A Practitioner’s Guide to Working with Sexual Offenders, Families, and Victims. Demystifying Sexual Offences

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This unique text aims to cover the many variations of presentations that a mental health professional needs to address in order to conduct effective work with sex offenders and alleged offenders, their victims, as well as their families and children.

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The book is divided into three sections. It commences with an overview of the criminal justice process and its ramifications, not just for the alleged offender, but also for the wider family and friends who may feel totally out of control over what is happening in their lives, as well as for the victim. It also covers the secondary victimisation of the children of alleged offenders. The next section is designed to take some of the fear out of working with these clients, looking at unexpected specific issues that may be presented with these clients, how to address the client’s trauma history, and how to support them on their journey through the criminal justice system. Chapters include working with non-offending partners, within minority groups like those within the neurodivergent or LGBTQIA+ communities, with women who commit offences, as well as with children and adolescents. Section three covers some of the therapeutic ethical dilemmas within this work, including supervision, confidentiality, safeguarding, and disclosure. Each chapter in the book is written by an experienced, hands-on therapist, giving voice and humanity to their clients.

This book is designed for all the mental health workers who find the ubiquitous issue of sexual abuse, in all its forms, coming through their office door.

 

Table of contents

Section 1 - The Knock and its Consequences.   

  1. When worlds collide: The secret lives and everyday lives of perpetrators of online sexual offenders clashing, with the devastating reality of the knock! 

Tom Taylor and Glyn Hudson-Allez 

  1. The Victim’s Voice                                                                       

Antounette Philippides 

  1. Addressing trauma and secondary harms in families where a parent is suspected of possession of child sexual abuse material. 

Mike Sheath 

  1. Social Work assessment and response to primary and secondary child victims: an examination of risk assessment, safety planning, and relationships within a context of shock, stress and trauma.  

Emma Barwell and Louise Wilcox  

 

  1. The Pathway Through the Criminal Justice System Before and After Conviction  

Glyn Hudson-Allez 

  1. Sex Offenders in Numbers and the Impact of Therapy.        

Michael Stock 

 

Section 2 - Working with the variety of presentations; not a one-size-fits-all approach. 

  1. The therapeutic journey, working with fear, loss, and shame. 

Ian Richards 

  1. Do I Stay or do I go?! The Non-Offending Partner.                      

Trudy Hannington 

  1. Working therapeutically with men who have sex with men who commit sexual offences.   

John Goss 

  1. Prevention: where the journey begins when working with children.    

Terri Van Leeson 

  1. “How did I get into this? How could I have been so stupid?” The high-functioning neurodivergent client.          

Clare Allely 

  1. Are women who commit sexual offences mad or bad?            

Glyn Hudson-Allez  

  1. Training qualified counsellors to work with individuals who have sexually offended or who pose a sexual risk.             

Andrew Smith 

 

 

Section 3 - Thorny Issues 

  1. Supervision of therapists who offer therapy to clients who sexually offend or who are affected by a sexual offence.           

Sue Maxwell 

  1. The Therapists View of Safeguarding and Risk.                          

Dana Braithwaite 

  1. Making Disclosures of Crime or Serious Harm

Matthew Graham 

  1. Correspondence with the Criminal Justice System needn’t be scary. 

England & Wales:   Terri Van Leeson and Glyn Hudson-Allez  

Scotland: Sue Maxwell  

Northern Ireland: Joan Birkmyre 

  1. The Last Word: A Client’s Voice “Matt’ 

 

Reviews

'This book is an invaluable contribution to the field of sexual abuse prevention. This book compiles insights from numerous experts who have dedicated their careers to addressing and preventing sexual abuse. It stands as an essential resource for professionals working in this challenging area of therapy, making it a highly recommended addition to theirs, or anyone interested in this area, bookshelves.'

Anthony Beech, Professor (Emeritus) in Criminological Psychology

'I am proud to be a Patron of StopSo, and equally proud of the work our therapists do to tackle the threat of child sexual abuse.  The latest assessment of the number of children affected by online sexual abuse and exploitation is staggering, we are facing a global pandemic and a public health crisis. If we are to stand any hope of combatting the threat, it is going to require a whole system response. Whilst a victim focus is imperative, and one that should never be forgotten, one element of the response has to focus on working with offenders.

This book provides an invaluable insight into the complexity of the work and the challenges therapists face dealing with offenders seeking help and the impact it has on their lives and those of their families.'

Simon Bailey, CBE, QPM, DL, MSt (Cantab) Chair of the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI)