Changing Offending Behaviour: A Handbook of Practical Exercises and Photocopiable Resources for Promoting Positive Change

About Clark BaimLydia Fransham/Guthrie

Clark Baim was a Co-Lead National Trainer for the National Probation Service in England and Wales for 12 years and continues to work internationally as an independent trainer. He is a registered psychotherapist and senior trainer with the British Psychodrama Association and he is Co-Director of Change Point Ltd. which offers staff training in a wide variety of organizations. He is also Co-Director of the Birmingham Institute for Psychodrama and was the founding Director of Geese Theatre UK a theatre company which focuses on offender rehabilitation. Clark has published extensively on offender treatment groupwork methods psychotherapy attachment theory applied theatre and supervision and is the author of Mindful Co-working published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Lydia Guthrie has a long track record of work in the criminal justice and voluntary sectors working with adults with disabilities and socially excluded young people. After qualifying as a social worker she worked for the Probation Service from 19982009 as a probation officer group facilitator and senior probation officer. She is Co-Director with Clark Baim of Change Point Ltd. where she works as an independent trainer and consultant specialising in areas of sexual offending and domestic abuse. She also worked for 4 years as a Co-Lead National Trainer for the Sexual Offending Groupwork Programmes run by the National Probation Service.