Description: The book offers a detailed review of the sex offender; the pedophile and the child molester, and directly explores his thinking processes, reasoning and related issues that offer a clear and concise exposé in these most hated people. Through direct examples of client art, case histories and offender testimonies,
Brief description: G. Cledwyn Jenkins holds doctorates in counseling psychology and pastoral counseling with emphases in the expressive arts as a therapy; including Jungian, Gestalt, and Existentialism, person-centered (intermodal) therapies, psychological testing and statistics. He holds a Doctor of Ministry, which focuses on grief counseling and issues of pastoral thanatology. He is formally certified in Expressive Arts Therapy with the National Expressive Arts Association and is currently a freelance artist and instructor with Soulful Expressions: Art Survey and Psychological Consulting.
Review Quotes:
A scholarly work deserving particular attention from all behavioral specialists and human services personnel. Banished offers superb examples of how sexual divergence interferes with normal development and threatens society as a result. A most needed and timely body of research that will assist medical and legal professionals equally.
--Dr. J. Johannes Petersen McAddam, Ph.D., Professor emeritus, Consultant at Soulful Expressions: Art Survey and Psychological Consulting, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, United Kingdom
Having worked with this population in both the Continental United States and Puerto Rico, I can say that the author has an excellent background with this form of therapy, especially in understanding the sex offender as a client. The case studies sections are strongly important for understanding these people and what to expect from them. Well done!
--Esperanza Cavallo-Voss, M.S., Former social worker, Princeton Hospital (1990-96), Orlando, Florida
Banished is packed with information that the public needs to know. It's a dissection of the offender's mental, emotional and spiritual makeup that should give the reader a chance to see what is usually locked behind prison doors, or misrepresented by television programs. This is a very disturbing, but also very interesting addition to the mental health field.
--Bryant W. Garrick, M.S., CAC (cand) (Tampa, Florida)
From the perspective of the nursing profession, BANISHED is written with specific information that the nursing professional needs to know. The historical layout as well as detailed explanations, leads the reader into the offender's mental, emotional and spiritual makeup. With nursing being on the frontline of assessing individuals through their lifetime, BANISHED offers an excellent resource for the mental evaluation of young children in their early development in order to possibly break the cycle of sexual abuse. Fantastic resource for the nursing profession especially for the advanced nurse practitioners' who provide primary care to children.
Lois J. Trudeau, RN, CNM, MS, Maj, USAF (Ret.) Former Associate Professor of Nursing, Victor Valley College