1st Edition

Working with Offenders who View Online Child Sexual Exploitation Images

By Lyne Piché, Anton Schweighofer Copyright 2023
232 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This comprehensive workbook addresses the use of illegal online sexual images. Focusing specifically on child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM), it offers a clear and professional manual for use with men who use CSEM. Working with clients who access illegal online images is challenging work. CSEM clients have unique characteristics and treatment needs. Designed around practitioner and client... Read more

Introduction

1. First Steps

2. Do I want to change?

3. The road to CSEM

4. Treatment Approaches

5. Fantasy Management

6. Dealing with Emotions and Sex

7. Thoughts and Offending

8. Sexual Management: Advanced topics

9. Relationships, Community and Loneliness

10. Other Roadblocks

11. Internet Health

12. My safety plan

13. Accountability

14. Concluding comments

Biography

Lyne Piché is a registered psychologist who has worked in the field of forensic psychology for 25 years. She works in private practice in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

Anton Schweighofer is a registered psychologist who has worked in the field of forensic psychology and addictions for 25 years. He works in private practice in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

"Lyne Piché and Anton Schweighofer have made an important contribution in developing this workbook for clients concerned or in trouble for their use of sexually explicit materials depicting children, and the clinicians who work with these clients. Drawing on their many years of clinical experience working with these clients, and their solid knowledge of the latest scientific literature, Piché and Schweighofer provide an evidence-based program addressing the most common treatment needs in this population in a sensitive and nuanced manner. Clinicians and clients will greatly benefit from this excellent treatment resource".

Dr. Michael Seto, Forensic Research Director, University of Ottawa's Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Professor in Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Canada.