[From affect regulation to self-awareness: psychotherapy for individuals who committed sexual offenses].

BACKGROUND

Treatment of individuals who have committed sexual offenses (ISOs) is an important part of the prevention of sexual violence and is usually implemented with cognitive behavioural therapy.

AIM: To review other psychotherapeutic treatment methods are explored.

METHOD: A systematic literature search was conducted in two databases and further supplemented with articles from reference lists.

RESULTS

A total of thirteen articles were identified which covered treatments from experiential therapy, schema therapy, psychodynamic therapy and integrative psychotherapy.

CONCLUSION

The included articles emphasize the importance of affect regulation, traumatherapy, a thorough case conceptualization and increasing self-awareness. However, there is an important need of more recidivism research on the psychotherapeutic treatment of ISOs.