TREATMENT COMPONENTS

There are three primary aspects to the SEXUAL OFFENDERS TREATMENT PROGRAM:

  1. The patient must develop full victim empathy. That is, the patient must understand the depth and potential damage that their offending behavior has inflicted upon the victim.
  2. The patient must be fully accountable for all his/her offending behaviors and make full disclosure, no matter how minor the issue is, at the beginning of each therapy session.
  3. The patient must design a very careful and highly detailed sex offending relapse-prevention plan which will setup continuing treatment and recovery for a minimum of two to three years post-discharge from this program.

TREATMENT FOCUS:
Typical issues addresed are: sex offender relapse prevention; victim impact awareness and empathy development; responsiblity for one's own actions; dealing with different emotions, such as anger, depression, arousal management, and urge control; substance abuse; own victim issues; conflicts with authority figures; social and relationship skills; sexuality, both normal and abnormal; sexual conflict; full disclosure of sexual offenses; identifying distorted thinking; medical evaluation relevant to conditions affecting treatment compliance and arousal control.

FAMILY RESOLUTION:
Issues related to impact on the family must be resolved as part of sex offender treatment. Family resolution may take many paths. Family disruption and family reunification are among the many possible outcomes. The specific course of treatment will depend on the family resolution pathway chosen by the family, the sex offender, and the representatives of the court.

CONFIDENTIALITY: Patients must know what information will and will not be communicated to others, how it will be communicated, and to whom it will be communicated. This is accomplished through the appropriate use of written waivers of confidentiality, and informed consent prior to commencing treatment.