Director of the Safer Society Continuing Education Center
Safer Society Foundation
About
A mental health practitioner of 40 years, David Prescott is the Director of the Safer Society Continuing Education Center. He is the author and editor of 25 books in the areas of understanding and improving services to at-risk clients. He is best known for his work in the areas of understanding, assessing, and treating sexual violence and trauma. Mr. Prescott is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Contribution award from the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA), the 2018 recipient of the National Adolescent Perpetration Network’s C. Henry Kempe Lifetime Achievement award, and the 2022 recipient of the Fay Honey Knopp Award from the New York State Alliance for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and New York State ATSA. He also served as ATSA President in 2008-09. Mr. Prescott currently trains and lectures around the world. His published work has been translated into Japanese, Korean, German, French, Polish, and Southern Tutchone. He has served on the editorial boards of four scholarly journals.
Publications
- Becoming the Man I Want to Be
- Becoming the Woman I Want to Be
- Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Men
- Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Women
- Convirtiéndome en el hombre que quiero ser
- Convirtiéndome en la persona que quiero ser
- Trauma-Informed Care: Transforming Treatment for People Who Have Sexually Abused
- Applying the Good Lives Model and Self-Regulation Models to Sex Offender Treatment
- Building a Better Life
- Building Motivation for Change in Sexual Offenders
- Enhancing Motivation in Treatment: A Case Study and Professional Development Planning Method
- Awakening Motivation for Difficult Changes
- Risk Assessment of Youth Who Have Sexually Abused
- The Safer Society Handbook of Sexual Abuser Assessment and Treatment: Chapter 5 – Motivating Clients to Change
Trainings
- Navigating the Challenges of Supervising Professionals Treating Sexual Aggression
- Motivational Interviewing for Adolescents and Young Adults: Style, Skills, and 4th Edition Insights for Addressing Sexual Offending Behaviors
- Using the New Edition of Becoming the Man I Want to Be: A Good Lives Model Workbook for Adult Males with Problematic Behaviors
- Clinical Supervision of Professionals Treating Sexual Aggression
- Rapid Approaches to Effectively Managing Complex Cases: Integrating the Therapeutic Alliance, Motivational Interviewing, and the Good Lives Model
- Using the American Psychological Association’s Guide for Inclusive Language
- Pornography, Social Media, and Teens: What Could Go Wrong? And What Can Be Done to Make it Go Less Wrong?
- Practical Application of the Good Lives Model
- The Good Lives Model with Justice-Involved Women
- Addressing Adolescent Exposure to Pornography
- Treatment with Adults Who Have Sexually Abused
- The Role of Empathy in Shaping the Lives of Justice-Involved Men