Katherine Gotch, MA, LPC, ATSA-F
Ms. Gotch is the founder and director of ICCS. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston University and a master's degree in forensic psychology from the University of Denver. She has worked in the field of sexual abuse prevention since 2000 as clinician, evaluator, trainer, educator, and within legislative/policy development. She began working with individuals convicted of sexual crimes in 2000 at her first graduate school internship placement and was employed by this treatment program until transitioning to a clinical position at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Violent Persons in February 2003. She was employed at the MTC until April 2004 when she decided to return to the West Coast to be closer to her family.
Ms. Gotch spent the next eight years as the Clinical Coordinator - Sex Offender Unit for Multnomah County Department of Community Justice in Portland, Oregon. This position included sexual offense specific evaluation & assessment, violence risk assessment, case consultation, management of community sexual offense specific treatment providers, policy/legislative development, supervision of interns, and research. Additionally, after Oregon chose to adopt the Static-99R, STABLE-2007 & ACUTE-2007 risk assessment protocol for community corrections, she was selected to become the statewide trainer and became a certified trainer in 2009. She regularly provides training to correctional agencies, treatment providers, policy makers, and other community partners on sexual offense specific management and treatment, static and dynamic risk, public policy, public engagement, and related topics.
Ms. Gotch additionally began her private practice in 2007 after becoming a contracted predatory pre-release evaluator for the Oregon Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, transitioning into private practice full time in July 2012. She currently serves as the Public Policy Representative for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Executive Board, Advisory Board Member for the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV), and Public Policy Advisor for Oregon ATSA.
Licensure
Oregon Sexual Offense Treatment Board - Certified Clinical Therapist #10129053
Alaska Licensed Professional Counselor - #169087
Professional Affiliations
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Member & Public Policy Board Representative)
National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (Member & Board Member)
Oregon Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Member)
American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41) (Member)
International Association for Correctional & Forensic Psychology (Member)
Publications and Poster Sessions
McCartan, K. & Gotch, K. (2020). International approaches to the management of perpetrators of sexual harm policy: Preventative, practical or political? In J. Proulx et al. (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Sexual Offenders (pp. 441-454). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Gotch, K. & Hanson, R.K. (2016). Risk Assessment for Males who Have Engaged in Harmful or Illegal Sexual Behavior. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Gotch, K. (2016). Preliminary data on a sample of perpetrators of domestic trafficking for sexual exploitation: Suggestions for research & practice. Journal of Human Trafficking.
Fernandez, Y., Gotch, K., Hanson, R.K., & Harris, A.J.R. (2015). Acute-2007 Coding Manual Revised 2015.
Rowlands, M., Mowrer, S. Gotch, K. & Arnaut, G. (March 2013). Comparing criminogenic and various characteristics of female sex offender recidivists and non-recidivists. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
Mowrer, S., Rowland, M., Gotch, K. & Arnaut, G. (October 2012). Are we underestimating female sex offender recidivism? A look at recidivism rates of female sexual offenders when recidivism is re-defined. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Denver CO.
Carter, M., Gotch, K. & Stotler-Turner, E. (March 2011). Difference between offender pathway and psychopathy level in a sample of male sex offenders. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Monterey, CA.
Stotler-Turner, E., Guyton, M., Gotch, K. & Carter, M. (October 2008). The Self-Regulation Model: Relationship between the Four Pathways and Static Risk. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Atlanta, GA.
Gotch, K., Carter, M. & Stotler-Turner, E. (November 2007). Relationship between the Self-Regulation Model and level of psychopathy in a sample of sex offenders. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, CA.
Veeder, G. & Gotch, K. (2001). Teaching Humane Existence Treatment Handbook, Morris Press.
Webinars & Podcasts
Safe Society Press: Assessing Risk for Re-Offending
Beyond Fear Podcast: Understanding Trafficking - Part 1
Safer Society Press: The Intervention Intersection: Human Trafficking & Sexual Offending
One Standard of Justice: Evidence-Based Reform - Finding New Ways Forward
Corrections Community Podcast: Preventing the Next Sex Crime