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Lucy Faithfull Foundation vs Safer Lives

Dharma — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:48:56 GMT

I recently completed a course via the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) which I found to be very useful. I am now separately taking part in one on one therapy with a psychologist who specialises in sexual offending, in order to apply the lessons I learned via LFF to my specific situation. The LFF sessions have thankfully been free due to me being located in Scotland. But what I want to know is, should I also engage with Safer Lives (SF)? I would need to pay for it, which I'm willing to do, but would that be overkill? Are there any real benefits to engaging with SF on top of the work I'm already doing? I'd be particularly interested to hear opinions of people who have taken part in both LFF and SF courses. For context, I'm currently in the limbo period, awaiting the results of device investigation before a plea date is scheduled.

RE: Lucy Faithfull Foundation vs Safer Lives

Dharma — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:48:56 GMT

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[b]Paul Jan - 30 Mar 26 9:10 PM[/b]

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[b]Dharma - 30 Mar 26 8:48 PM[/b]

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I did a lff course which I found very useful. My solicitor got me to have a physco (something..) assessment at great cost which was fairly vanilla. Separate counselling more useful. Obviously down to our individual needs.

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Thanks for the reply.

I'm definitely finding separate counselling to be useful. I've learned so much since starting the LFF course and therapy.

On a separate note, I realise in my original post I abbreviated Safer Lives to be SF for some reason when it should instead have been abbreviated to SL.

RE: Lucy Faithfull Foundation vs Safer Lives

Paul Jan — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:10:17 GMT

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[b]Dharma - 30 Mar 26 8:48 PM[/b]

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