Victims
The aim of these training courses is to form, on the broadest possible scale, a solid, highly professional, and effective network of people in all sectors (caretakers, psychiatry, police departments, magistracy …) who can immediately start to restore and heal victims of sexual violence and stop the perpetrators on their destructive path.
At first, we’ll take care of the children because they are the future of tomorrow, and we must, at all costs, avoid new perpetrators arising from the victims. Research in the U.S. shows that between 7 and 10% of male victims later become perpetrators themselves. However, it is not only for this reason that it is extremely important to recover victims as soon as possible. The vast majority of victims of sexual violence suffer from it for a lifetime. The social consequences are often incalculable: people who end up in crime, in the drug world and criminal world, in prostitution, becoming addicted to alcohol, struggle with depression, self-harm, develop eating problems, spend years in psychiatry, become or attract violent partners… the list is endless. Almost 90% of the prison population has been victim of all kinds of child abuses.
Without specialized therapy, their development potential is compromised because they have to spend most of their energy and time on survival. Extensive studies on this disaster are available.
The results of massive sexual abuse in Churches have been made public worldwide, and there have been parliamentary committees on this drama in many countries. Reports were also written about it. However, the victims were not believed for decades. The perpetrators were able to continue their devastating crimes undisturbed. The children at the time dared not speak; if they did, they were not even heard. The courageous testimonies now also clearly show the heavy burden these adults have been carrying since childhood. It is a burden that has also determined and still determines their whole life and lifeline. But also from their partners, their family, and their entire social life. All these people are entitled to vigorous therapy to restore them from the trauma suffered. They need Recognition and Justice.
Abused Little Boys, Neglected Men & Hurt Little Girls, Insecure Women
It is a delusion to say that victims of sexual violence will continue to suffer from this throughout their lives. It is known that countless victims have been in treatment for decades. This is a very wrong signal sent to them, but also to their environment, which continues to stigmatize them as victims. A person is much more than just an abused child, a victim.
The courses of the V & CPA—Victim & Criminal Profiling Academy—explain how to restore and heal victims within two years (maximum) so they can finally get back to life or start their lives.
With the workbook Abused Little Boys, Neglected Men, you can immediately start working with male victims as a professional. The victim gets to know himself for the first time through a thorough explanation and tasks that the victim can perform. You, as a therapist, assist him.
With the workbook Hurt Little Girls, Insecure Women, as a professional, you can immediately start working with female victims.
For both works, there are modules that must be followed to get a complete overview of a victim, the consequences, and how to deal with them.
Figures on child sexual abuse are grossly underestimated worldwide. Most countries report 25%. However, studies in the U.S. and England speak of 33%. In all likelihood, this figure is even higher. This is dramatic, and we urgently need to intervene to stop it because every person is important and valuable.
Sex Offenders
However, it is not only victims who need to be restored humanely and professionally. Perpetrators abuse, on average, between 100 and 150 victims in their sexually active period (between 15 and 70 years). It is pointless to focus only on victims while the perpetrators can continue to carry out their crimes with impunity. It is therefore important to tackle perpetrators of sexual violence as adequately and as quickly as possible in thorough and highly specialized therapies where the primary focus is on the prevention of recidivism, but also on recovery of the victim and in a broader context: the whole society.
To do this, it is extremely important to make perpetrators aware of what empathy and compassion are, how to stop abusing, who they are, why they are undergoing therapy, why they relapse again, and anger management…
Most perpetrators don’t know who they are at all. This is partly due to their own childhood abuse but also to one or more of the five main categories of child abuse in childhood:
- Emotional abuse
- Psychological abuse
- Physical abuse
- Alcohol and/or drug addiction of one or both parents
- Sexual abuse
Research has shown that children who have been victims of at least three out of the five categories are at high risk of suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome long term. These problems are also addressed in the treatment.
OVERVIEW MODULES
Module 1: Ready to Work with Sex Offenders? Be trained!
For people who feel they have or want to do something to stop the violence committed on children as well as adults, training is foreseen to obtain the necessary skills to start working with sex offenders.
It has to be said that the actual education or training at universities is absolutely not effective or adequate for working and healing victims as well as STOPPING sex offenders.
You, therefore, need to expand your field and educate yourself at the highest level. We are talking about the safety of children and other targeted victims. It must be clear by now that the lack of serious results is shameful. Never before have humans been more victims of this kind of crime.
It is time to take this into our own hands. First and foremost, we must be human, patient, clear, truthful, perseverant, objective, honest, strong, and tireless. We must also have high-performance skills and stay focused on safety for our society.
This book gives you a perfect idea of how to become a very skilled therapist who works with sex offenders. In this module, you will be guided through the skills needed to work with this kind of offender but also to help restore the victims with dignity. Never judge the person. You can judge his criminal behavior but never who he or she is.
Certificates and workbooks will be provided after each module. After completing all modules and an examen, a diploma will be provided to start working with offenders.
Module 2: Abused Little Boys, Neglected Men
This workbook is for adult men and survivors of childhood trauma. This year, like every year, hundreds of thousands of little boys will be sexually assaulted in the United States, in Europe, and around the world. They will be hurt physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Every aspect of their life will suffer from this. The same goes for women, of course. I prepared the book ‘Hurt Little Girls, Insecure Women’ for them.
He is a wounded man. Maybe without him knowing, he suffers from the effects of different forms of abuse in his childhood. Maybe also of sexual abuse. In this module, we explain how you as a professional can help the victim going through the workbook where you will take him by the hand and work around the use of Language in this taboo subject, about where he is now in his life, about Who he really is but also about understanding what sexual abuse is and what the impact can be on his daily life.
There are indeed different kinds of abuse. And there also are misconceptions about child sexual abuse. The victim needs to bring clarity in all this.
He can go through this workbook all by himself. However, he can also ask for support from a good friend, family member, priest, teacher, and/or a human professional to get through all the subjects in this workbook. Both women and men are and have been abused as children, and it is only men and women who can build a safer world for children from a healed position. Therefore, it is advisable to be guided by a skilled professional to help the victim through sometimes rough times while working this out.
The united forces of both are indispensable to finally put an end to the epidemic forms of child sexual abuse. Maybe his wife or partner has also been a victim, and nobody knows about it. In Module 2, we explain how to work with Female victims of child abuse.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you have finished all modules, a diploma will be delivered.
Module 3: Hurt Little Girls, Insecure Women
This year, like every year, hundreds of thousands of girls will be sexually assaulted in the United States, in Europe, and around the world. They will be hurt physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Every aspect of their life will suffer from this. The same goes for men, of course. Here, we will work with a hurt woman. Maybe without her knowing, she suffers from the effects of different forms of abuse in her childhood. Maybe also of sexual abuse. In module 2, we will take you by the hand to help the female victim how to work around the use of language in this taboo subject, about where she is now in her life, why she feels depressed or angry all the time, why she is auto mutilating, why she has so many issues in relations with men or women, who she actually is, what her dreams were and if she was able to live her dreams or why not?…
As a human professional, you must be able to talk about sexual subjects without restrictions or fear. Some of you might have been victims of sexual abuse yourself. It is advisable to work on this before. For your own safety and security. It is not a good idea to be confronted with the pain and despair of victims when you haven’t dealt with your past first. This does not mean you, as a preparing therapist, are unable to work with victims or offenders. Not at all, but I advise you to work on this accompanying workbook yourself to be healed and prepared to work with victims.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you have finished all modules, succeeded in the exam, a diploma will be delivered.
Module 4: Back on Track
The best therapists for children are their own parents. It can also be a family member or a friend—someone who cares about the child and wants to free it from fear, confusion, and disgust. Outsiders can respond perfectly to this. It is important to get all these victims out of their isolation, whether they are still children or eighty years old. Finally, being understood is so unimaginably important for victims to finally feel free and relieved.
This module works around the workbook intended for boys from the age of seven. Little victims of sexual violence, locked in the dark. This book helps them get out. It is recommended that a skilled and humanistic professional assist the child in processing through this book. However, the child can also handle it alone if necessary.
The consequences of abuse can be unimaginable. The potential of 33% of people has been compromised in some way. That’s because children who fall victim to such unwanted touches and violence can create a very negative self-image. Their creativity is compromised because they no longer believe in themselves. They don’t trust themselves anymore and have difficulty trusting even adults. They feel dirty, used, less than nothing. Many victims are confused and have nowhere to go with these feelings. Some victims will never talk about it because they feel guilty about the abuse. That is one of the techniques perpetrators apply: to blame the victim. This is called “projection”. And you don’t talk about your guilt; you carry it. Can we be amazed at the fact that so many adults are broken?
This module teaches you how to handle and guide little boys, victims of sexual abuse.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you have finished all modules, and succeeded in the exam, a diploma will be delivered.
Working with sex offenders is a challenge. A serious challenge. But… very, very rewarding!
They are the most manipulative people in the world because it has become a way of surviving the turmoil they were raised in as children. In short, they stopped developing and growing up emotionally between ages 4 and 7. I made these very important observations over 30 years of working with them. You will not find these observations anywhere.
To be in balance, we humans must balance the flow between ‘rational thinking,’ ‘feeling,’ and ‘sexuality.’ One can compare it with a snowman: three balls on top of each other. The top ball represents ‘rational thinking,’ the middle one ‘feelings (so empathy and compassion),’ and the ground ball represents ‘sexuality.’
For reasons we must discover during therapy, the middle ball has been destroyed or damaged, so the energy isn’t flowing as it should be. In this module, we will examine those reasons and how we can restore the damage. Once you know what it is and how to work on it, it is quite easy to do so.
But again, don’t you ever get trapped in the charms and manipulations those people use to hide away in the dark. And never believe a sex offender when he says he will never do it again! Without this highly skilled training, where you will understand how he thinks and works, I can assure you he will do it again. Therefore, it is imperative to work with a Contract of Non-Confidentiality with sex offenders. This will be explained in the module.
But mind you, be as likable as possible while working with sex offenders. Not seducing, not aggressive, not sexy (surely not!), not naïve…and don’t ever judge them as a human being. Judge their crimes but not the person.
So, let’s start the training to work with sex offenders!
Module 5: Who am I, and why am I here?
This module is meant for professionals working with sex offenders. Although many sex offenders have been victims of various types of abuse themselves, it cannot be an excuse to assault other people sexually.
‘Who am I and why am I here?’ will guide the professional through the process of treatment of sex offenders. It is the first workbook in a series of successive professional workbooks.will guide the professional through the process of treatment of sex offenders. It is the first workbook in a series of successive professional workbooks.
Abuse is a very serious problem in our society, and it comes in many forms.
For this workbook, we are going to use the word abuse as:
Actions or behaviors (including neglect) that result in physical, mental, or emotional damage. This definition also includes illegal sexual acts that lead to temporary or permanent emotional, psychological, or physical consequences.
The most common forms of child abuse include hitting and torture (physical abuse), heavy child labor (physical and emotional abuse), not providing adequate medical care for the child, no food or clothing (neglect), constantly inflicting criticism and mental torture on the child (mental abuse), indecent exposure of sex to children or through sexual activity or by showing sexual material to children (sexual abuse), over-disciplining children (physical, emotional and mental abuse).
Child abuse is violence against children. It is often much worse than street violence, which people sometimes hear or read in the media. It happens secretly, lasts for years, and affects the most defenceless parts of our society. Abuse is a huge problem in our society because the consequences often last a lifetime, and recovery is difficult.
If you have been abused, you will notice that this chapter will focus on the initial steps you can take to recover from childhood abuse. All these examples show how children are abused. In later modules, we go over to the even more violent crimes against children.
Never judge the person. You can judge his criminal behavior but never who he or she is.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you have finished all modules, a diploma will be delivered.
Module 6: Empathy and Sympathy
Empathy, Compassion, and Sympathy for others can be learned, even if the abuser caused others profound suffering, both physical and/or emotional. These skills make the world complete. We are all connected, whether we want it or not. So, we need to take care of each other.
Empathy is a skill that is learned when we are young. We learn to connect to others, to their joy and happiness, but also their pain and needs.
For some reason, sex offenders haven’t been taught how to connect to others. Or maybe he was a very empathic person, but someone he trusted has scattered this. But he, and only he, has the power to reconnect to the world and feel the joy of being part of it.
He wants to belong, and he wants people to be concerned about him and involve him in everything, maybe for the first time in his life. This is what makes people, HIM, HER, happy with his/her life and with others. Sure, he/she can do this.
He deserves it. So, let’s go and work on this together! That must be the fire in you as a skilled and humanistic therapist. This module will teach you how to do this. It is hard work to instill empathy and compassion in a sex offender, but it is also gratifying to see the evolution through hard work. And remember: you are saving children with this!
Never judge the person. You can judge his criminal behavior but never who he is.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you have finished all modules, you will receive a diploma.
Module 7: Why did I do it again?
In this module, we’ll teach you how to understand the Cycle of Abuse and why sex offenders relapse so often. It has to be said that child sex offenders are amongst the criminals with the highest rates of relapse. 97 % of them relapse within a time-lapse of – on average -… 4 days after leaving prison. Why is this the case? Because this kind of criminal easily says:
“I paid my dues. Now I’m free to do whatever I want.”
He has had no specialized treatment or treatment at all. He has not been challenged in his behavior, let alone in his feelings and thinking methods. So, why would he change?
It is up to us to guide these offenders towards healthy and decent citizens to keep society safe. Without any professional help, those people will never change. They just cannot. They don’t see the problem—at all. It is society that has a problem, not him.
The US President signed an act to prevent this kind of crime: President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018. The bipartisan legislation was the first major federal criminal justice system reform in 30 years. The new law aims to reduce recidivism and lessen some mandatory minimum sentences.
Later, the President announced a follow-up effort: the Second Step Act. Former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman worked closely with members of Congress and Presidential advisors to draft the First Step Act. He worked with the Trump Administration and members of Congress to pass criminal justice reform legislation in 2018. While the First Step Act focused on pre-release outreach, the Second Step Act will aim to help former inmates find jobs and housing after their release from prison.
When you finish this module, you will receive the workbook and a certificate of attendance. After you finish all modules, succeed in the exam, you will receive a diploma.
The therapies are highly interactive and humane between the professional and the perpetrator. Although a contract of non-confidentiality is established between the perpetrators and the therapist (this is discussed further in module II), there must be a bond of unshakable trust between the therapist and the perpetrator. Tasks must be completed every week and discussed in the next therapeutic session. Offenders can be followed up on an outpatient basis or in a closed setting.
The course aims to cover as complete a work area as possible. Each module is set up so you can immediately start working with it in practice. There are 10 modules in total, but more are added regularly.
Module 8: How can I stop?
This module contains the workbook “How Can I Stop? Breaking My Deviant Circles.” These workbooks are designed to help and guide people through their sexuality and aggression issues.
The first steps are described in detail in “Who am I and why am I here?” followed by “Empathy and Sympathy” and “Why did I do it again?” These workbooks are solid building blocks and foundations with which you can start to break down and rebuild your client’s deviant sexual behaviors.
Module 9: Evaluating Sexual Offenders
This Module is about Evaluating Sexual Offenders. Profiling them and stopping them from abusing.
“I studied Criminology but was taught anything like this. I would love to learn from Carine and the courses at the VCPA. It is so interesting.” S.H.T – Student
Indeed, none of the material the Academy teaches is taught at the official universities or high schools. In order to gain an insight into the problems of child abuse and infanticide and how this has been experienced over time by professionals and society, we offer you this Module, ‘Evaluation and Profiling Sexual Offenders.’
Everyone knows it. Child abuse occurs in all population groups. Offenders are detected in all groups everywhere in the world.
To stop the abuse of children, we absolutely need to stop the offenders. We need to profile them, question them properly and humanly, make an evaluation, and consequently punish them, provide the proper treatment, and restore society.
Module 10: Victims of Victims – Requiem of a child murderer – Breaking the Eternal Vicious Circles
I no longer believe in the idea that we were born a ‘monster.’ In each of the men, the killers of children I examined, I found the roots of their deviations. Each assassin was brought up in a violent or at least extremely disturbing home. No, they are not ‘born monsters.’
We must take responsibility to avoid future murders of children by treating children who have been trapped early in their lives and by preventing them from becoming killers.
DIPLOMA
After having finished all modules, an exam will be taken. When you succeed, you will receive your diploma!