Level ISexual Offender & Addiction Treatment
- Pre-Treatment & Planning
- Reporting, Compliance, Truth & Disclosure
- Denial & Resistance Management
- Offense Discovery & Disclosure
- Pathology & Deviance
- Sexual History / Trauma / Family Issues
- Victim Impact / Butterfly Effect / Empathy
- Cycles & Stages of Offending
- Addiction & Personality
- Stigma, Social Ostracization & Isolation
- Self-Interdiction Strategies & Tactics - Internal
- Intervention Strategies & Tactics - External
- Relapse Prevention Planning
- Positive Social Networking
- Building Community Support
Level II Extended Phase (Ongoing)
- Lifestyle Change
- Managing Personal & Family Issues
- Healthy Sexuality
- Relationships & Intimacy
- Spirituality & Religion
- Healthy Habits & Lifestyle
- Addiction Management
- Self- Interdiction & Relapse Prevention
Sexual Addiction & Offender Treatment Program
This community based Sexual Offender & Addiction treatment program requires a mental health evaluation and risk assessment to begin treatment and participation in group therapy sessions. All participants are required to attend treatment plan reviews every 180 days to reassess risk, personal goals, and individual treatment needs. Some clients may be required to attend Extended Phase treatment as determined by risk, history, and personal factors. Regardless of the reason for seeking sexually related treatment services (addiction, probation, court ordered, marital, personal), counseling is individually tailored to accomplish each client's unique treatment needs and goals; that is, the program is highly structured but not "canned."
Each treatment focus area is based on and designed from contemporary sex offender -sexual addiction research and attempts to balance and bridge best treatment standards and outcomes from the Good Lives and Risk-Need-Responsivity models of forensic mental health treatment. Participants complete Cognitive Behavioral Treatment tasks (CBT) and participate in Structured Dialogical Group (SDG) exercises to explore program content to develop and engage personal narratives that promote pro-social decision making and positive life changes.
The focus of treatment is initially offense centered and then moves into root-cause factors and influences such as offense patterns, sexual addiction, substance abuse, family history, upbringing, pornography exposure and use patterns, self-esteem, self-concept, social (relationship) isolation, personality, power and control, deviance, spirituality, morality, and ethics.
The therapeutic environment for therapy is strictly monitored to insure that motivated participants are granted a fair opportunity to attend treatment from a positive and encouraging point of view to ultimately prevent relapse, re-offense, and make positive life changes. In the Good Lives program you will never be directly confronted or subjected to harsh tactics by the facilitator or other group members. You will, however, be helped and encouraged to achieve positive change through a wide variety of engaging discussions, exercises, and therapy experiences. The Good Lives program is faith neutral and promotes active spiritual exploration as a personal spiritual treatment goal.
The Good Lives Treatment Program provides a safe and confidential environment where personal growth and development is celebrated and encouraged by group members. As such, participants that act out hostility or persistently disrupt or resist efforts to promote a healthy environment for others may be asked to leave a treatment session or in rare cases, required to complete treatment individually.