Ferrara, M. L. (2010) Pathways to Healthy Sexuality. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing.  Pathways to Healthy Sexuality, by psychologist and licensed sex offender treatment provider Matthew Ferrara, guides sex offenders participating in outpatient or inpatient treatment into rebuilding their lives and changing their desires. This revolutionary manual uses both cognitive therapy and cutting-edge treatments to lead the offender through a series of therapeutic experiences designed to reduce the chance of another sexual offense. read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2010) The Good Life. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing.  What is your purpose in life? Do you have a goal for your life? If you don’t have a goal, you might want to consider the goal that is the basis of this workbook. This workbook is based on the idea that the best goal in life anyone can have is to love and be loved. read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2014) Chaperon Workbook. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing. This workbook is written for the person who wants to become a chaperon for an adult client in a sex offender treatment program. If you are that person, if you are the one who wants to become a chaperon, you deserve a pat on the back. You are going to take on an important job. It will not be an easy job. Because of your willingness to help, you deserve praise. read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2013) LEAD Workbook: Treatment for High-Risk Sexual Misconduct. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing The LEAD Workbook is the workbook of choice for those providing treatment to high and very high risk sex offenders. The LEAD Workbook is composed of a total of 93 offense specific and psychoeducational therapy assignments divided into six stages.  read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2014) Direct Care and Security Staff Trainee Handout: Limit and Lead Behavior Management Program. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing.  Limit and Lead is a complete program for conduct disordered youth and juvenile delinquents. The Limit & Lead Program consists of a behavior management component and cognitive rehabilitation interventions. The Trainee Handout is given to direct care and security staff in a residential facility, institution, halfway house, or group home for youth with acting out behavior problems.  read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2014) Training for Trainers: Limit and Lead Behavior Management Program. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing. Few of us were around in the 1970’s when Martinson published his treatise, often referred to as “Nothing Works.” Martinson’s treatise spawned a great deal of reactionary research that quickly dispatched the “Nothing Works” treatise. In fact, Martinson’s data was reanalyzed and even his data showed that some rehabilitation interventions reduce recidivism.Thanks to the research of Gendreau, Ross, Cullen, Andrews, Logan, Bailey, Palmer and many others, we no longer need to address the question, What Works…to reduce recidivism? We now ask the question, What Works with Whom. In other words, the focus of rehabilitation research is now aimed at developing the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model.  read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L., (2014) Direct Care and Security Staff Trainer’s Manual: Limit and Lead Behavior Management Program. Seattle, WA: Create Space Publishing.  Limit and Lead is a complete program for conduct disordered youth and juvenile delinquents. The Limit & Lead Program consists of a behavior management component and cognitive rehabilitation interventions. This book is the trainer’s manual used to orchestrate training given to direct care and security staff in a residential facility, institution, halfway house, or group home for youth with acting out behavior problems.   read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L. and McDonald, S. (1996) Treatment of the Juvenile Sex Offender: Neurological and Psychiatric Impairments. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. This book presents theoretical perspective and practical suggestions for treatment of the neurologically and psychologically impaired juvenile sex offender. The book combines cognitive/behavioral, psychoanalytic, and neuropsychological constructs into practical guidelines for treating the juvenile sex offender. read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L. (1992) Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Persons with Mental Retardation. Austin, TX: Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Developed in 1992, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Mental Retardation was perhaps the first of its kind integrated treatment and case management program for persons with mental retardation. Drawing on the disparate fields of substance abuse treatment, cognitive therapy, and case management, this book gives you a step by step process for creating and maintaining a substance abuse treatment program for persons with mental retardation. read more about this title

Ferrara, M.L. (1992) Group Counseling for Juvenile Delinquents: The Limit and Lead Approach. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Published in cooperation with the University of Michigan School of Social Work As a counselor or therapist, wouldn’t it be useful to have a resource that clearly presents effective how-to guidelines for rehabilitating juvenile offenders? In Group Counseling with Juvenile Delinquents, Ferrara explores all aspects of counseling this special population, from the first group encounter through evaluating the effectiveness of the group. He examines various components of the group encounter including establishing a safe, helpful environment, replacing delinquent behaviors with prosocial ones, and responding to the specific needs of each juvenile delinquent. read more about this title