THE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROVIDER DIRECTORY for …

Sex Offender Treatment Provider Directory -- PROVIDERS

THE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROVIDER DIRECTORY for MARYLAND

The Attorney General's and Lt. Governor's Family Violence Council Summer 2003

Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor Michael S. Steele, Lt. Governor J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary, DHMH

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Acknowledgments

The Family Violence Council gratefully acknowledges the contributions, assistance and support it has received over the years from the dedicated members of its Sex Offender Treatment Subcommittee. This group of individuals shared their expertise and knowledge in the area of managing sexual offenders-all in an effort to help protect victims. They gave tirelessly of their time and effort to this project-they designed a questionnaire and determined what information would be most helpful to persons using this directory. The Subcommittee attempted to incorporate as much comprehensive information as possible, like educational background, training and experience, and affiliations in professional organizations, so that users of the directory make informed decisions about where to refer sex offenders.

The Division of Parole and Probation mailed out more than 250 questionnaires. We obtained a list of providers from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Division of Parole and Probation. The providers listed in the directory voluntarily returned their completed questionnaires and voluntarily agreed that their information could be included in this directory. We realize that not all providers are included in this directory. Through this directory though, we hope to provide an information resource that does not currently exist in Maryland that the Division of Parole and Probation, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Human Resources, attorneys, the courts and the general public find helpful.

By including provider information in this directory, the Family Violence Council is not endorsing any particular program. Further, providers volunteered information about their credentials and educational backgrounds. This information has not been verified by the Family Violence Council.

We would also like to thank the brave survivors of sexual abuse. We recognize that this crime takes a terrible toll on survivors, families, and communities.

The Council is particularly grateful to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene who funded the printing of this directory and all those who helped write, edit, design and print it.

Family Violence Council Staff Jodi Finkelstein Twilah Shipley Carol Doctrow Sandy Addington

Office of the Attorney General Carolyn Quattrocki Jamie St. Onge 2

Subcommittee Members Stuart R. Fishelman, Chair, Choices: A Better Way! Sheri DePetro, Former Co-Chair, Former Executive Director of the STTAR Center of Howard County Diane Pisano, In A Family Way Elizabeth Bartholomew, Division of Parole and Probation Cynthia Dockins-Johnson, Division of Parole and Probation Joan Stine, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Joan Dier, Formerly of the Department of Human Resources Jennifer Pollitt Hill, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Janet Morehouse Tara Snyder

Sex Offender Treatment Provider Directory -- PROVIDERS

Attorney General's & Lt. Governor's Family Violence Council

200 St. Paul Place, 19th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410.576.6953 Fax: 410.576.6393

Summer 2003

To the Citizens of Maryland,

There are few areas of mental health practice today that impact public safety to the same extent as does the treatment of sex offenders. The serious nature of sexual crimes, in terms of the damage done to the victims it creates, as well as the high degree of recidivism among some perpetrators, combined with an unequaled, expensive level of involvement with the criminal justice system, make this area of mental health practice unlike any other, and compels us to constantly seek more effective responses to the problem. Increasingly, sexual abuse is seen as both a public health and criminal justice issue warranting a comprehensive, systemic response.

The Family Violence Council's Sex Offender Treatment Subcommittee endeavors to be part of an enhanced response to managing sex offenders and promoting public safety by creating this Sex Offender Treatment Provider Directory. Our members from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Division of Parole and Probation, the Department of Human Resources, the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, CHOICES: A Better Way!, the Sexual Trauma, Treatment, Advocacy and Recovery Center, Inc., and private providers joined together to develop a comprehensive questionnaire which was the basis for this directory. It is our hope that this directory will provide parole and probation agents, judges, State's Attorneys and public defenders, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and others with another tool to make informed decisions about where to refer sex offenders for evaluation and/or treatment. We anticipate that you will find this directory of great assistance.

The proper evaluation, management and treatment of sex offenders are meaningful components in a broad range of services dealing with sexual victimization and its prevention. It is an approach that values public safety and victim protection.

We want to thank all of the sex offender treatment providers who provided information for the directory. Your cooperation made this project possible.

Sincerely,

Stuart R. Fishelman, LCSW-C, BCD Chair, Sex Offender Treatment Subcommittee

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Provider List

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Alkire, Mark - Allegany County ............................................................................................................. 13 Other Areas Served: Garrett County

Baltimore County Department of Social Services (Phyllis A. Burke) - Baltimore County ............

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Other Areas Served: None Listed

Catoctin Counseling Centers (Larry R. Stouter) - Washington County ...........................................

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Other Areas Served: Carroll, Frederick and Washington Counties

Center For Children - Charles County.................................................................................................... 16 Other Areas Served: Calvert, Southern Prince George's, St. Mary's Counties

CHOICES: A Better Way! (Stuart R. Fishelman) - Baltimore City .................................................... 28 Other Areas Served: All of Maryland; Virginia

Chop, Stephen M. - Baltimore County ................................................................................................... 12 Other Areas Served: Baltimore and Carroll Counties

Clinical & Forensic Associates, PC (Ronald I. Weiner, Ph.D., LLC) - Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County .................................................................................................................... 10 Other Areas Served: Anne Arundel, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's Counties; Washington, D.C., and Virginia

Cohen, Sheila L. - Prince George's County ...........................................................................................

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Other Areas Served: Montgomery and Prince George's Counties

Comprehensive Treatment Center of Maryland (Rheon Farrow) - Anne Arundel County .......... 24 Other Areas Served: Baltimore City and Baltimore County

Dick, Russell A. - Carroll County ...........................................................................................................

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Other Areas Served: Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick and Howard Counties; Pennsylvania

Eastern Shore Psych Services (Kathryn Seifert) - Wicomico County ............................................... 32 Other Areas Served: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Worcester Counties; Delaware

Eisenberg, Joseph M. - Baltimore County ............................................................................................. 15 Other Areas Served: Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Carroll and Harford Counties

Estupinan-Kane, Laura, Ph.D. - Frederick County .............................................................................. 21 Other Areas Served: Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery and Washington Co.

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