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FORENSIC CLINICAL

Specialised Treatment/Offender Program/Treatment for accused persons/Specialist reports/ Forensic evaluations​/Relapse training​

 

Dr Matthew Woo (DClinPsych, Queensland) has had extensive experience with the treatment of sex offenders. In 2010, he was awarded a Health Mannpower Development Program fellowship award (under the auspices of the Ministry of Health, Singapore) for Sex Offender Interventions (Portland). While in the employ of the Institute of Mental Health, he has had extensive specialised experience with the treatment of sexual offenders, particularly for individuals who were under the Mandatory Treatment Order. 

 

Dr Matthew Woo also specialises in psychological assessment and treatment for accused persons, and preparation of specialist reports for court hearing. He can provide assessments related to personality profiling and forensic evaluations.

 

Specialised Treatment for Offender Program (STOP) is a comprehensive treatment program that provides sex offenders training in relapse training through methods related to the covert desensitization of impulses and adverse deconditioning of arousal. The programs involve three treatment phases employing a cognitive-behavioral model and spanning generally 18 months. The primary goal of the programs is to reduce the rate of re-offense and move the participants toward a more pro-social lifestyle.

 

For more information on STOP, please click on the following document:

  • Sex offender relapse training

  • Reduce risk and potential for further deviant behaviour

  • Target and change the cognitive and behavioural patterns

  • Preparaton of specialist reports for court hearing

  • Review and consolidate relapse prevention strategies 

 

 

Dr Matthew Woo (DClinPsych, Queensland) has had extensive experience with the treatment of shoplifting offenders.

 

The Shoplifting Offenders Recovery and Treatment (SORT) is a comprehensive treatment program that provides chronic shoplifters training in relapse prevention through methods related to the covert desensitization of impulses, adverse deconditioning of arousal and application of reminder prompts through stimulus conditioning. The programs involve three treatment phases employing a cognitive-behavioral model and spanning generally 18 months. The primary goal of the programs is to reduce the rate of re-offense and move the participants toward a more pro-social lifestyle.

 

For more information on SORT, please click on the following document:

  • Shoplifting Offenders Recovery and Treatment

  • Offences related to shoplifting, theft and kleptomania

  • Reduce risk and potential for further offending behaviour

  • Target and change the cognitive and behavioural patterns

  • Preparaton of specialist reports for court hearing

  • Review and consolidate relapse prevention strategies 

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