Dear New Member~
I'd like to welcome you here to the Forum and hope that you have support with this very difficult and stressful time. If you do not I'd suggest counseling for yourself (yes, seriously).
Trying to help your son, which is great, and also trying to deal with a hostile family can really drain you. It may be your daughter might benefit from a counseling session too.
Sorry this post is so long, as an ex-policeman I have seen a fair number of problems.
One of the main dangers to a person coming out of incarceration is falling back into the lifestyle they lived before, and that specifically includes those persons they associated with who may still be in the drug and/or child exploitation scenes.
I'm glad he has accommodation for a while, this is particularly difficult to find and one reason those released 'couch surf' or live with those they knew before.
Feeling lack of self worth, anger and a host of other emotions may make your son hostile to help, however it is certainty worth being there for him though I'd not suggest simply handing over money as this may simply be spent on drugs or simply frittered away. Any you do give needs to be for a specific purpose.
Trying for employment which helps start a new life can be particularly difficult for someone with a criminal history. I'd suggest ACCORDWEST may be familiar with the problem
I'll make a couple of suggestions in relation to child exploitation and these revolve around getting appropriate addiction treatment. I'd suggest a physiologist (via your GP) who specializes in sexual addition, which can be done in person and sometimes remotely if there is none in your son's area.
To find such a professional there are two things if your GP cannot make a suggestion :
First
"Psychology Today" has a nationwide listing of psychologists and related therapists
EG
Home-New South Wales-Sydney-Sexual Addiction
I'm not suggesting you live in Sydney, this is only a random example.
Secondly I'd check the therapist. Frankly I'd only go with those who have proper accreditation and are listed though the Psychology Board of Australia
It my be that he will benefit from the psychological assistance in returning to society provided by ACCORDWEST, and they may also have a pathway to suggest for sexual addiction
If all else fails try other charitable/social organizations to find ideas and referrals.
I think I've gone on for long enough enough right now so I'll sign off
You are welcome here anytime
Croix
