BIPP Educational Series

Diana Groener, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), has worked with violent offenders of various types in outpatient settings since 1997. She has extensive experience working with both domestic violence and sexual violence offenders as well as with criminally-oriented and psychopathic offenders. She is the co-author of LATTICES: An Integrated Treatment Approach for High-Risk Forensic Clients. She has presented at the state and national level on a variety of topics, such as vicarious trauma, high-risk offender treatment, Internet access for sex offenders, sex education, and on multiple topics specific to domestic violence offenders and sex offenders. She has also offered a variety of trainings and consultations across the country on related subjects

Chastidy Malone is a Therapist at the Children’s Assessment Center, an agency that provides a safe haven to sexually abused children and families. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Houston and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Texas Southern University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and an Affiliate Sex Offender Treatment Provider. Chastidy served as BIPP Director at Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse for 7 years and provides contract facilitation services with the organization to continue work in the mission to end domestic violence.