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The principles of effective correctional rehabilitation, also known as risk, need, and responsivity (RNR) have become recognized as an essential foundation for the treatment of individuals who have committed sexual offenses. While research has demonstrated the importance of these principles, many agencies face challenges in moving existing programs to this model. Examples of these challenges include:
Mental health professionals frequently serve as expert witnesses in court cases in which juveniles face the possibility of being prosecuted as adults. Neuroscience and psychosocial development research support the findings that adolescents are less capable of mature judgement and more vulnerable to negative external influences, but also have a greater capacity for change and reform. Research has also identified indicators of normative psychosocial maturity associated with desistance from antisocial behavior, even among serious juvenile offenders. Landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases have been based on elaborating fundamental differences between adolescents and adults that inform decisions about criminal culpability, responsibility, and sentencing.
Young people with a history of sexually harmful behaviors tend to display a striking lack of self-regulation and relationship-building skills. In this workshop, the presenters first explore two treatment approaches: Dialectical Behavior Therapy and multi-sensory interventions employed in recreational therapy. They then introduce workshop participants to a suite of interventions that are based on those approaches and can be used to infuse group-based and individual therapy sessions with effective, ap
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …