title: Multi-family group therapy for sexually abusive youth.
abstract: Although Multi-Family Group Therapy (MFGT) has been a researched intervention for nearly 40 years, clinicians working with sexually abusive youth and their families have only more recently begun to utilize the intervention. We believe MFGT for a sexual offense-specific treatment population is a sophisticated and powerful clinical intervention with unique advantages including economical use of clinician resources, family-to-family transfer of knowledge and mentoring, community-based resourcefulness, and accelerated catalyzing of emotions. This article will provide direction on establishing the MFGT format as well as discuss its goals, curriculum, facilitation priorities, and strategies.
authors.affiliation: barndoctors@juno.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nahum
authors.forename: Marci Mandel
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States