Sex-Offender Therapy

Sexual abuse, sexual addiction, and sexual offending have become a significant clinical problem. Successfully treating these disorders is the first step toward preventing future victims. Sex-Offender Therapy is a practical workbook for clinicians who deal with sexually aggressive adults, adolescents, and children. This invaluable professional resource focuses on how to treat patients--male and female--impaired by sexual addiction, sexual disorders, sex offending, and other sexual misconduct behaviors.

Rudy Flora, Joseph T. Duehl, Wanda Fisher, Sandra Halsey, Michael Keohane, Barbara L. Maberry, Jeffrey A. McCorkindale, Leroy C. Parson

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Sexual Recovery Therapy. Using Sexual Recovery Techniques. Clinical Sex Disorders. Acknowledgment. The Stand-up Presentation. The Four-phase Program. Working with Difficult Sex Offenders. Trauma. The Cost of Offending. Adult Male Patients. Adult Female Patients. Antisocial Disordered Patients. Triggers. The Clinical Interview and Report-writing. The Penile Plethysmography. The Polygraph. Relapse-prevention Plan. The Treatment of Sexually Aggressive Youth. Sexual Recovery for Children and Adolescents. Sexually Aggressive Children and Adolescents. Defense Behaviors. Dual-diagnosis Patients. Self-esteem. Group Therapy. Sexual Addiction. Family Reunification. Risk Assessment. The Internet. The Therapist's Role in Teaching Protection Methods to Children and Adults. Conclusion. Appendix I: The Psychosexual Evaluation. Appendix II: Juvenile Psychosexual Evaluation. Appendix III: Case Study of a Sexually Aggressive Child. References. Index.