Relapse Prevention for Sexual Harassers

1. Introduction to Sexual Harassment: The Law and Consequences.- Definitions and Measures: What is Sexual Harassment?.- Effects and Consequences.- Legal Effects.- Organizational Costs.- What Can Be Done with Sexual Harassers?.- 2. Relapse Prevention as an Appropriate Model for the Treatment of Sexual Harassers.- Relapse Prevention and Harm Reduction.- Pre-treatment Information.- 3. Bicycles and Sexual Harassment: The Offense Chain, the Offense Cycle, and the Offense Wheel.- 4. Comorbid Disorders.- 5. Treatment Modules.- Module 1: Assessment.- Module 2: Understanding Sexual Harassment.- Module 3: Overcoming Denial and Minimization.- Module 4: Skills Training.- Module 5: Myth Acceptance, Cognitive Distortions, and Negative Attitudes towards Women.- Module 6: Victim Empathy.- Module 7: Relapse Prevention, Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions, Positive Addictions, and Lifestyle Balance.- Module 8: High-Risk Situations.- Module 9: Outcome Expectancies and the Problem of Immediate Gratification.- Module 10: Review and Introduction to RP in Daily Life.- Module 11: Review and Aftercare.- Empirical Support of Intervention.- Conclusion.- References.- Handouts.- 1 The FAQs of Sexual Harassment.- 2 Motivation Ratings.- 3 Self-Report Sexual Harassment Inventory.- 4 Sexual Harassment Knowledge Questionnaire.- 5 Sexual Harassment Myth Acceptance.- 6 Empathy Worksheet.- 7 Outcome Expectancies.- 8 Cognitive Distortions.- 9 Relapse Prevention Offense Chain Worksheet.- 10 Relapse Prevention Plan Worksheet.- About the Authors.

William O'Donohue is Nicholas Cummings Professor of Behavioral Healthcare Delivery at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Philosophy at UNR and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.