CHAPTER 12 - Family Therapy with Adult Sexual Offenders

by Becky Palmer

• • The Benefits of Family Therapy

• • Understanding the Family As a System
    • • Elements of the Family System
    • • The Family Constellation

• • The Role of the Family Therapist
    • • Forming a Family Therapy Group
    • • When the Offender Denies the Abuse

• • Assessment and Evaluation in Family Therapy
    • • Primary Concerns in Assessment and Evaluation
    • • Common Family Assessment Tools

• • Conducting Family Therapy
    • • Communicating That Change Is Possible
    • • Developing the Family Treatment Plan
    • • Working with Families of Sexual Offenders
    • • The Visitation Safety Plan

• • Resolution and Reintegration

• • Summary and Conclusions