Michael Lavetsky

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About Michael Lavetsky

Michael Lavetsky’s Bio: Michael Lavetsky has been working with adolescent and adult offenders and victims since 2002 while specializing in the field of forensic assessment and treatment of individuals who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior in addition to youth presenting with a variety of co-occurring mental health and substance-related disorders. He has extensive experience performing forensic evaluations on individuals presenting with a variety of criminal behavior and has worked in both residential and outpatient therapeutic settings in Pennsylvania and Florida. Additionally, Michael has conducted national presentations and local trainings on evidence-based practices for individuals presenting with co-occurring disorders and/or sexual behavior problems while also having served as a lecturer for West Chester University’s Crime and Justice Lecture Series. Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and National Certified Counselor. He is a board member of the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board (SOAB) completing Sexually Violent Predator (SVP assessments and providing expert witness testimony. Notably, Michael has received advanced training in the use of Motivational Interviewing (MI), Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in addition to specialized training from Gale Ryan in order to become a certified trainer for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of sexually abusive behaviors in children and adolescents. Michael is currently employed as the program chair and a full-time faculty member within the Rehabilitation and Human Services (RHS) program at Penn State University - Abington College in addition to maintaining his own private practice.