In: Psychology
Could you work with a pedophile? Why or why not?
Pedophile refers to a person who has sexual disorder towards the children. According to the criteria of DSM 5, Pedophilia is a psychological disorder in which a person can feel intensive sexual desire towards the kids. A pedophile is attracted to the children who are near the age of 14 to 15.
For being a psychotherapist, I could work with a pedophile. As this is a psychological disorder so this disorder need to be treated with the proper psychological treatment. Otherwise the kid’s safety can be in the danger. This disorder has been founded specially in the man. Lack of treatment of this dangerous disorder can lead to a serious crime. A psycho therapist needs to understand all the hidden factors of this illness so that she or he can find the exact cause of this illness. There are some specific treatment of a pedophile person such as Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Psycho therapy and Aversion therapy. These therapies are very much effective for treating a pedophile person and these therapies can be applied only by a trained and professional therapist.
So for being a psycho-therapist I could be able to deal with a pedophile person. This will help the person to reduce his dangerous illness and also children’s safety will be secured.