Change
One healthier marriage creates healthier families, for generations — that’s the 100-year vision behind every session

The approach

Sexual-marital therapy.
Differentiation-based.

My approach is more aptly described as sexual-marital therapy and coaching. Beyond the treatment of normal dysfunctions, the goal is to help clients achieve their fullest sexual potential — and in the process, become more independent, grown-up, emotionally free, and spiritually developed.

“Nobody’s ready for marriage — marriage makes you ready for marriage.”
— David Schnarch, Passionate Marriage

This is a profoundly simple framework. It is also extremely difficult to pull off — because it requires you to grow as a person, not just learn new communication techniques. But the results last. And they ripple.

I’m a runner, a person of faith, and someone who believes the best marriages are built by two people committed to becoming better versions of themselves — for each other and for the world.

Also from Corey & Pam

Sexy Marriage Radio

14 years of honest, weekly conversations about marriage, sex, differentiation, desire, and what it means to go first. Free. 700+ episodes. Start anywhere.

Listen at SMR.FM →

The journey

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Education
PhD, Marriage & Family Therapy
Advanced training in systems theory, differentiation-based models, and sexual-marital therapy
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2002
Private practice begins
Working with couples and individuals from the DFW area — and eventually worldwide via Zoom
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2012
Sexy Marriage Radio launches
Weekly podcast with Pam — now 700+ episodes, 14 years running, listened to in dozens of countries
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Ongoing
Board Approved Supervisor
Training and supervising the next generation of marriage and family therapists in Texas
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2016
Naked Marriage — The Book
First book — a guide for couples ready to strip away pretense and build a marriage grounded in honesty, vulnerability, and real intimacy
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2026
Go First — The Book
The framework behind 20+ years of clinical work and 775+ episodes — in one place