Philosophy
Working in the world of adverse and traumatic experiences presents challenges to those who have been exposed and for those who work with them. Providing support, care, and healing is a universal need. We must take care of everyone. Simply said, we need to care for those who need to heal from trauma; and we also need to take care of the people, who take care of the people.
Implementing Therapy Services For PSB
Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment
There is reliable evidence that treatment for problematic sexual behaviors in youth are more likely to desist from this behavior than those who go untreated. The research also indicates that youth who engage in problematic sexual behaviors are a heterogenous population. This would indorse treatment approaches that reflect the diverse needs and supports a risk, needs, and responsivity method and follows a developmentally integrated framework for providing assessment, and treatment with youth who exhibit problematic sexual behaviors.
Consultation And Training
Educational Initiatives
MDTs often find themselves in a unique position to determine and guide services for youth impacted by abuse and those children and youth that initiate problematic sexual behavior, but are often inadequately prepared to determine their heterogeneous, developmental and contextual needs. MDTs can provide the systemic needs to form and support the best practices for children and youth by developing policies and procedures that are empirically supported and informed.
Resource Center
Access Educational Materials
Over 35 years, I have accumulated an extensive library of resources from some of the most brilliant and insightful minds in the field. I will share gratuitously the research, resources, and tools that can support the critical work we do with children, families, and communities.
About Me
I have spent over 30 years creating connections in the mental health field with children, families, and the communities they live in. I've help model and create accountability dedicated to promoting safe and supportive environments for children to heal. As a licensed clinical social worker, I have worked in both community and institutional settings to assess, treat, and coordinate services for an array of children that have been impacted by adverse and traumatic experiences, as well as initiated them.
Shortly after graduating from the University Colorado in 1989, I began working with children, youth, and adults that had initiated problematic and harmful sexual behaviors. Once I received my Master's of Social Work from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, I provided clinical services primarily in the area of sexual trauma. Focusing on both those that initiated and were impacted by it. Often the youth and children that initiated the harmful behaviors were also impacted by adverse experiences themselves. in 2015, I assumed the role as executive director at a child abuse center and gained full accreditation as a Child Advocacy Center in 18 months. Starting with a staff of one, I left in 2023 with a staff of 22, including a clinical staff of 12 that provided eight evidence-based therapies, to join the National Children's Alliance as the coordinator of the Institute for Better Mental Health Outcomes. There I worked with state chapters and local CACs around the country to develop, maintain, and sustain trauma responsive services.
As a clinical, managing, and executive director, I have overseen multiple clinical departments that assessed and treated trauma and problematic sexual behavior (PSB) utilizing multiple evidence-based/supported models, including a PSB model that I developed. As someone who is passionate about connecting with people, I am excited to work with you to bring Hope, Excitement, and Tailored approaches to promote innovative strategies to your practices, agencies, and communities.
Training Topics
- Guiding teams in developing policy and procedures for teams (multidisciplinary, youth serving agencies, mental health, school systems) to address the unique needs of their communities and the children and families they serve.
- Create empirically supported treatment programs to serve youth and children that initiate problematic and harmful sexual behaviors. Including assessment and treatment protocols that are grounded in the research
- Implementing mental health services that are evidnece-based, provide measurable changes, and support feedback driven interventions.
- Provide expert testimony in child sexula abuse cases (i.e., understanding child traumatic responses, delayed disclosures, children and youth who display problematic and harmful sexual behavior)
- Providing training and technical assistance to support sustainable changes to serve children, families, and communities through strategic planning and implementation science.
- Provide virtual or onsight training to CACs and child welfare agencies that effectively utilizes funds to create intentional, measurable, and observable change guided by clearly defined objectives and goals.
Resources
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Contact Info
Email: gcsidoli@yahoo.com
Phone: 828-231-2205