{"product_id":"treating-child-sex-offenders-and-victims-a-practical-guide","title":"Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims: A Practical Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat forms of treatment are best suited for both the offender and the victim of child sexual abuse? How does treatment of sex offenders differ from that of other clients? Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims offers treatment alternatives for offenders and victims of child sexual abuse. Beginning with a concise overview which addresses both the prevalence of and responsibility for child sexual abuse  Salter presents an assessment battery specifically chosen for its relevance to sex offenders. Clinicians will find this a valuable --and long overdue--tool for measuring an offenders attitudes towards women  rape myths  cognitive distortions about child molesting  social skills  empathy  and alcohol abuse. In addition  practitioners are presented with several methods to treat offenders including group therapy  behavioral therapy  cognitive restructuring  and relapse prevention. For those involved in the treatment of victims  this insightful volume provides information on individual treatment  ways of minimizing trauma in victims within the legal system  and the use of and limitations of behavioral indicators of abuse. Finally  the importance of a therapeutic philosophy of treatment is emphasized  and a philosophy is advanced which holds the offender accountable for his or her behavior. Specialists in mental health  psychiatry  psychology  and social work will find the practical suggestions presented in this volume indispensable for their own professional work. \"Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims is  in essence  the first how-to-do-it manual for dealing with what is clearly one of the most vexing groups confronting therapists. The advantages of this work  over those that currently exist are many: It is the most realistic of all of those works that I have seen; it is the most practical by far; and  therapists of every description will be placing cases they have dealt with on every page.\" --Frank Bolton  Private Practice  Phoenix  Arizona \"I believe this book will contribute significantly to the literature in this discipline. . . . I find particularly valuable and unique the emphasis on program philosophy and the differences between treating sex offenders and more traditional clients. Further  Dr. Salter has integrated victim and offender treatment from both the clinical and educational perspectives  a rare but needed approach. The book is considerably enhanced by Dr. Salters inclusion in the appendixes of hands-on tools that will assist clinicians in implementing comprehensive program approaches. Dr. Salter has written a valuable book. --Fay Honey Knopp  Director  Safer Society Program \"Particularly useful for learning in detail about the difficulties of treating offenders. . . . She provides excellent summaries on identification of sexually abused children without skirting the problem of false reports  especially in the context of custody evaluations.\" --Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health \"Offers an excellent guide to the practitioner. . . . The book is written in a concise and efficient manner and covers an issue of grave concern. . . .Given its nontechnical presentation of relapse prevention  this book also provides a concise overview that many human services students would find helpful prior to volunteering or interning in the field. It is an important addition for certain specialized groups . . . including criminal court judges  probation officers who supervise child sex offenders  therapists  victim counselors  and social workers.\" --International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology \"This manual is well-written and presents relevant and useful material. It provides the mental health professional with useful information and tools to assess and treat child sex offenders and their victims.\" --Family Violence Bulletin \"The usefulness of the book rests primarily in its articulation of the special dimensions of offender treatment  in the provision of some very practical measures to assess offenders and in its suggestions to guide therapists through treatment and to develop relapse prevention programming.\" --Contemporary Psychology \"This essentially nuts-and-bolts book covers the occurrence of abuse  philosophy and structure of treatment programs  offender assessment  and treatment and spouse and victim issues. There are also 17 outstandingly useful appendices. A genuinely practical book though theory is not ignored.\" --Journal of the Institute of Health Education\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963031842869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803931824","price":37.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780803931824.jpg?v=1770404328","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/treating-child-sex-offenders-and-victims-a-practical-guide","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}