Choices
A Relapse Prevention Workbook for
Female Offenders
by Charlene Steen, Ph.D., J.D.

This ground-breaking workbook truly represents the opportunity to choose a healthier life. Created as an adjunct to group or individual therapy, Choices is based on the cognitive-behavioral format Dr. Steen applied in the Adult Relapse Prevention Workbook, with extensive adaptation and additional material for the female audience. Chapters specific to female abusers include foci on autonomy, relationships, assertiveness, self understanding, and self destructive activities. The 62 exercises amplify concepts discussed in the text, encourage self examination and reinforce corrective behaviors and thinking. The goal of this workbook is for the female offender to develop the following:

• Education about sexual offending
• Understanding of her own emotional and psychological processes that led to the abusive behavior
• The ability to positively control her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors by learning to make healthy, informed choices throughout all aspects of her life
• Adequate coping responses

The underlying message is that female offenders have the power to make healthy choices and to stop offending. (2006)

Author Charlene Steen, Ph.D., J.D. is a licensed psychologist and retired attorney, who has directed a family sexual abuse treatment program, provides assessments and expert testimony for the courts, evaluates sexually violent predators for the State of California, provides outpatient treatment for sex offenders, and presents workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

A first-of-its-kind workbook written specifically for female abusers!