Sex-Offender Therapy: A "How-To" Workbook for Therapists Treating Sexually Aggressive Adults, Adolescents, and Children (Haworth Series in Clinical Psychotherapy)
Contains helpful information and guidance for skilled therapists engaged in the treatment of sex offenders... Outlines unique issues and characteristics for specific groups... Provides a framework and tools for establishing an environment of treatment and recovery for the sex offender. A series of questionnaires designed to elicit clarity for both the therapist and the client are helpful adjuncts to the therapeutic process... Offers hope to both those engaged as treatment providers and to individuals involved in the journey of reclaiming a healthy and productive life. --Alisa H. Moore, MSW, Executive Director, Mount Rogers Community  Services BoardThis compilation/book is a fount of user-friendly, no-nonsense information. What works well over time is rationally detailed and well-documented. Confidence as a therapist will be greatly enhanced by this timely publication --M. Anderson Douglass, MD, Psychiatrist and Medical Director,  Providence Service  CorporationUnique... It provides seasoned clinicians unfamiliar with treating this population a vision about how sex offender treatment compares to what they already know, while it also provides a user-friendly, detailed guide for the novice wishing to learn this highly specialized treatment. The case examples presented are excellent teaching tools regarding how to handle challenging group therapy situations successfully. Differences in treating men and women and how to appropriately alter modalities for adolescents and children are clearly outlined... Will make the Sexual Recovery Therapy Model highly accessible to anyone who takes the time to read it. --Rana Duncan-Daston, MSW, LCSW, EdD., Radford University School of Social Work, Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon, Virginia