Fantasy and arousal management

A course for practitioners

Our one-day workshop combines practical insights with relevant techniques that can be used by offender managers, social workers, public protection police officers or other practitioners working in the field of sexual abuse.

This training course provides an insight into the role of fantasy and arousal in the sexual offending cycle. Increasing your understanding of this aspect of sexually abusive behaviour will enable you to:

• Enhance your risk managerment skills
• Develop new techniques in managing offenders
• Engage indvidual offenders in discussion about their behaviour

Course aims

This course will increase your confidence in dealing with sexual offenders and in engaging them in constructive discussions about their behaviour.  It covers details about arousal management techniques and how to convey them to offenders.

As specialists in offender treatment and management, our facilitators will explain:

• The nature and role of sexual fantasy in offending
• How sex is used as a coping device and the needs met by sexual fantasy
• Models you can use when working with offenders
• The link between deviant sexual fantasy and risk
• Techniques for arousal management
• Ways to devise effective intervention plans

Models demonstrated on the course include fantasy continuum, arousal diary, fantasy range and themes.

Course trainer:     Alice Newman
Course dates:      8 Apr 2010 (Surrey), 13 May 2010 (Birmingham),
                         20 May 2010 (Bristol), 18 Aug 2010 (Bristol),
                         5 Oct 2010 (Birmingham), 18 Nov 2010 (Surrey) 
Course costs:     £155 including VAT & lunch

Download a brochure here and for more details or to reserve your place call Nicola Wathen on 01527 591922.