By Tom Stewart, MA LLP Prevention is typically something everyone can get behind. It can be unifying, bringing people together from various professions with a common goal. In the context of sexual abuse, the goal is no more victims; which also means no more perpetrators. And no more perpetrators means no more arrests, sentencing dates,…
By Sharon Denniston, Ph.D. PPA – Law and Public Policy, Juvenile Advocate, ATSA and MI-ATSA Member Often I am contacted by young adults who were adjudicated as a juvenile for a sexual offense. Some are on the registry, while others are not. One thing always seems to ring clear—despite having their offense settled in Family…
The MI-ATSA board continues to work hard in a variety of areas. If you are reading this, you must have found the new, revised and updated MI-ATSA website, which is now fully functional. Feel free to look around the site where you will find information on board activities, the upcoming conference, and information/links to significant…
By Toni Crocilla PsyD LP CSOTP “For it seems to me that an apology insists on a most primary intimacy.” Overview Eve Ensler (author of the Vagina Monologues) recently published a unique writing endeavor, The Apology, which puts us face-to-face with her suffering from years of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of…
The Board of the Michigan Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (MiATSA) applauds Attorney General Dana Nessel and authors Fadwa A. Hammoud and Ann M. Sherman for the Brief of Amicus Curiae in the case of People vs Betts filed on February 8, 2019 with the Michigan Supreme Court. Sound empirical…
A great deal has been going on behind the scenes for Michigan ATSA. We have expanded our board to include Kris Pence, M.A., L.P.C., and Toni Crocilla, PsyD, L.P., C.S.O.T.P. We have reorganized the board to include subcommittees, including a technical communications committee, written communications committee, and training committee. The technical communications committee is focused…