How Therapeutic Humor Can Work for You

Improve your outlook and reduce harmful stress through humor. That’s the message of this seriously funny conversation about an applied therapeutic method you can practice every day to improve your wellbeing and the wellness of your clients and others around you.

Research has shown that humor and laughter directly after a stressful situation reduces stress hormones and creates lasting, positive feelings. Muscles relax, breathing changes, and the brain releases endorphins, natural painkillers and happiness boosters. Having a sense of humor and being quick to laugh can have psychological and physiological benefits.

What We Need To Know About Sexual Fantasies and Sexual Offending

Sexual wishes, interests, and fantasies are different in important ways. For example, men’s fantasies are often more closely tied to their wishes than women. Research suggests that the diversity of fantasies, more than their content, contributes to a healthy sex life. Interestingly, men who have sexually abused others often have a narrower range of fantasies, but these fantasies are not always different from men who are not known to have abused.

Strategies for Overcoming Gender Differences When Working with Male Clients

In this webinar, Dr. Must and Dr. Pflugradt discuss clinical topics pertinent to women working in the criminal justice system. The speakers also address the different contexts of this work, such as community-based programs and institutional settings. This discussion is recommended for male mental health professionals interested in learning more about these dynamics to be better allies, colleagues, co-therapists, or supervisors. 

Stopping Sexual Abuse Before It Happens: A Conversation with Christine Friestad and Ingeborg Jenssen Sandbukt

In this webinar conversation, Ms. Friestad and Ms. Sandbukt will describe their efforts in making these projects happen. Like many professionals around the world, they have faced challenges in the areas of implementing the highest-quality treatment, assisting with community reintegration, coping with stigma, and making services available to those who have not felt that they could trust those offering help.

Empathy, Motivation, and Love in Action: A Conversation with Stephen Andrew

This webinar conversation is for you if you want to advance your capacity to connect with clients of all backgrounds. Stephen Andrew has, among other activities, spent decades working with men who perpetrate violence. Far from growing cynical or jaded, he has delved ever further into helping others to become their best selves. His practice focuses on deep empathy, compassion, and love, as well as the role of trust in the lives of people who have mistreated others.

The Role Of Protective Factors In Best Practices For Preventing Sexual Re-Offense: A Conversation With Sharon Kelley, David Thornton, and Gwenda Willis

In this webinar, Gwen, David, and Sharon talk about the journey leading to the development of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO), Version 1, and why they believe best practices should include consideration of both risk factors and strengths-based, protective factors.

Straight Talk About Diagnosis, Its Limitations, and Alternatives: A Conversation with Lucy Johnstone

In this webinar, Dr. Johnstone discusses the role of power in people’s lives, the threats posed by the misuse of power, and how individuals respond to these threats. Essential to this process are the answers to these core questions:

What has happened to you? (How is Power operating in your life?)
How did it affect you? (What kind of Threats does this pose?)
What sense did you make of it? (What is the Meaning of these situations and experiences to you?)
What did you have to do to survive? (What kinds of Threat Response are you using?)