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Navigating the Complexities of Teen Sexting and Sexual Trends

Navigating the Complexities of Teen Sexting and Sexual Trends

Insights and Guidance from Dr. Debby Herbenick A surprising one-third of young people between the ages of 11 and 21 ...
Understanding the Impact of Stress and Self-Care: Key Findings from the 2023 Safer Society Survey

Understanding the Impact of Stress and Self-Care: Key Findings from the 2023 Safer Society Survey

By: David S. Prescott, Janet DiGiorgio-Miller, and Sarah Snow Haskell The global events of the past few years have significantly ...
A New Era at MASOC

A New Era at MASOC

We want to congratulate the folks at MASOC for the appointment of Meg Bossong as the agency's first full-time executive ...
Navigating Effective Treatment Methods for Individuals Who Have Sexually Abused

Navigating Effective Treatment Methods for Individuals Who Have Sexually Abused

The Challenges of Determining the Most Impactful Approach Clinicians and researchers who work with people who have sexually abused agree ...
Innovations in the Treatment of People Who Sexually Abuse

Innovations in the Treatment of People Who Sexually Abuse

A Strengths-Based Approach with William and Liam Marshall In the mid-1970s, William Marshall and his colleagues at Queen’s University began ...
New Year's Resolution - 2024

New Year’s Resolution – 2024

Hone your knowledge and level up your skills. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn about new ...
Preventing School Attacks: A Community Issue that Requires Ongoing Discussion, Education, and Planning

Preventing School Attacks: A Community Issue that Requires Ongoing Discussion, Education, and Planning

By Alex Rodrigues, PsyD During the past year, the U.S. has experienced another tragic wave of targeted violence (TV). Over ...
Pornography, Social Media, and Teens

Pornography, Social Media, and Teens

Adolescents have become increasingly exposed to pornography through social media, and with this comes potential dangers to their mental health ...
The Holiday Season is Tough on Mental Health Providers

The Holiday Season is Tough on Mental Health Providers

One good piece of advice for dealing with the stress of the holidays is to avoid being alone by connecting ...
Happy Thanksgiving From Safer Society

Happy Thanksgiving From Safer Society

With the passing of another year, we once more enter the season of festivities that begin, here in the United ...
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence

Understanding Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects individuals across all walks of life. IPV is abuse or aggression that occurs in a ...
Our Safe Haven: An Hour-Long, Online Support Session for Professionals Coping with Disability-Related Stress

Our Safe Haven: An Hour-Long, Online Support Session for Professionals Coping with Disability-Related Stress

Join Safer Society for a one-hour support group session for professionals coping with disability-related stress. We welcome professionals with disabilities ...
Motivating Suicidal Clients to Keep "Choosing Life"

Motivating Suicidal Clients to Keep “Choosing Life”

There is perhaps no more critical time for helping professionals to listen to a client than when they talk about ...
Building Hope and Motivation with Suicidal Clients in Criminal Justice

Building Hope and Motivation with Suicidal Clients in Criminal Justice

"About two in five people who are incarcerated have a history of mental illness (37% in state and federal prisons ...
Let's Connect!

Let’s Connect!

"It is the heart of life to have a real meeting with another human being." -Fay Honey Knopp The U.S ...
Self-Care for Practitioners

Self-Care for Practitioners

"Almost half (45%) (of psychologists surveyed) reported feeling burned out in 2022, with similar levels reported in 2020 (41%) and ...
Teen Girls and Mental Wellness

Teen Girls and Mental Wellness

“Young people are telling us that they are in crisis.” – Dr. Kathleen Ethier In the fall of 2021, the ...
Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate Partner Violence

People who commit Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) are different from others who cause harm. According to the American Psychological Association, ...
Our Safe Haven: Online Support Sessions for Professionals Working with Individuals Who Have Sexually Abused or Have Survived Abuse

Our Safe Haven: Online Support Sessions for Professionals Working with Individuals Who Have Sexually Abused or Have Survived Abuse

Join Safer Society for our one-hour support group sessions for professionals working with individuals who have sexually abused. Hosted by: ...
Free Webinar and a Chance to Win a $25 Gift Card!

Free Webinar and a Chance to Win a $25 Gift Card!

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. To recognize its importance in our field, we are giving away two $25 gift ...
Child Abuse Prevention Month

Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Building awareness of abuse prevention strategies and strengthening the coalitions that work to ensure ...
Safer Society Sponsors Howard Center Annual Conference

Safer Society Sponsors Howard Center Annual Conference

Safer Society is happy to announce that we are sponsoring the 6th Annual Howard Center Conference, which will be held ...
A Conversation with Dr. Apryl Alexander: An Article by the American Psychological Association

A Conversation with Dr. Apryl Alexander: An Article by the American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association recently ran an article on their website titled "Using psychological expertise for the greater good: 4 ...
An Evidence-Based Risk Assessment Tool for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses

An Evidence-Based Risk Assessment Tool for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses

Safer Society Press author Sandy Jung co-wrote an article about campus safety that appeared March 6 in the online publication ...
Stopping Offenses Before They Happen: Talking for Change

Stopping Offenses Before They Happen: Talking for Change

Ainsle Heasman is a clinical forensic psychologist, an adjunct professor at Ontario Tech University, and a Continuing Education Center trainer ...
There is still time to register for the ILATSA Conference

There is still time to register for the ILATSA Conference

The Illinois chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers will be holding its annual conference on March ...
Constructing Positive Futures: Juvenile Sexuality Treatment Conference

Constructing Positive Futures: Juvenile Sexuality Treatment Conference

The 23rd Annual Conference on the Treatment of Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems held by the Dallas County Juvenile Department ...
Alex Rodrigues: Start the Discussion on School Safety

Alex Rodrigues: Start the Discussion on School Safety

Dr. Alex Rodrigues will be joining host David Prescott for a Safer Talk Webinar on Wednesday, March 15th, to discuss ...
MASOC/MATSA Conference Registration Now Open

MASOC/MATSA Conference Registration Now Open

Earlier this week we received an email announcing that registration for the 25th Annual MASOC/MATSA Conference is now open. The ...
Parenting Safe Children

Parenting Safe Children

Feather Berkower, co-author of our abuse prevention book Off Limits, founded Parenting Safe Children to provide workshops to educate parents ...
Of Boys and Men

Of Boys and Men

Of Boys and Men is the most important book of its kind in the past decade. The circumstances of men ...
Anticipating new dangers for children

Anticipating new dangers for children

David Prescott and his co-authors, Kieran McCartan and Katarzyna Uzieblo, have posted an article to the ATSA blog titled "The ...
ATSA is Calling for Abstracts for the 2023 Conference

ATSA is Calling for Abstracts for the 2023 Conference

The 42nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference sponsored by the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse will ...
Call For Presentations Extended

Call For Presentations Extended

The New York State ATSA Chapter and the NYS Alliance for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse will be holding their ...
Survey of sex-offense specific treatment providers

Survey of sex-offense specific treatment providers

My name is Alexis Gleason, I am a doctoral candidate in the APA-accredited Counseling Psychology PsyD program at University of ...
David Prescott Honored with Knopp Award

David Prescott Honored with Knopp Award

Safer Society is very pleased to announce that our colleague David Prescott was presented with the Fay Honey Knopp Award ...
The New York State Conference is fast approaching

The New York State Conference is fast approaching

We are looking forward to joining the attendees at this year’s New York State ATSA - NYS Alliance Joint Conference ...
We're standing with the children of Ukraine. Please join us.

We’re standing with the children of Ukraine. Please join us.

This campaign has ended. Click here to find out how it went! There is still time to double your donation ...
MASOC MATSA Conference 2022

MASOC MATSA Conference 2022

Our friends and colleagues at MASOC have announced the dates for their 24th annual conference. The virtual conference will take ...
Sandy Jung receives CAFA award

Sandy Jung receives CAFA award

We were very pleased to learn that Dr. Sandy Jung has received the 2021 Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (CAFA) ...
Cycle to End Abuse

Cycle to End Abuse

Bicyclist Tim Markison is in the middle of riding 3,000 miles from San Diego to Jacksonville to help raise money ...
What's OK? A New Resource for Teens and Young Adults from Stop It Now!

What’s OK? A New Resource for Teens and Young Adults from Stop It Now!

Stop It Now! is a non-profit that strives to help all individuals live healthy and safe lives, be accountable and ...
ATSA Conference registration now open

ATSA Conference registration now open

We received a notice today that registration is open for the 40th Annual Research & Treatment Conference of the Association ...
Tech platforms still have a long way to go in policing child sex abuse online

Tech platforms still have a long way to go in policing child sex abuse online

"EVERYONE AGREES that child exploitation material should be off the Web. The trouble is actually getting rid of it. The ...
Congratulations to MASOC on their new newsletter

Congratulations to MASOC on their new newsletter

We just received the inaugural issue of the MASOC Practice Update: Prevention and Progress newsletter. Picking up where NEARI Press ...
Author Dr. Alissa Ackerman | The Importance of Connection | TEDxCSULB

Author Dr. Alissa Ackerman | The Importance of Connection | TEDxCSULB

"Dr. Alissa R. Ackerman offers a new perspective on restorative justice and how it can help those who suffered from ...
Author David Prescott interview

Author David Prescott interview

The Prostasia Foundation is a new organization describing itself as follows: We are a child protection organization that combines our ...
Incarcerated Pennsylvanians Now Have to Pay $150 to Read

Incarcerated Pennsylvanians Now Have to Pay $150 to Read

Every year, thousands of people in Pennsylvania prisons write directly to nonprofit organizations, such as Bookem, asking for reading materials, ...
Canada reluctant to extradite sex offenders to the U.S.

Canada reluctant to extradite sex offenders to the U.S.

An article on the Florida Action Committee website reports that individuals who flee punishment in the United States for sex ...

The fight to eliminate cash bail

Our cash bail system is a big reason why the United States incarcerates more people than any other country on ...
A road map to reduction

A road map to reduction

The Barre Times Argus -- a well-established Vermont newspaper -- has published an opinion piece drafted by Safer Society Executive ...
#ThatsHarassment

#ThatsHarassment

Actor David Schwimmer has produced a series of PSA films to educate people about sexual harassment. Written and directed by ...
ACLU offers advice for those reporting sexual abuse

ACLU offers advice for those reporting sexual abuse

An article on the American Civil Liberties Union website offers advice for people reporting sexual abuse, but may be worried ...
Webinars from NEARI Press and Training Center

Webinars from NEARI Press and Training Center

We were on the phone recently with our colleagues at NEARI and heard about their upcoming slate of webinars. We ...
ATSA New York & ALLIANCE looking for nominations for the annual Fay Honey Knopp Award

ATSA New York & ALLIANCE looking for nominations for the annual Fay Honey Knopp Award

The New York chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and the New York State Alliance of ...
Publication when family reconnection and reunification

Publication when family reconnection and reunification

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has recently published a book for when family reconnection and reunification after child sexual ...
Geral Blanchard: The Decline in Child Sexual Abuse

Geral Blanchard: The Decline in Child Sexual Abuse

Editor's Note: This is the second in our new feature of guest editorials. Feel free to add your thoughts in ...
Gwenda Willis: Setting Aside the Facts

Gwenda Willis: Setting Aside the Facts

Editor's Note: This is the first in our new feature of guest editorials. Feel free to add your thoughts in ...
Important repudiation of George Will's misguided column on campus rape

Important repudiation of George Will’s misguided column on campus rape

On June 6, the Washington Post published a column by George Will titled "Colleges Become the Victims of Progressivism." It ...
A powerful message about sexual abuse and violence

A powerful message about sexual abuse and violence

An important video of Lieutenant General David Morrison, the Australian Chief of Army, was originally shown only to the soldiers ...
New report reveals serious abuse problems on nation's campuses

New report reveals serious abuse problems on nation’s campuses

A new report of a White House Task Force details the problematic ways in which 55 major colleges and universities ...
New Website for Sex Offender Researchers and Practitioners

New Website for Sex Offender Researchers and Practitioners

We just received word of the new Next Gen Forensic community blog, which sounds to us like a valuable new ...