Using humor in psychotherapy with a sex offender Other May 2021 View Journal Publication Full Citation Eisenman, R. (1992). Using humor in psychotherapy with a sex offender. Psychological reports, 71(3), 994-994. Abstract Humor was used during psychotherapy with a 22-year-old child molester. The humor appeared to help establish rapport and led to his admission of desires to rape and torture adult women. Here exchange of humor seemed to be a helpful adjunct to psychotherapy.