Not alone!

Self-help, information and therapy offers

Hey you, maybe you clicked on this page because you realised that you have different feelings from the people around you. Maybe you feel that you're falling in love with people you shouldn't be falling in love with. Maybe you have discovered that you are a paedophile. Our aim is both to ensure the protection of children and to offer support to people like you. Many questions may now be running through your mind.

‘What do I do now?’ - ‘Am I a monster?’ - ‘Do I have a choice?’ - ‘Do I have to go to a psychiatric ward now?’ - ‘Will I maybe even end up in prison?’ - ‘Can I ever be happy?’

We are here to give you an answer to these questions. You are not alone. We are a large group of people from all over the world. Many of us have been through the same thing as you. Some are not affected themselves, but they empathise with your situation. You can find help here.

Germany

Denmark

  • CTRL - support and counseling project for young people who are worried about their sexual thoughts

Finland

  • SeriE - offers therapeutic support for pedophiles and their families.
  • Redirection - self-help program that supports clients in changing problematic sexual behaviour

Great Britain

  • StopItNow - confidential support program with the option to chat. Also for relatives/acquaintances of pedophiles
  • StopSO - hotline offering therapy for problematic sexual behaviour.
  • The Aurora Project - offers support for people suffering from sexual thoughts.

International

  • ASAP - Association from the USA that offers counseling for pedophiles seeking help and can refer them to therapists if necessary.The team is working on offering more online training courses.ASAP also has a very large database of MAP-friendly therapists.
  • B4UACT - American non-profit organisation dedicated to providing help for paedophiles. B4UACT maintains contacts with scientists and therapists.
  • ‘Celibate Pedophiles’ - Collection of blog posts by Ethan Edwards, one of the founders of VirPed. Removed from Blogspot in 2020 and now archived on Thepword
  • The Global Prevention Project - a team of therapists who offered direct online therapies worldwide. Unfortunately, it was cancelled due to massive hate speech and attacks. The Prevention Podcast lives on at Pword
  • HelpWanted - online service for teenagers and young adults offering support and promoting responsible living.
  • Troubled Desire - free support program from the Charité. Offers online self-help sessions and chat contacts with therapists. Troubled Desire does not fall under the mandatory reporting law that exists in some US states.
  • Mapfriendly - Australian project offering online counseling for pedophiles.
  • MAP Support Club — a chat-based group with both peer and professional support for people ages 13 and up.
  • MAPresources - provides comprehensive information for paedophiles and their families on the subject.
  • OnwardWell - English-language coaching aimed at people who are struggling with problematic sexual behaviour, e.g. pornography addiction.
  • Prevent it - an anonymous online program funded by the European Union to support pedophiles. Aimed at people with problematic sexual behaviour.
  • Prostasia - American child protection organization that campaigns for evidence-based criminal policy and the reduction of stigmatization, among other things.
  • Thepword - a collection of blogs, stories, articles, and other media created by or featuring paedophiles and allies.
  • Talking for Change - Project from Canada with resources for direct therapy (group or individual sessions) and also anonymous counseling online and via hotline
  • WhatsOK - for young people who want information and are unsettled. Provides information about online safety and links to helpful resources.
  • Virtuous Pedophiles - an online peer support forum for people ages 18 and up.

Netherlands

  • Pedofilie.nl - Dutch information site, which also offers a self-help chat

Norway

  • Det Finnes Hjelp - for people with a sexual interest in children, who have a self-identified risk, and who want help to avoid acting on their sexual interests

Austria

  • Nicht Täter werden - a program to support pedophiles emerged from the men's counseling service in Vienna.

Switzerland

  • Kein Täter werden - Prevention network which offers 5 locations in Switzerland. Offers treatment for people from the Liechtenstein area at the Zurich hospital.

Czech republic

Do you know of a like-minded project that is not listed here? Then please send us an e-mail: mailbox@you-are-not-alone.eu