POSTPONED - New date will be announced soon
9– 12:15 PM
3 CEU/clock hours
Location: 115 Stillman Hall
Target Audience: Social Work professionals, students, MFTS and Human Service Professionals.
*Following this afternoon training, please join us at 7 p.m. for a free screening of the documentary Boys and Men Healing, featuring the documentary film producer Simon Weinberg and Dr. Howard Fradkin. This event is free, open to the public and 1 CEU clock hour for full-participation of currently licensed social workers. Field students may also earn 2 hours of field credit, full-participation is required. See full event details HERE*
This training will combine multi-perspectives, with expert facilitators Lisa Rhees, Executive Director, STOP, Inc., an agency that works closely with offenders and Howard Fradkin, PhD, Psychology, founder of Affirmations and co-chairperson of MaleSurvivor.org . Dr. Fradkin works closely with victims. Recent sexual abuse scandals have brought to the public’s attention the need to identify sexual offending behaviors to assist in promoting treatment for victims as well as offenders. The reality is that treatment can be effective for both populations. This workshop will provide the necessary education for treatment providers to learn about identifying and serving both populations.
Participants will:
Identify at least five consequences of being a victim of sexual abuse/assault
Recognize the common typologies of sexual offending and the cycle of offending that offenders often exhibit
Identify at least five key components for the treatment of sex offenders
Identify at least five key components of treatment for sex offenders with a history of sexual victimization
Meet your presenters:
Howard Fradkin, Ph.D., LICDC has counseled over 1000 male survivors in individual, couples, group psychotherapy and weekend workshops over the course of his 28 year career as a Psychologist. In late 2010, Dr. Fradkin was invited and honored to speak as an expert on Oprah Winfrey's historic two shows featuring 200 male survivors gathered together to offer hope and inspiration for the millions of survivors around the world. More recently, he has been featured on Gayle King, WOSU, TAALK radio, and Dr. Phil addressing the Penn State scandal. Dr. Fradkin founded Affirmations: A Center for Psychotherapy and Growth, in 1984. His expertise includes trauma recovery for men and women survivors, those struggling with depression and anxiety, alcoholism, drug addiction and sex addiction, sexual orientation confusion and acceptance, life challenges faced by LGBT people, people with HIV and AIDS, and group psychotherapy. Dr. Fradkin was one of the founding board members of MaleSurvivor, and currently serves as an Advisory Board Member. In 2010, Dr. Fradkin delivered the keynote address at the International MaleSurvivor Conference in New York City. He also served as President of MaleSurvivor and served on the Board of Directors for 6 years prior to developing the Weekends of Recovery program.
Lisa Rhees, MA, MSW, LISW, Executive Director of Specialized Therapeutic Offender Programming (STOP), Inc. Lisa has provided training for: Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Franklin County Municipal Probation Department, the Franklin County Adult Probation Department, Ohio Corrections and Court Services Association and the Midwest Regional Hostage Negotiators Conference; Lisa is a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.
