Using The Illegal Images Workbook with Adults Who Have Viewed Child Sexual Abuse Media
Please note: This training is not eligible for CE credits.
Each registration includes a certificate for attendance. To be eligible for a certificate, you must attend the entire live training and complete an evaluation form within 24 hours following the live event.
The Illegal Images Workbook: Understanding and Changing Harmful Online Sexual Behavior offers professionals a structured, strengths-based tool for working with adults who have engaged in viewing or possessing child sexual abuse media (CSAM). Developed by Dr. David Delmonico and Elizabeth Griffin, the workbook supports a therapeutic process built around six interconnected areas of growth—emotion management, intimacy skills, deviant sexuality, out-of-control sexual behavior, technology use, and victim awareness.
Grounded in the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) framework and the Good Lives Model (GLM), principles, the workbook operationalizes these frameworks into accessible, experiential exercises that facilitate client accountability, motivation for change, and empathy for victims.
This four-hour workshop introduces professionals to the workbook’s treatment applications. Participants examine practical methods for incorporating workbook exercises into both clinical and probation environments, addressing barriers such as shame, minimization, and technology restrictions, and aligning workbook use with client-specific risk and responsivity factors.
Interactive Follow-Up Meeting
Attendees are invited to join an open discussion 15 minutes following the end of the training, where you can engage with fellow attendees by turning on your camera and microphone. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas. Time will be allocated to address questions or insights from the training. Please note that attendance is optional and will not affect your eligibility for a training certificate.
1) Describe the six treatment domains addressed in The Illegal Images Workbook and their relevance to CSAM-related behavior change.
2) Apply Risk-Need-Responsivity and Good Lives principles to the treatment of online sexual offense behavior.
3) Identify at least four common obstacles to change (e.g., shame, cognitive distortions, emotional avoidance, and digital disinhibition).
4) Demonstrate strategies for facilitating workbook exercises in both group and individual formats.
5) Integrate accountability, empathy, and technology-management skills into treatment goals to reduce dynamic risk.
Audience
This training is primarily for mental health and correctional professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, and LMFTs, as well as probation and parole officers and program administrators.
Content Level
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Who's Presenting
David L. Delmonico, PhD, LPC
Dr. David Delmonico is a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a passion for exploring the intersection of human behavior and the digital world. Holding a Ph.D. in Counseling and Human Development Services from Kent State University, he has spent over three decades studying Internet psychology, sexual addiction/compulsivity, and problematic/illegal sexual behaviors both online and offline.
In 2003, Dr. Delmonico co-founded Internet Behavior Consulting, LLC, with Elizabeth Griffin, MA, LMFT for problematic online sexual behavior. Through this work, he provides consultation and training for mental health professionals, law enforcement, and legal experts.
In addition to his latest work, The Illegal Images Workbook, Dr. Delmonico has co-authored four other books—In the Shadows of the Net, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, and Illegal Images
Despite his academic and professional achievements, Dr. Delmonico is best known among his colleagues and students for his approachable nature and ability to bring humor to even the most complex and uncomfortable topics. Whether unraveling the latest trends in cyber-behavior or sharing a lighthearted story, he strives to make learning both meaningful and enjoyable.
Elizabeth J. Griffin, MA, LMFT
Elizabeth Griffin, MA, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with forty years of experience in assessing and treating adolescents and adults struggling with problematic sexual behavior. She has worked in diverse settings, including inpatient and outpatient facilities, the military, prisons, and civil commitment programs.
Ms. Griffin lectures and consults nationally on the assessment and treatment of sexually compulsive behavior and sexual offense behavior. For the past 29 years, she has specialized in the evaluation and treatment of online sexual offense behavior. Ms. Griffin has also published numerous academic articles on issues related to problematic sexual behavior and is a co-owner of Internet Behavior Consulting.