Name: 45 - Live Interview with Steven Procopio, ground-breaking researcher and therapist specializing i...
Uploaded: 2024-10-29T17:22:28.000Z
Duration: 3185
Description: Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW, is a trainer/consultant/therapist in working with males with a trauma history. His expertise is in the area of childhood sexual...

Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW, is a trainer/consultant/therapist in working with males with a trauma history. His expertise is in the area of childhood sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation/human trafficking, other forms of sexual victimization and he has extensive experience with homelessness and runaway youth. Steven’s work in youth services included work as an adolescent therapist, director of a shelter for runaway/homeless youth and a family reunification facilitator. Steven’s present professional work is with boys and men with a trauma history, with a focus on childhood sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation/human trafficking and other forms of sexual victimization. He is a trainer/consultant with the National Human Trafficking Training and Consulting Center. Steven founded the first free-standing program serving commercially sexually exploited boys/human trafficked adolescent males in the United States. Steven is a member of the United Nations Global Human Trafficking Task Force,

representing the needs of male victims/survivors of Human Trafficking internationally

and survivor consultant with UNITAS North America. Steven has taught and presented on the issues of male victimization on a local and international level, consulting with various groups on the effects male childhood sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation/human trafficking.

Steven was recently awarded the Liberator of the Year Award by US Human Trafficking Organizations for his years of service to the male human trafficking community. Steven is also a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

Contact info for Steven:

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www.stevenlprocopio.com (http://www.stevenlprocopio.com)

Other links mentioned:

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https://icat.un.org/ - The United Nations’ Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons

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https://www.unitas.ngo/us-programs - UNITAS North America

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https://www.endhumantrafficking.ca/ - Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking

Self-Nurturing (aka Self-Care) Activities Mentioned:

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Get involved in sports/athletic activities that you used to enjoy (golf, gym)

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Take yourself to the movies

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Go hike in nature

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Go for a walk on the beach

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Go out for an ice cream cone

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Work-Life Balance

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