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Understanding Child Sexual Grooming – Part 3: Empowering Prevention and Collaborative Responses
In the first part of this blog series on child sexual grooming, we focused on uncovering and dispelling myths surrounding grooming, highlighting the ways families are often targeted as part of the grooming process. The second part shifted focus to examine both the short- and long-term effects of child sexual ...
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Supporting Survivors Through Effective Intervention with Those Who Cause Harm
As October approaches and we prepare for this year's annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), the theme "With Survivors, Always" calls on us to display unwavering solidarity with those who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). This commitment to safety, support, and solidarity is vital. A recent training on the ...
Paths to Effective Care: Timothy Kahn’s Five Decades in Sexual Behavior Treatment
When Timothy Kahn, MSW, CSOTP, began working with youths who had engaged in sexually harmful behaviors in the 1970s, he was just 18 years old. Now, after nearly five decades in the field, his perspectives on what leads young people to commit sexual offenses—and how to help them—have evolved significantly ...
Understanding Child Sexual Grooming – Part 2: Short- & Long-Term Effects on the Child
Understanding grooming’s long-term impact is critical for survivors and the families and professionals who walk alongside them. Healing requires both targeted strategies and a deep awareness of how child sexual grooming and abuse reshape lives. In the final post of this series, we’ll explore how working with the family and ...
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Early Intervention, Trauma-Informed Care, and Community Support
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about protecting children and supporting families. Among the many challenges in preventing abuse, one critical issue often overlooked is addressing problematic sexual behaviors in youths. Research shows that adolescents commit over 70% of sexual abuse against minors—substantially higher ...
Overcoming Obstacles to Accurate Personal Histories in Sexual Offense Cases
An accurate, comprehensive personal history is crucial for therapists to get to the root of a client's challenges, and it helps them look beyond surface-level symptoms to understand how past events and relationships have shaped the client’s harmful behaviors. By connecting current issues with past experiences, therapists can identify recurring ...
New Publication! Child Sexual Grooming
New Publication! Child Sexual Grooming, by Doyle Pruitt and Molly Wolfe, has been written to restore clarity and understanding about just what child sexual grooming is, how it is perpetrated, the impacts grooming has on the immediate victim of the abuse, as well as on his or her family and ...
