Dr. Mitch Abrams

Author: I'm Not F*cking Angry! Adjust The Flame to Get What You Want & Need & Forensic Psychologist - Violence Expert

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

"This isn't a book about becoming calm and serene, it's about becoming strategically dangerous, someone who can summon anger when needed and put it away when finished, rather than being controlled by it. In an era of road rage, keyboard warriors, and perpetual outrage, that kind of emotional mastery isn't just valuable, it's essential."

Thank you for the review @BrainzMagazine & Ladys Padino

https://t.co/VxHZwt7GR8

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@surrealsavant @AdamMGrant All men...? That seems extreme...

A lot can be done, but isn't. There are several reasons why...

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@MarkFusetti @AndreAgassi Classic. One of my favorite athlete autobiographies ever. I imagine the dragon serving machine breathing fire. There were a lot of angles that, as a sport psychologist, I really valued and utilize.

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@svenskin1976 @gabseunagal Some cannot be treated effectively. There are WAY more sex offenders than you realize and even more that never get caught, charged, arrested, etc; for many reasons.
But, if nothing is done, why would you expect anything to change?

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

I've seen a lot of posts that focus on the "if you see something, say something" approach. This is the more incompetent cousin of #BystanderIntervention
Real prevention of #rape & #collegesexualassault requires a culture shift focusing on #toxicmasculinity - led by men.
#Cornell

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

#Cornell #rape case is the latest to grab our attention, but make no mistake #sexualassault is a huge problem on college campuses and not enough is done to really address the problem. This is primarily because the programs in place are not rooted in forensic psychology where we understand how sex offenders think.

If people want answers, reach out. I can explain how my model gets to the real issues.

Gotta bring men to the table if you want different outcomes. If women could solve this problem themselves, it would've been gone long ago.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@tiredsarah1 @whirlwindjenn The question was posed as to how people can act this way. I provided an explanation, not an excuse.

There is no excuse.

But understanding can set the stage for prevention, if anyone wants that...

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@madmaxdial SES is socioeconomic status and they were where that tension was. Another player informed Jefferson that she (Berry's character) likes lighter skinned men...

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

As a sport psychologist who specializes in deviance in sport, watching this was like being a kid in a candy store. Had every angle: how to use anger as fuel and when it leads to injury (Alvin Mack is still the best film linebacker ever), steroids, sexual assault, racism, alcohol, internal team dynamics, injury report games, booster giving fat envelopes, the insane pressure to perform.

Many of those problems are as real today as ever - with even more problems added. I love football, with all its warts. I still show clips of this movie during my work and presentations.

And Omar Epps (who still looks like a Mike Tomlin doppledanger) was a diamond in the rough.

Very valuable movie, that shined the light on systemic problems. The criticism about #TheProgram is the same as I noted when people asked me of working in prison is accurate in the show #Oz - yes, but very concentrated. What was in one prison in one episode in an hour, would happen in 14 prisons over the course of a year.

[TodayInSports @TodayInSportsCo]

33 years ago today, The Program premiered.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@madmaxdial Between Omar Epps character and the upper classman Ray Griffen who was dating Halle Berry had issues about their relative blackness and relative SES.

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@loves5o Any university or institution who wants a different approach based upon how offenders actually think and based off of forensic psychology RNR methodology, please reach out to me.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@RIPBrotherDavid @whirlwindjenn Definitely investigate. But the position on this case, if that this is likely a false report, is kinda crazy given the text messages...

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

@RIPBrotherDavid @whirlwindjenn False reports do happen. But they are significantly rare. About 2-5% of the time based upon FBI stats. FAR more likely that a victim will not come forward then a false report. Focusing on this feels tone deaf...

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@Vulcan73 That would be epic! Make it happen!

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

In 20 years of prison, what makes you think they'll be less likely to rape without assessment and treatment?
The change to laws should relate sentence to severity and risk to reoffend. Not the case now.
AND if the name of the game is prevention, must use models that understand offenders. Mine does. Current models don't.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

While I have doing this work, specifically focusing on athletes, for nearly 30 years, I am consistently impressed and appalled at how comfortable people are with not changing the way this work is done.

Very often, those "running the show" of prevention have no experience working with sex offenders, don't understand how predators really hunt (including in packs), don't know how to present the material in a way that young men will receive and internalize it, and know little to nothing about assessment or treatment of those who engage in sexual assault.

@Cornell is understandably in the crosshairs, but if we are honest, most universities have cultures that make fertile ground for sexual assault - #toxicmasculinity paired with impersonal sex, just as Malamuth's Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression predicts.

As deplorable as the way the University handled the sexual assault and the #Cornell7 , it is critical to understand that this is not just happening at an Ivy League school up in NY state. #SexualAssault is occurring regularly on college campuses, with no sign that the numbers are going down.

There are answers if people really want to make change. Hint: The programs in place don't work. The Universities are negligent by using them (#plausibledeniability vs #grossnegligence). Must have comprehensive prevention that understands offenders (think forensic psychology, not student affairs), assessment of perpetrators, and treatment of perpetrators (in addition to punishment and accountability), if you want fewer victims.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

While I have doing this work, specifically focusing on athletes, for nearly 30 years, I am consistently impressed and appalled at how comfortable people are with not changing the way this work is done.

Very often, those "running the show" of prevention have no experience working with sex offenders, don't understand how predators really hunt (including in packs), don't know how to present the material in a way that young men will receive and internalize it, and know little to nothing about assessment or treatment of those who engage in sexual assault. @Cornell is understandably in the crosshairs, but if we are honest, most universities have cultures that make fertile ground for sexual assault - #toxicmasculinity paired with impersonal sex, just as Malamuth's Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression predicts.

As deplorable as the way the University handled the sexual assault and the #Cornell7 , it is critical to understand that this is not just happening at an Ivy League school up in NY state. #SexualAssault is occurring regularly on college campuses, with no sign that the numbers are going down. There are answers if people really want to make change.

Hint: The programs in place don't work. The Universities are negligent by using them (#plausibledeniability vs #grossnegligence). Must have comprehensive prevention that understands offenders (think forensic psychology, not student affairs), assessment of perpetrators, and treatment of perpetrators (in addition to punishment and accountability), if you want fewer victims.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

As deplorable as the way the University handled the sexual assault and the #Cornell7 , it is critical to understand that this is not just happening at an Ivy League school up in NY state. #SexualAssault is occurring regularly on college campuses, with no sign that the numbers are going down. There are answers if people really want to make change.
Hint: The programs in place don't work. The Universities are negligent by using them (#plausibledeniability vs #grossnegligence). Must have comprehensive prevention that understands offenders (think forensic psychology, not student affairs), assessment of perpetrators, and treatment of perpetrators (in addition to punishment and accountability), if you want fewer victims.

[Dr. Mitch Abrams @MitchAbramsPsyD]

As deplorable as the way the University handled the sexual assault and the #Cornell7 , it is critical to understand that this is not just happening at an Ivy League school up in NY state. #SexualAssault is occurring regularly on college campuses, with no sign that the numbers are going down. There are answers if people really want to make change.
Hint: The programs in place don't work. The Universities are negligent by using them (#plausibledeniability vs #grossnegligence). Must have comprehensive prevention that understands offenders (think forensic psychology, not student affairs), assessment of perpetrators, and treatment of perpetrators (in addition to punishment and accountability), if you want fewer victims.