Integrating a Humanistic Approach in Outpatient Sex Offender Groups

Bauman, Sheri; Kopp, T. Gregory

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“…Without any assumptions that participants are sick or defective, such groups aim for the whole person development of members and strive to enhance their self-awareness and sensitivity towards the self and others, facilitate positive attitude change, and build trustful interpersonal relationships (Rowan, 2000). Although enhancement groups have been used to facilitate a variety of issues from cancer and bereavement (Firth, 2000) to burnout (van Dierendonck, Garssen, & Visser, 2005) to sex offenders (Bauman & Kopp, 2006), etc., dominant parent education programs continue to adopt a problem-based orientation which emphasizes imparting skills and techniques to the negligence of the whole person development of parents (Lam & Kwong, 2012). In Hong Kong, models of Parent Effectiveness Training, Systematic Training for Effective Parenting, and Triple-P Positive Parenting were mostly adopted in parent education groups (Cheung & Yau, 1996; Kwok, 1994; Leung, Sanders, Leung, Mak, & Lau, 2003).…”

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An exploratory study on the effectiveness and experience of a parent enhancement group adopting a narrative approach

Chan

2013

Journal of Social Work

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Parent education has been gathering momentum in Hong Kong since its inception in the 1970s; however, much emphasis has been put on imparting childrearing knowledge and skills to parents rather than facilitating the reorganization of parents' lived experiences and their identity development. Based on the results of an exploratory study conducted in Hong Kong, this article discusses the possible outcomes and experiences of a parent enhancement group adopting a narrative approach. The group comprised three, 5-hour sessions held weekly. The participants included 20 Hong Kong parents with at least one child in preschool. Through the adoption of a pretest-posttest design coupled with a 6-month follow-up survey and three post-intervention focus groups, the study attempted to examine the effects of the program and the subjective experiences of the participants.Findings: The quantitative results showed that the group might have positive impacts on the enhancement of parental satisfaction, parental efficacy, and parent-child relationships. The qualitative findings indicated that the group might help develop the parent identity through strengthening the parent-child relational connection and integration of parents' life stories. The participants also had a deeper understanding of the impact of parents' personal growth on their parenting practice and children's development.Applications: The findings offer a knowledge base for evaluating this approach to parent enhancement programs. Of particular importance are its transformative effect, retention effect, ripple effect, and empowerment effect. The findings also provide reference materials for practitioners to rethink the direction of parent education.

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An exploratory study on the effectiveness and experience of a parent enhancement group adopting a narrative approach

Chan

2013

Journal of Social Work

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“…During the past 30 years, a long list of treatment approaches have gained popularity for use with sexual abusers. Imported approaches that are now commonly used in the field include modifying cognitive distortions (Murphy, 1990), relapse prevention (Laws, 1989), motivational interviewing (Prescott & Porter, 2011), dialectic behavior therapy (Shingler, 2004), humanistic and experiential therapies (Bauman & Kopp, 2004; Longo, 2004), mindfulness (Gillespie, Mitchell, Fisher, & Beech, 2012), and, most recently, trauma informed care (J. Levenson, 2014).…”

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The Absence of Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) in the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: Recommendations for Moving Toward the Use of a True EBP Model

Deming¹,

Jennings

2019

Sex Abuse

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Despite a continued evolution of the field of sexual abuser treatment toward a distinct professional discipline with clinicians using an increasing variety of treatment approaches, there is no consensus regarding the strength of our various clinical interventions as evidence-based practices (EBPs). This article provides a brief history of the development and goals of EBPs in medicine and mental health, and a review of the earnest efforts of researchers within the field to establish treatment approaches with sexual abusers as evidence-based. An appraisal of the current status of EBP’s with sexual abusers is provided. Although there have been improvements in the methodological quality of treatment outcome research with sexual abusers, divergent opinions about treatment effectiveness remain, and the field has not yet agreed on a system or set of criteria for what constitutes “evidence.” We contend that clinical practice has been influenced as much, or more, by new paradigms that are intuitively meaningful and perceived as needed than it has by what has been determined to be scientifically efficacious. This trend and other processes in our field that seem to be slowing the development of EBPs with sexual abusers are discussed. Recommendations for conducting evidence-based reviews and moving the field of sexual abuser treatment toward the use of a true EBP model are provided.

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“…While most SOST groups utilize cognitive behavioral principles, there are many published articles that offer alternative approaches and techniques, which may or may not be congruent with traditional CBT. These include Adlerian (Johnson & Lokey, 2007; Newbauer & Blanks, 2001), behavioral (Jennings & Deming, 2013), humanistic (Bauman & Kopp, 2006), psychoanalytic (Ganzarain & Buchele, 1990; Romero & Williams, 1983), psychodynamic (Lothstein, 2001), psychodrama (Schwartz & Bergman, 1997), Rational Emotive Therapy (Ellis, 1961; Whitford & Parr, 1995), marathon groups (Brancale et al, 1972; Frey, 1987; Schwartz & Cellini, 1988), multifamily group (Griffin, Williams, Hawkes, & Vizard, 1997; Nahum & Brewer, 2004; Walker, 2000), self-help (Schwartz & Cellini, 1988), role-play (Clark & Liddle, 2012; Daniels, 2005; Hudson, 2005), use of videotaped sessions (Anderson, 1969; Brancale et al, 1972; Marcus, 1971; Schwartz & Cellini, 1988), and female sex offender groups (Barnett, Corder, & Jehu, 1990; Lindquist, 2001).…”

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“…Ellis very quickly realized the limits of psychoanalytic treatment and began to experiment with directly challenging the logical and rational basis for the sex offenders' denial and distorted beliefs. He initially called his new Allam, Middleton, and Browne (1997) Probationed sex offenders (SOs) Barnett, Corder, and Jehu (1990) Female SOs 7 C Bauman and Kopp (2006) Overview 2 7 E Beech and Fordham (1997) 8 probation, 4 prison residential groups 1 E Beech and Hamilton-Giachritsis (2005) 7 community-based groups 1 5 C Brancale, Vinocolo, and Prendergast (1972) Prison SOs 3 7 9 C Bromberg and Franklin (1952) 75 SOs in state hospital 7 9 C Coleman (1961, 1962) 120 SOs civil commit state hospital 7 9 E Carpentier, Silovsky, and Chaffin (2006) 135 children, 5-12, sex behaviors 8 C Clark and Erooga (1994) Child molesters 1 C Clark and Liddle (2012) Outpatient SOs 7 8 E Colton, Roberts, and Vanstone (2009) 35 prison child molesters E Connor, Copes, and Tewksbury (2011) 24 prison SOs 3 E Cook, Fox, Weaver, and Rooth (1991) 63 probationed, non-physical SOs C Yalom (1972a, 1972b) Pedophiles in state hospital 1 2 5 6 9 C Cowburn (1990) Mixed rapists and child molesters 5 C Daniels (2005) Practice 7 E Davis, Marshall, Bradford, and Marsha...…”

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Review of the Empirical and Clinical Support for Group Therapy Specific to Sexual Abusers

Jennings

Deming²

2015

Sex Abuse

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This review compiles 48 empirical studies and 55 clinical/practice articles specific to group therapy with sex offenders. Historically, group therapy has always been the predominant modality in sex offender-specific treatment. In the first decades of the field, treatment applied a psychoanalytic methodology that, although not empirically supported, fully appreciated the primary therapeutic importance of the group modality. Conversely, since the early 1980s, treatment has applied a cognitive behavioral method, but the field has largely neglected the therapeutic value of interpersonal group dynamics. The past decade has seen a growing re-appreciation of general therapeutic processes and more holistic approaches in sex offender treatment, and there is an emerging body of empirical research which, although often indirectly concerned with group, has yielded three definitive conclusions. First, the therapeutic qualities of the group therapist-specifically warmth, empathy, encouragement, and guidance-can strongly affect outcomes. Second, the quality of group cohesion can profoundly affect the effectiveness of treatment. Third, confrontational approaches in group therapy are ineffective, if not counter-therapeutic, and overwhelmingly rated as not helpful by sex offenders themselves. Additional conclusions are less strongly supported, but include compelling evidence that sex offenders generally prefer group therapy over individual therapy, that group therapy appears equally effective to individual therapy, and that mixing or separating groups by offense type is not important to therapeutic climate. Other group techniques and approaches specific to sexual abuse treatment are also summarized.

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Integrating a Humanistic Approach in Outpatient Sex Offender Groups

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

An exploratory study on the effectiveness and experience of a parent enhancement group adopting a narrative approach

An exploratory study on the effectiveness and experience of a parent enhancement group adopting a narrative approach

The Absence of Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) in the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: Recommendations for Moving Toward the Use of a True EBP Model

Review of the Empirical and Clinical Support for Group Therapy Specific to Sexual Abusers

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