Working Therapeutically with Aberrant and Offending Sexual Behaviours. A Harbour Therapy Clinic professional development event. September 8 & 9 2015. Surf Club Park Beach, Coffs Harbour NSW
SKU:
A$465.00
A$465.00
This two day workshop being hosted by Harbour Therapy Clinic in Coffs Harbour aims to provide
participants with an overview of contemporary models for understanding aberrant
sexual behaviour and sexual violence and to equip participants with a framework
to assist in making decisions about the potential risks of
allowing contact with children. It will also highlight the complex issues
associated the rise in reporting of sibling sexual abuse in the family context
and how to work with the child and adolescent offenders. For more information contact us.
Facilitated by:
Dr Karen Owen PSM, MAPS, Forensic and Clinical Psychologist- Melbourne (VIC)
Bea Raymond, MAPS, Forensic and Organisational Psychologist- Melbourne (VIC)
Dr Ian Nisbet, MAPS, Forensic Psychologist- Coffs Harbour (NSW)
Please pay via the following methods.
Cheque:
Rowena Bianchino
Harbour Therapy Clinic
PO Box 4113 Coffs Harbour Jetty NSW 2450
or
Direct Deposit:
Rowena Bianchino
or proceed to EFTPOS payment option on this site.
Facilitated by:
Dr Karen Owen PSM, MAPS, Forensic and Clinical Psychologist- Melbourne (VIC)
Bea Raymond, MAPS, Forensic and Organisational Psychologist- Melbourne (VIC)
Dr Ian Nisbet, MAPS, Forensic Psychologist- Coffs Harbour (NSW)
Please pay via the following methods.
Cheque:
Rowena Bianchino
Harbour Therapy Clinic
PO Box 4113 Coffs Harbour Jetty NSW 2450
or
Direct Deposit:
Rowena Bianchino
or proceed to EFTPOS payment option on this site.
In the wake of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse there is an ever increasing awareness and emphasis on issues of child safety in our homes, institutions and community. It is increasingly likely that practitioners in a range of support and helping professions will come into contact with men women and adolescents who have either disclosed or been convicted for sexual offences or are facing allegations of sexual violence. Risk Assessment and family intervention is increasingly required in correctional, mental health, counselling and community based service settings. In particular it is necessary to balance the complex and challenging task of recognising the contextual and potential risk factors to ensure the future safety of children.
This workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of contemporary models for understanding aberrant sexual behaviour and sexual violence and to equip participants with a framework to assist in making decisions about the potential risks of allowing contact with children. It will also highlight the complex issues associated the rise in reporting of sibling sexual abuse in the family context and how to work with the child and adolescent offenders.
A practical model for working with sexual offenders
At the completion of the workshop you will be able to;
1. Identify the factors to determine a risk associated with sexual offending behaviour.
2. Determine risk levels associated with concerning sexual behaviour
3. Use research information to defend your case decisions
4. Make sound recommendations for the level and type of contact, if any, with the offender (or alleged offender) has with children.
5. Working with clients across the lifespan including child and adolescent sibling abuse and elder abuse.
6. Critically analyse and discuss prominent myths and discourses and our own bias and concerns in relation to aberrant sexual behaviour in the community including issues of consent for BDSM.
7. Develop, understand and practice skills of engagement in a therapeutic and forensic context.
8. Develop an understanding of the importance of self-care when working in this challenging area of mental health.
This training attracts 16 CPD hours with APS, AASW, CAPA NSW and ACA. Contact us:
For more information or to register your interest in this training please contact Rowena Bianchino :
FACILITAT0R BIO's
Dr Karen Owen PSM, MAPS, Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
Karen is a Registered Psychologist and a Member of the APS Colleges of Forensic and Clinical Psychologists. She has 30 years experience working with people who display challenging and dangerous anti-social behaviours in mental health and correctional settings.
Karen is recognised both nationally and internationally as a leader in sex offender assessment and treatment. Karen is the former manager of Corrections Victoria’s Sex Offender Programs and was instrumental in the programs development, implementation and its subsequent success across prison and community correctional services. The program was highly regarded throughout Australia as delivering best practice assessment and treatment. She has also assisted in the development and evaluation of treatment programs nationally.
She has and continues to provide training and consultancy in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending behaviours and protective behaviours of non-offending parents/care givers to other jurisdictions around Australia. She has published two book chapters about sex offender treatment and presents at conferences nationally and internationally.
Karen was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2007 Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her outstanding public service in the development of policy and the management, treatment and rehabilitation of sexual offenders. She also received a Justice Award in 2007 for her role in the development of Corrections Victoria’s Sex Offender Management Branch.
Today, Karen is the Clinical Director of Vicpsychplus, founded by Karen in 2005. Karen’s other roles include, consultancy to the Department of Justice under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 and as a Regulation 7 Family Consultant for the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. She also consults to various agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services in Victoria and Tasmania in child protection cases undertaking Forensic Assessment of sexual and violence risk; assessment of protective capacity of the non-offending parents / care-givers, and assessment of mental health.
Ms Bea Raymond, MAPS, Forensic and Organisational Psychologist
Bea is a Registered Psychologist. She is a Member of the APS Colleges of Forensic and Organisational Psychologists. She has over 15 years experience in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders in the criminal justice system. In addition, Bea has extensive and varied experience working as a psychologist with the disabled, the deaf population, and indigenous populations in remote areas of Western Australia. She has presented extensively at conferences and has published in the field.
Bea provides training and consultancy in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending behaviours and protective behaviours of non-offending parents/care givers to other jurisdictions around Australia. Bea has worked in Private Practice together with Karen for the past 10 years focusing on risk assessment and treatment in sexual and violent offences. She provides assessment to various agencies particularly in relation to child protection matters related to sexual and violence risk, protective capacity and mental health assessment. Bea is also a consultant to the Department of Justice under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 providing assessment of high-risk sexual offenders.
Dr Ian Nisbet, MAPS, Forensic Psychologist
Ian is a psychologist in private practice in Coffs Harbour. He is a member of the APS College of Forensic Psychologists and a clinical member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA) He specialises in work with adolescents and has previously worked with young offenders in New South Wales and Queensland. He was the founding manager of the Griffith Youth Forensic Service (GYFS) at Griffith University in Queensland. GYFS is one of the leading centres of research and practice development in the area of adolescent sexual offending.
Ian has published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals in Australia and overseas and has presented a number of conference papers and training workshops. He is a well-regarded trainer and a popular casual lecturer in the discipline of Psychology at Southern Cross University. As a father of teenaged children he has compassion for teens who engage in dangerous and impulsive behaviour, but he also has a large stake in seeing our society become a safer place for children and young people.
This workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of contemporary models for understanding aberrant sexual behaviour and sexual violence and to equip participants with a framework to assist in making decisions about the potential risks of allowing contact with children. It will also highlight the complex issues associated the rise in reporting of sibling sexual abuse in the family context and how to work with the child and adolescent offenders.
A practical model for working with sexual offenders
At the completion of the workshop you will be able to;
1. Identify the factors to determine a risk associated with sexual offending behaviour.
2. Determine risk levels associated with concerning sexual behaviour
3. Use research information to defend your case decisions
4. Make sound recommendations for the level and type of contact, if any, with the offender (or alleged offender) has with children.
5. Working with clients across the lifespan including child and adolescent sibling abuse and elder abuse.
6. Critically analyse and discuss prominent myths and discourses and our own bias and concerns in relation to aberrant sexual behaviour in the community including issues of consent for BDSM.
7. Develop, understand and practice skills of engagement in a therapeutic and forensic context.
8. Develop an understanding of the importance of self-care when working in this challenging area of mental health.
This training attracts 16 CPD hours with APS, AASW, CAPA NSW and ACA. Contact us:
For more information or to register your interest in this training please contact Rowena Bianchino :
FACILITAT0R BIO's
Dr Karen Owen PSM, MAPS, Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
Karen is a Registered Psychologist and a Member of the APS Colleges of Forensic and Clinical Psychologists. She has 30 years experience working with people who display challenging and dangerous anti-social behaviours in mental health and correctional settings.
Karen is recognised both nationally and internationally as a leader in sex offender assessment and treatment. Karen is the former manager of Corrections Victoria’s Sex Offender Programs and was instrumental in the programs development, implementation and its subsequent success across prison and community correctional services. The program was highly regarded throughout Australia as delivering best practice assessment and treatment. She has also assisted in the development and evaluation of treatment programs nationally.
She has and continues to provide training and consultancy in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending behaviours and protective behaviours of non-offending parents/care givers to other jurisdictions around Australia. She has published two book chapters about sex offender treatment and presents at conferences nationally and internationally.
Karen was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2007 Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her outstanding public service in the development of policy and the management, treatment and rehabilitation of sexual offenders. She also received a Justice Award in 2007 for her role in the development of Corrections Victoria’s Sex Offender Management Branch.
Today, Karen is the Clinical Director of Vicpsychplus, founded by Karen in 2005. Karen’s other roles include, consultancy to the Department of Justice under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 and as a Regulation 7 Family Consultant for the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. She also consults to various agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services in Victoria and Tasmania in child protection cases undertaking Forensic Assessment of sexual and violence risk; assessment of protective capacity of the non-offending parents / care-givers, and assessment of mental health.
Ms Bea Raymond, MAPS, Forensic and Organisational Psychologist
Bea is a Registered Psychologist. She is a Member of the APS Colleges of Forensic and Organisational Psychologists. She has over 15 years experience in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders in the criminal justice system. In addition, Bea has extensive and varied experience working as a psychologist with the disabled, the deaf population, and indigenous populations in remote areas of Western Australia. She has presented extensively at conferences and has published in the field.
Bea provides training and consultancy in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending behaviours and protective behaviours of non-offending parents/care givers to other jurisdictions around Australia. Bea has worked in Private Practice together with Karen for the past 10 years focusing on risk assessment and treatment in sexual and violent offences. She provides assessment to various agencies particularly in relation to child protection matters related to sexual and violence risk, protective capacity and mental health assessment. Bea is also a consultant to the Department of Justice under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 providing assessment of high-risk sexual offenders.
Dr Ian Nisbet, MAPS, Forensic Psychologist
Ian is a psychologist in private practice in Coffs Harbour. He is a member of the APS College of Forensic Psychologists and a clinical member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA) He specialises in work with adolescents and has previously worked with young offenders in New South Wales and Queensland. He was the founding manager of the Griffith Youth Forensic Service (GYFS) at Griffith University in Queensland. GYFS is one of the leading centres of research and practice development in the area of adolescent sexual offending.
Ian has published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals in Australia and overseas and has presented a number of conference papers and training workshops. He is a well-regarded trainer and a popular casual lecturer in the discipline of Psychology at Southern Cross University. As a father of teenaged children he has compassion for teens who engage in dangerous and impulsive behaviour, but he also has a large stake in seeing our society become a safer place for children and young people.
