ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the functions of each therapy modality, examines the evidence of a combined treatment approach and explores the impact on clinical outcomes within a forensic setting. In addition, group and individual treatment approaches raise different practical and service benefits and challenges. Using a combined approach to offender intervention enables a task separation into group and individually based aspects of treatment. The use of individual therapy in responsive way could help offenders to attend group sessions and thus increase the likelihood of treatment completion. In addition to interventions focused on criminogenic issues, there have been a small number of combined therapy interventions delivered to address aspects of personality disorder within forensic settings. Within forensic settings, treatment is usually compulsory, regardless of whether or not the individual is motivated to change. The issue around compulsory versus voluntary offender treatment raises its own dilemmas in respect of motivation and behaviour change.
