Therapy

There are caring and compassionate professionals who specialize in helping youth learn and practice safer sexual behaviors. These therapists are also trained to support adults in addressing youth problematic sexual behaviors.

The below resources can help you find a provider. You can also get a referral from your child’s primary care provider, health insurance carrier, or local mental health clinics.

Directory of Providers (MASOC)

This easy to use map can help adults locate providers across New England who specialize in working with youth struggling with problematic or abusive sexual behaviors.

Sex Specific Treatment for Youth: Article (Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute)

Find out how therapy specializing in problematic sexual behavior can help youth understand and learn safer behaviors with others, and help families navigate problematic sexual behaviors.

Find a Provider (NCSBY)

This tool from the National Center of the Sexual Behavior of Youth (NCSBY) provides a listing of providers across the country who specialize in working with youth struggling with problematic or abusive sexual behaviors.

Treatment Referrals - The Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA)

ATSA keeps an up-to-date directory of providers throughout the country who specialize in working with youth and adults struggling with problematic, unsafe, or abusive sexual behaviors. To search: select your country, state, and city, and then select “Yes” to Accepting Referrals. For a more broad search, select just your country and state.

Finding and Choosing Professional Treatment and Support: Stop It Now! Resource Guide

This resource guide includes articles for caregiving adults to find support for themselves.