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Interdisciplinary and practical in approach, Working with Sexually Abusive Adolescents presents a coherent and comprehensive overview of the key characteristics involve in working with adolescent sex offenders. Contributors explore who these adolescents are and what they do, theories of adolescent sexual abusiveness, issues of risk estimation and management, and many aspects of assessment and treatment. Written by practitioners for ease of use, this valuable book avoids the unnecessary jargon and overcomplicated theorizing that frequently mars other books on this topic. Clear and accessible, Working with Sexually Abusive Adolescents informs a wide range of practitionersincluding psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and social workersof current trends in working with this special population.
Cognitive-Based Practice with Sexually Abusive Adolescents
Cognitive-Based Practice with Sexually Abusive Adolescents
The term ‘cognitive’ refers to the mental processes that enable us to know and evaluate our external world. More specifically, it incorporates ways in which knowledge of environment is attained, retained and utilised, associated with higher-order mental functions. These include attention, memory, perception, language, thinking, problem solving, reasoning and concept formation.
In psychotherapeutic practice, ‘cognitive’ has assumed a more limited definition and focus. It refers primarily to person-accessible thoughts and their content, as judged by the person's self statements or self talk. This is a form of internal dialogue which is equivalent to a running commentary on actual or planned reactions to events and interactions with other people.
Studies of cognitive factors in ...
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