Using Strategic, Systemic, and Linguistic Principles To Enhance Treatment Compliance (From Sex Offender: New Insights, Treatment Innovations and Legal Developments, Volume II, P 7-1 to 7-15, 1997, Barbara K. Schwartz and Henry R. Cellini, eds. - See NCJ-167745)

• NCJ Number: 167751
• Author(s): M E Winn
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 15 pages
• Sale Source: Civic Research Institute, Inc
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A strategic, systemic, and linguistic philosophy is presented for reducing denial and enhancing the compliance of sex offender with behavioral treatment.

Abstract

Three models are presented that are effective in addressing resistance and enhancing treatment compliance. These models have been used to enhance the level of meaning that the offender attaches to the importance of participating in the difficult process of therapy. They have also been used to reduce the amount of coercion or confrontation therapists use to engage offenders in this type of therapy. Concepts and practices used in these models include meta-confrontation, partialization, direct and indirect therapist positioning, the purposeful use of language and use of the client's world view, paradoxical prediction and prescription and therapeutic rituals, and ordeals and rites of passage. These techniques are alternatives to the traditional direct approach, which may instill a negative attitude regarding participation in cognitive-behavioral sex offender treatment. The integration of these areas of knowledge can help more offenders to become more fully involved in treatment and can further humanize sex offender treatment. 34 references