Arts Therapies and Sexual Offending

Author: Marian Liebmann, Simon Hastilow, Stanley Ruszczynski, Anna Green, Ronald Lay, Preetha Ramasubramanian, Dawn Batcup, Kate Burn, Rosy Marshall and Eva Marie Chadwick

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Highlighting ways arts therapists across all modalities can work with sexual offenders

Guidance for arts therapists across all modalities on working with sexual offenders. A wide variety of patients and contexts are covered, and the book contains a wealth of practical advice on how to carry out therapy effectively with this client group, in a trauma-informed, well-supervised manner.

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Highlighting ways arts therapists across all modalities can work with sexual offenders

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A resource for arts therapists and other clinicians on working with people who have committed sexual offences.

There is a strong focus on the value of establishing a therapeutic relationship involving non-verbal media as a cornerstone, drawing upon current research and practice. Emphasis is placed on working with transference and counter-transference, being trauma-informed, and making use of effective supervision.

This group of offenders can benefit hugely from the provision of arts therapies, and this book provides valuable experiences of working with people who have committed sexual offences.

About the Author

Simon Hastilow has worked with offenders since 1995 in various settings including NHS secure settings and within various prisons. He currently works on the Sex Offender wing of a therapeutic community prison.

Marian Liebmann has worked in art therapy with offenders, with women's groups and community groups, and for 19 years in the Inner-City Support and Recovery Team (adult mental health), where she developed work on anger issues.

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A resource for arts therapists and other clinicians on working with people who have committed sexual offences. There is a strong focus on the value of establishing a therapeutic relationship involving non-verbal media as a cornerstone, drawing upon current research and practice. Emphasis is placed on working with transference and counter-transference, being trauma-informed, and making use of effective supervision. This group of offenders can benefit hugely from the provision of arts therapies, and this book provides valuable experiences of working with people who have committed sexual offences.