The Team of Eminent Presenters
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Rodrigues will no longer be presenting at the conference. Please monitor your email for instructions on updating your registration.
PRESENTERS: Dr. Delmonico, Dr. Kuniak & Natalie Drozda
KEYNOTE: WED APR 9TH @ 9AM: Hitting Reset: Examining the Gamer Culture through a Sexual Offense Lens
WORKSHOP: WED APR 9th @ 1:30pm: Hitting Reset: Examining the Gamer Culture through a Sexual Offense Lens, Part 2
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Etiology/Developmental Issues of Sex Offense Behavior (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Dr. David Delmonico
Dr. David Delmonico is a Licensed Professional Counseling (PA), National Board Certified Counselor, Approved Clinical Supervisor, and Professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Delmonico earned degrees in psychology, community counseling, and counselor education, supervision, and human development at Kent State University. In 2003, Dr. Delmonico and his business partner Elizabeth Griffin, MA, LMFT, established Internet Behavior Consulting, LLC. IBC conducts research, consultation, and training on topics related to problematic online sexual behavior – including sexual addiction / sexual compulsivity / hypersexuality, cyberpsychology, and cyber offense behavior. Training audiences include mental health workers, probation/parole officers, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, etc. IBC has provided expert consultation services to attorneys in hundreds of cases across the country related to possession, receipt, distribution, or production of child pornography, enticement of minors, sexual exploitation of a minor, online sex trafficking, criminal sexual enterprise, and other related charges.
Dr. Delmonico is co-author of four books, including In the Shadows of the Net, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, and Illegal Images. His latest book, The Illegal Images Workbook is due out Spring 2025. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on a variety of technology and sexuality topics. Dr. Delmonico is the founder and director of the Online Behavior Research and Education Center (OBREC) at Duquesne University and is past editor-in-chief of the Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity journal.
Presenter Bio: Dr. Stephen Kuniak
Dr. Stephen Kuniak is an Assistant Professor in Commonwealth University - Lock Haven's Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and a Past President of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association. Dr. Kuniak is also a practicing Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in PA and clinical supervisor. He holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Duquesne University. Additionally, he is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Dr. Kuniak has practiced for over 15 years in the areas of family counseling, drug and alcohol counseling, as the clinical director of a counseling agency, and in private practice. Dr. Kuniak's areas of professional interest are in counseling theories and practice, anxiety disorder treatment, substance use treatment, family counseling, human sexuality education and treatment, as an LGBTQIA+ community ally, and clinical supervision. His unique areas of focus are on the clinical application of pop culture and gaming. This includes a special focus on understanding the gaming community as a unique culture. He has published and presented on the use of these forms of media as opportunities to build rapport, create metaphors, and to help clients practice important skills. He has been interviewed by publications like the Washington Post and Counseling Today.
Presenter Bio: Natalie Drozda
Natalie A. Drozda Ph.D., LPC, NCC is an Associate Professor at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Duquesne University. She began her clinical work on a crisis hotline, worked for five years in an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, and currently sees individuals in the college setting and in private practice, with treatment focusing primarily upon trauma, attachment and communication, behavioral addictions, and sexuality concerns including Internet behavior. Additionally, she has served as an expert witness on numerous sex offense cases, testifying in federal court, and providing forensic evaluations and recommendations regarding substance use treatment, trauma treatment, and recidivism risk. Dr. Drozda's research interests encompass the connections between trauma, addiction, Internet technology, sexuality, and offense behaviors. She recently co-authored an article on sex addiction, published in the Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling.
PRESENTER: Alexandria Wall
WORKSHOP: WED APR 9th @ 1:30pm: Human Trafficking
THUR APR 10th @ 9:00AM: Human Trafficking (REPEAT PRESENTATION)
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Criminal Justice & legal Issues Related to Sexual Offending (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Alexandria “Ali” Wall
Alexandria “Ali” Wall, LPC, serves as the Director of Human Trafficking Services at Safe Harbor, a non-profit organization in Henrico, Virginia, where she manages comprehensive programs for human trafficking survivors and conducts trainings for law enforcement and community service providers. Alexandria also provides case management support and court ordered assessments for minor victims of human trafficking across the state of Virginia. Prior to joining Safe Harbor in 2022, Ali served as Human Trafficking Case Manager for the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, working closely with service agencies and law enforcement throughout the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area (encompassing five counties) to promote a coordinated, victim-centered, and trauma informed response to juvenile human trafficking. In both her role at Safe Harbor and previously at the OAG, she conducts victim assessments and worked closely with local multi-disciplinary teams to identify service gaps, forge partnerships, and train law enforcement, prosecutors, social services staff, medical providers, and other allied professionals throughout the region in human trafficking victim identification and other HT issues.
Before her OAG tenure, she worked as Program Coordinator and Lead Therapist at Hallmark Youthcare, a residential treatment center, where she developed a successful clinical program for survivors of trafficking and exploitation. Alexandria's career also includes roles as an Autism Clinician, Mental Health Counselor, and Counselor in foster care transitional living programs. In 2023, she was appointed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Prevention. She also serves on the Executive Advisory Board -Virginia Capital Area Human Trafficking Task Force. In January of 2024 Alexandria started her own consulting company, Wall Clinical Consulting LLC, where she sells her clinical program to treatment facilities, provides consultation to the facilities and provides training to varied professionals. Alexandria was awarded Outstanding Victim Protection in Countering Human Trafficking from Department of Homeland Security in 2024. Alexandria holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Sociology with a concentration in Childhood and Youth from George Mason University, as well as a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University.
PRESENTERS: Dr. Terry Tinsley & Jaime Hoyle
WORKSHOP: WED APR 9th @ 1:30pm - Getting to Know Your Licensing Boards
THUR APR 10th @ 9:00AM - Getting to Know Your Licensing Boards (Repeat)
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Ethics (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Dr. Terry Tinley
Dr. Tinsley joined Youth For Tomorrow in March of 1997 as its first full time professional counselor. Following his arrival, he developed a professional counseling program for YFT residents and subsequently a Clinical Services Team consisting of licensed clinicians, clinical psychologists, registered nurses, case managers, and a psychiatrist. Dr. Tinsley was appointed Vice President for Residential Services in 2019 and became responsible for all campus based mental health, case management and residential services.
Prior to joining YFT, Dr. Tinsley worked for the Dallas/Fort Worth Medical Center in their dual diagnosis adolescent psychiatric unit. His other areas of service have included out-patient counseling centers, Charter Psychiatric Hospital, an in-patient substance abuse treatment program, and two years with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board serving in Mali, West Africa.
Dr. Tinsley has served on the Prince William County Family Assessment and Planning Team (FAPT), Arlington County Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT), and the Northern Virginia Coalition of Private Providers (NOVACO). He has also served on the Boards of the Virginia Coalition of Private Provider Associations (VCOPPA), the Virginia Association of Children’s Homes (VACH), Virginia Association of Independent Special Education Facilities (VAISEF) and was also an appointed member of the Prince William County DSS Board of Advisors.
Dr. Tinsley serves on the Virginia Board of Counseling as a gubernatorial appointee appointed by Governors
Robert McDonnell (R), Terry McAuliffe (D), Ralph Northam (D) and Glenn Youngkin (R). In August of 2024 Dr. Tinsley, by unanimous vote, was elected to serve as the Chair of the Board of Counseling.
A Mississippi native, Dr. Tinsley graduated from William Carey College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Southwestern Baptist Seminary with a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling, and Walden University with a doctors in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Tinsley is also credentialed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider (CSOTP).
Presenter Bio: Jaime Hoyle
Jaime Hoyle is the Executive Director for the Virginia Boards of Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work. She is also the workforce lead of Governor Youngkin’s Right Help Right Now Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative.
Jaime obtained her undergraduate degree from Boston College and her law degree from the University of Richmond. Jaime spent the first half of her career working as a staff attorney in the legislative branch of the Virginia General Assembly. She began at the Virginia State Crime Commission where she observed the intersection between crime and mental health. This observation piqued her interest in behavioral health care and her move to senior staff attorney to the Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care, where she focused on behavioral healthcare and health workforce issues. These experiences led her gubernatorial appointment as the Chief Deputy Director for the Virginia Department of Health Professions, and now her current and most fulfilling role where she continues to focus primarily ensuring the Commonwealth has an effective and safe behavioral health workforce.
PRESENTER: Dr. Jill Stinson
WORKSHOP: WED APR 9th @ 1:30pm: Motivational Interviewing in Forensic & Legal System Settings
THUR APR 10th @ 9:00AM: Motivational Interviewing in Forensic & Legal System Settings (REPEAT)
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Sex Offender Treatment Interventions (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Dr. Jill D. Stinson
Dr. Jill D. Stinson is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology at East Tennessee State University. She holds a dual doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Psychology, Policy, and Law from the University of Arizona. She previously served as the Sex Offender Treatment Coordinator at Fulton State Hospital with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Her research focuses on serious mental illness, personality disorders, self-regulatory problems, and histories of early childhood maltreatment in persons who have committed sexual offenses, as well as issues related to community re-entry, stigma, and suicidality in justice-involved populations. Dr. Stinson has authored three books related to etiology and treatment of sexual offending and motivation to engage in therapy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Sexual Abuse, and the Chair of the ETSU Campus IRB.
PRESENTER: Art Bowker
WORKSHOP: WED APR 9th @ 1:30pm: Good to Know: Strategies to Monitor Internet Usage
THUR APR 10th @ 9:00AM: Good to Know: Strategies to Monitor Internet Usage (REPEAT)
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Sex Offender Treatment Interventions (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Art Bowker
Art is cybercrime expert with almost 40 years of experience in law enforcement and corrections. He has been recognized with top awards for his work in promoting cybercrime awareness and control tools within community corrections, including honors from the American Probation and Parole Association and the Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association. In 2016, he received the High Technology Crime Investigators Association (HTCIA) Lifetime Achievement Award, underscoring his contributions to the field. Art is a lifetime member of HTCIA and former International President. He is the author of The Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Offender Risk in the 21st Century and co- authored with Todd Shipley Investigating Internet Crimes: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace. His and Todd’s second book Surviving a Cyberattack: Securing Social Media and Protecting Your Home Network, was released on October 30, 2024.
PRESENTER: Dr. Emilie Picard
WORKSHOP: THUR APR 10th @ 9:00AM: Understanding and Evaluating Individuals Charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material Related Offenses
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Assessment (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Dr. Emilie Picard
Dr. Emilie Picard is a forensic neuropsychologist and researcher with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine- Federal Correctional Complex, Butner joint program, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She has conducted psycholegal evaluations for 15 years and has conducted risk assessments specific to online offending for 8 years. She currently serves as the supervisor for the DBHDS Central Office Forensic Evaluation Team (COFET) and maintains a part-time forensic neuropsychology private practice, serving both Virginia and North Carolina.
PRESENTER: Dr. Michael Miner
CLOSING PRESENTATION: THUR APR 10TH @ 1:30PM: What is "Normal?" An Exploration of Sexual Behavior and Attitudes
CERTIFICATION CONTENT AREA: Etiology/Developmental Issues of Sex Offense Behavior (3 hours)
Presenter Bio: Dr. Michael Miner
Michael H. Miner, Ph.D., L.P. is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health and the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (formally the Program in Human Sexuality) at the University of Minnesota. He began his work in sex offender research as the experimental psychologist for California’s Sex Offender Treatment and Evaluation Project and since joining the Program in Human Sexuality (PHS); his research has focused on the etiology of sexual abuse perpetration in adolescence, risk assessment, and sexual compulsivity. Dr. Miner coordinated adult sex offender treatment at PHS until 2008 and coordinated forensic assessment services until closing and his clinical practice in 2022. He is Past President of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) and past Vice President of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Dr. Miner was on the editorial boards of Sexual Abuse, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and the International Journal of Sexual Health until his retirement in 2022. He is a past Associate Editor of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. Dr. Miner has published over 100 articles and book chapters on sex offender treatment, forensic assessment, instrument development, sexual and sexual offending behavior, and evaluation methodology. He is a recipient of the Professional Service Award from the Minnesota Chapter of ATSA and the Lifetime Significant Achievement Award from ATSA.