Suicide Prevention: Combining Compassion, Connection, and Client-Centered Solutions
Addressing suicide prevention requires a multi-faceted, community-wide effort. By working together, we can create stronger, more compassionate communities that support mental health and well-being for all.
This Suicide Prevention Month, let us recommit ourselves to being allies and advocates for those struggling with suicidal thoughts. By creating safe, supportive spaces and fostering human connections, we can make a meaningful difference in suicide prevention efforts.
A Solution-Focused Approach to Preventing Suicide
During the six-hour training, John Henden, MBACP FRSA, offers a fresh re-examination of current risk assessment, management, and medication methods. Henden provides straightforward skills for talking frankly with clients about the subject of suicide itself. This training begins with what practitioners can do in the initial moments of a therapeutic encounter and then turns to the specialized techniques of the solution-focused approach.
Evaluating and Writing Reports on Adults Who Have Sexually Offended
This training helps you understand how to integrate your knowledge of actuarial risk assessments, the principles of risk, need, and responsivity, motivational interviewing, and report-writing skills into a comprehensive, ethical psychosexual evaluation report. Evaluations can be necessary at various points in the criminal justice process and for many reasons.
Circles of Support & Accountability: Involving the Community in Sexual Violence Prevention
This training provides an overview of the Circles of Support & Accountability (CoSA) model of community supervision and management of persons who have sexually abused. It provides a review of what does and doesn’t work in the implementation of this model. It offers critiques of other supervision and management approaches as well as an examination of how people desist from criminal behavior. Dr. Wilson will then discuss what is needed to begin implementing CoSAs. Finally, he will explore why CoSAs work and summarize the extant research on their effectiveness.
How Humanistic and Existential Approaches Can Improve Our Treatment of Male Sexuality and Men Who Abuse
This presentation begins with an overview of existential psychotherapy and the evolution of couples and sex therapies. It examines how men experience intimacy and how sexual dysfunction can result from trauma.
This is not a presentation on male anatomy, nor is it a workshop designed to teach clinicians how to improve the sex lives of their clients. Rather, the presentation focuses on the existential lives of men and how much of men’s concerns are communicated through the functioning of the penis.
Conducting Risk Assessments for Child Safety Planning
Written by Robert J. McGrath, MA Tragedies often trigger a range of responses, some beneficial and others not. In 2006, the sexual assault and murder …
How to Align Treatment Programs with Best Practices
This online training guides professionals working with adults in a community or residential setting who have committed a sexual offense through the process of assessing a program and making the necessary adjustments to ensure that the program offers top-quality services and a safe therapeutic environment. McGrath begins the training by reviewing the evidence for effective treatments by asking what works, with whom, using what interventions, in what settings, and for what outcomes. He then discusses best practice resources and strategies, providing a roadmap for program design decisions.
Bridging Divides: Dr. Alissa Ackerman Honored with the 2024 Gail Burns-Smith Award
Dr. Ackerman’s selection for the Gail Burns-Smith Award is a testament to her exceptional ability to unite people and build bridges across research, practice, and policy. Her work embodies the spirit of Gail Burns-Smith, who was one of the first advocates to recognize the importance of collaboration between victim advocates and those working in sex offender management.
As we celebrate Dr. Ackerman’s achievements, we recognize her as a true pioneer in the field of sexual violence prevention and treatment. Her dedication, courage, and innovative approaches continue to inspire and drive positive change in addressing one of society’s most challenging issues.
New Events Added to the Calendar
The Safer Society team has been busy adding new events the CE Center’s lineup, introducing an exciting array of opportunities for professional development! Among the …