Sexual Abuse Prevention

As mental health providers, we feel an immense responsibility to contribute to the emotional safety and healing of our community. The effects of sexual abuse are far-reaching for abuse victims, the people who abused them, and the families of each.

In addition to the psychotherapy we provide to victims of sexual abuse, we offer specific, specialized services aimed at sexual violence prevention - with the goal of preventing future sexual harm and creating a safer community. These services are detailed below.

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Sexual Abuse Prevention Program

We offer comprehensive services to individuals who have sexually harmed others or who are concerned that they may at some point sexually abuse another person. Our program is geared toward helping individuals overcome barriers to maintaining safe sexual behavior, such as disordered sexual arousal patterns, poor self-regulation, and maladaptive thought styles. Treatment for sexually harmful behavior involves a team approach, in which we strongly encourage families and partners to collaborate in the process. We also have specialized programming available for adult and juvenile correctional populations. Currently, these services are offered in our Duluth office, Virginia office, remotely via telehealth, and at the Northeastern Regional Correctional Center (NERCC).

Community Education & Safe Families Support

Crosswind Counseling Center is committed to the prevention of sexual violence as a core value and an integral part of our vision through education, community partnerships, and demystifying sexual health. In service to this commitment, we offer education on healthy sexual boundaries for youth and adults with differing abilities, education around risky sexual internet behaviors, reunification services, and supervision training.

Supervision training is offered to family and friends of people who have restrictions around minors due to past sexual offending behaviors. This class fulfills the educational requirements by counties as it reviews roles and responsibilities of future supervisors as well as creating opportunities to better understand the needs of those who have offended. Once a person has taken this class, they will have more information to decide whether supervision is right for them. Additionally, those who complete this class will receive a certificate which they can present to the therapist and/or probation officer or agent.

We welcome the opportunity to talk more with those who are interested in scheduling an educational seminar, being a supervisor in situations where there are concerns for sexual safety, or if learning more about our supportive services in general.