Trainings: Holistic Services for LGBTQ+ Youth; Pornography and Adolescents

 Click Here for our Fall Virtual Trainings Holistic Service Provision for LGBTQ+ Youth Who Initiated a Problematic Sexual BehaviorDate: October 11, 2024 Children and teens who have initiated problematic, including illegal, sexual behaviors (PSB) with other children are a diverse group. While a majority of these youth identify as heterosexual, cisgender and binary, some have a…

Board Member Spotlight: Karen Holt

Name:Karen Holt What is your position on the Board?Board member What committees do you serve on?Research and scholarships Why did you join the Board?I wanted to be a more active participant in achieving the goal of no more victims. I also wanted tocollaborate with practitioners and to learn more about the clinical, medical, and legal…

Board Member Spotlight: Kris Pence

Name:Kris Pence What is your position on the Board?Board member at large What committees do you serve on?Written Communication Committee Why did you join the Board?I joined the board as a way to further integrate into the clinical and supervision community, as well as beable to serve those we monitor and treat through advocacy and…

Board Member Spotlight: John Ulrich

Name:John Ulrich Ph.D. What is your position on the Board?Member What committees do you serve on?Written Communication, chair, and Registration Committee Why did you join the Board?To help build a stronger Michigan network of clinicians and other interested people committed toreducing sexual abuse by working with individuals who have committed sexual offenses. This includeshelping the…

Board Member Spotlight: David Berghuis

Name:David Berghuis What is your position on the Board?Board President What committees do you serve on?None What committees do you serve on?None Why did you join the Board?I joined the board in order to help bring world-class training to the providers in Michigan. I wanted tohelp the people that provide services to those that have…

Board Member Spotlight: Marissa Smits

Name: Marissa Smits What is your position on the Board? Board Member  What committees do you serve on? Technical Communications Why did you join the Board? Professional development, access to trainings, and most importantly being involved with a group of experienced professions from whom I can learn. What is your favorite quote? “Everything can be…

Job Opportunity: Wise Mind PLLC

Wise Mind PLLC is hiring part-time and full-time sex offense therapists. See the job description and application process on our website. While you’re there, learn more about who we are, what we stand for, and what it’s like to work with us!https://wisemindpsychology.org/join-our-team/

Deepfake Pornography: New Forms of Image-Based Harm and Sexual Abuse

Makayla MasonDoctoral Student Karen Holt, Ph.D.Assistant Professor School of Criminal JusticeMichigan State University   Introduction Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a review entitled, “A horrifying new AI app swaps women into porn videos with a click” (Hao, 2021). They detailed a new application, which they refused to name so as not to draw…

Two Steps Forward – Toward Eliminating the Registration of Adjudicated Juveniles as Sex Offenders

By Sharon Denniston, Ph.D. Juvenile Advocate and Public Policy Consultant   In June 2020 the national Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) published The Registration & Community Notification of Children & Adolescents Adjudicated of a Sexual Crime: Recommendations for Evidence-Based Reform.  In this document the organization detailed the research related to juveniles with…