Our Services

Evaluation & Consultation

SFFI is a premiere organization with over 30 years of experience providing psychological evaluation and consultation as well as expert testimony.

SEXUAL OFFENSES & PARAPHILIC DISORDERS

  • Sexually Violent Predator Evaluation

  • Child Molestation (PC 288.1) & Pedophilic Disorder

  • Child Pornography

  • Rape & Paraphilic Coercive Disorder

  • Indecent Exposure & Exhibitionism

  • Unlawful Peeping & Voyeurism

  • Sexual Homicide & Sexual Sadism

  • Sexual Battery & Frotteurism

  • Sexual Harassment

  • Unusual Offenses, Other Paraphilic Disorders

  • Hypersexuality/Compulsive Sexual Behavior

ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL AROUSAL OR INTEREST

  • Penile Plethysmograph (PPG)

  • Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest (AASI-3)

  • Sexual History Clinical Polygraph

  • Multiphasic Sex Inventory (MSI-II)

  • Other Measures

SEXUAL OFFENDER RISK ASSESSMENT

  • Risk Assessment (E.G., Static-99R, Static-2002R, VRAG-R, SORAG, PCL-R)

  • Dynamic Risk Factors (SRA:FV, Stable-2007)

  • Protective Factors (Factors That May Lower Risk)

  • Structured Clinical Interview using empirically based items

  • Treatment Completion/ Certificate of Rehabilitation Evaluation (PC 1203.4)

GENERAL FORENSIC ISSUES

  • Violence Risk

  • Suitability for Probation or Parole

  • Factors in Mitigation

  • Treatment Amenability & Needs

  • Civil Commitment

  • Malingering of Mental Illness

  • Suicide/Flight Risk

  • Adult and Juvenile Assessment

  • Juvenile Fitness/Waiver to Adult Court

  • Immigration (Risk, Trauma, Mental Illness, etc)

CAPITAL CASES

  • Pretrial, Penalty, & Appellate Phase

  • Factors in Mitigation

  • Social History Preparation

  • Amenability to Incarceration

Treatment

SFFI utilizes humanistic and cognitive behavioral approaches in the treatment of problematic thoughts and behaviors.

TYPES OF THERAPY

  • Outpatient individual psychotherapy

  • Outpatient group psychotherapy

  • Medication evaluation for psychiatric and sexual problems

  • Telehealth

TREATMENT MODELS

  • Risk-Need-Responsivity

  • Cognitive-Behavioral

  • Behavior Therapy

  • Psychodynamic & insight-oriented (when appropriate)

  • Relapse prevention

  • Containment

  • Self-regulation (offensive pathways)

  • Motivational interviewing

  • Harm reduction (when appropriate)

  • Supportive therapy

CLIENT PROBLEMS

  • Deviant or unhealthy sexual interests

  • Compulsive sexual behavior (pornography, prostitutes, anonymous sex)

  • Preparation for upcoming prison commitment

  • Post incarceration community integration

  • Interpersonal aggression & violent behavior

  • Substance abuse

  • Anger-management skills

  • Impulse-control skills

  • Depression, anxiety, & grief/bereavement

  • Relationship conflicts

  • Intimacy deficits

  • Fire-setting