Providing Treatment to People Who Categorically Deny Their Sex Crimes of Record
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People who have been convicted of sex crimes and are mandated to treatment often present with complex clinical and ethical challenges. Treating those who categorically deny having committed the sex crime for which they have been convicted can be particularly challenging. The Rockwood program in Ontario developed and implemented a model approach to engaging these individuals.
In this training, Dr. Liam Marshall describes the Rockwood program for treating people who categorically deny offending. He describes the model itself and the qualities of professionals who are most effective in implementing it. Dr. Marshall also offers practical advice and describes the challenges that professionals face in implementing it.
1) Identify common reasons why people deny crimes that they have, in fact, committed
2) Distinguish between the four qualities of effective professionals who provide treatment to these individuals
3) Explain the factors that increase the risk that a person will be subject to further allegations of abuse
4) Plan and implement treatment exercises that will increase the likelihood that the client will more fully participate in treatment
Audience
This training is for professionals working with people who have experienced complex trauma as well as people who have perpetrated abuse. Professionals who will benefit from this training include social workers, psychologists, clinical counselors, and interested paraprofessionals.
Content Level
Disclosure
Continuing Education Approval
American Psychological Association (APA)
Safer Society Foundation, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Safer Society Foundation, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Who's Presenting
Liam Marshall, PhD
Liam has an extensive background encompassing over 20 years as a therapist and consultant in many correctional and mental health facilities. In 2013, Liam joined Waypoint as a researcher in the Research and Academics Division, along with being a clinician in the Provincial Forensic Programs Division (high-secure division). He has conducted research, provided treatment, training, and consulting on offender and offenders with mental health problems for over two decades at several institutions and facilities. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including four books, including, most recently, The Wiley-Blackwell handbook on the assessment, treatment, and theories of sexual offending. Volume: Treatment (John Wiley & Sons), co-edited with Dr. W. L. Marshall. He is a board member and reviewer for many international journals, including Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. He has made numerous international conference presentations on offender and mental health issues regarding sexual behaviours, as well as on anger disorders, domestic violence, and problem gambling. Liam has delivered trainings in over 20 countries for therapists and other staff who work with sexual, violent, and other offenders, as well as offenders with mental health problems. He attained his PhD in Developmental Psychology at Queen’s University in 2010, and has a BA (Hons) and MA, also both from Queen’s.