St. Mary's Home For Boys

In addition to the general criteria for admission to St. Mary’s, clients accepted for the Sexual Harmful Treatment Program may have assessment, polygraph or other treatment that must be signed by the client and the guardian prior to admission.

Purpose

Clients in this program have faulty sexual beliefs and sexual distortions, or perceptions of sexuality.

Our 18 to 24 month treatment program focuses on the moral, emotional, intellectual, and physical development of these young offenders directing them toward a healthy, mature understanding of their sexuality.

Individual Treatment Plan

Our skilled therapists work with each client to design the individual treatment plan. Individual, group, and family counseling provide the framework for the treatment plan.

Each boy spends 3 hours a week in individual and group therapy. Case Managers use cognitive/behavioral principles to reduce or eliminate sexual excesses and teach or enhance appropriate behaviors. Clients become aware of their excesses, deficits and develop compensatory skills for appropriate decision making.

Group counseling helps clients take responsibility for their past behavior, develop appropriate new behaviors, and re-enter the community as mature, healthy people. Each client participates in group counseling up to 2 hours a week focused on the evidence based materials:

• Effective communication skills
• Anger management
• Disclosure
• Victimization
• Human sexual response
• Choosing friends
• Socializing with others
• Dating skills
• Healthy relationships
• Positive friendships
• Relapse prevention

Assessment