Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) Course

Course Overview

Duration: 8 Weeks
Format: Structured Group Workbook Sessions
Setting: Therapeutic group environment with certified facilitators
Approach: Evidence-based cognitive-behavioral intervention with proven outcomes

What You’ll Learn

Enhancing Moral Reasoning

Develop higher-level thinking skills that support ethical decision-making and prosocial behavior. This foundational component focuses on advancing your ability to consider the consequences of actions, understand different perspectives, and make choices based on moral principles rather than immediate gratification. Through structured exercises and group discussions, you’ll progress through increasingly complex moral reasoning stages, learning to evaluate situations from multiple viewpoints and consider the broader impact of your decisions on yourself, your family, and your community.

Addressing Antisocial Thinking

Identify and challenge thought patterns that have contributed to problematic behaviors and legal difficulties. This critical module helps you recognize thinking errors such as victim stance, entitlement attitudes, power orientations, and closed-mindedness that often precede antisocial actions. Using systematic workbook exercises, you’ll learn to catch these thoughts as they occur, understand how they lead to poor choices, and develop alternative thinking patterns that support positive behavior. Group sessions provide opportunities to practice new thinking skills and receive feedback from peers and facilitators.

Building Personal Responsibility

Move beyond external blame and develop genuine accountability for your choices and their consequences. This transformative section guides you through examining your role in past difficulties while building skills for taking ownership of your future decisions. You’ll learn to distinguish between factors you can and cannot control, develop internal motivation for change, and create personal standards that guide your behavior regardless of external circumstances. Structured assignments help you practice accepting responsibility in daily situations and making amends where appropriate.

Goal Setting and Long-Term Planning

Develop practical skills for creating and achieving meaningful life goals that support positive change. This future-focused module teaches systematic approaches to identifying realistic objectives, breaking large goals into manageable steps, and maintaining motivation through challenges. You’ll learn to set both short-term and long-term goals across different life areas including employment, relationships, education, and personal development. Regular progress reviews and accountability partnerships help ensure you stay on track while developing the persistence needed for lasting change.

Reinforcing Positive Values

Strengthen your commitment to prosocial values that support law-abiding behavior and healthy relationships. This values-clarification component helps you identify core beliefs that promote positive choices, resolve conflicts between competing values, and align your daily actions with your stated principles. Through reflective exercises and group discussions, you’ll explore concepts such as honesty, respect, responsibility, and fairness, learning to apply these values consistently across different life situations and relationships.

Who Should Attend

This evidence-based program serves individuals seeking meaningful cognitive and behavioral change:

• Justice System Participants: Those involved in probation, parole, drug court, or other criminal justice programs seeking to reduce recidivism risk
• Court-Mandated Individuals: People required to complete cognitive-behavioral programming as part of sentencing or supervision requirements
• Self-Referred Participants: Individuals recognizing patterns of poor decision-making who want to develop better thinking and behavioral skills
• Reentry Preparation: Those preparing for release from incarceration who want to build skills for successful community reintegration

Our program welcomes participants at various stages of the change process, providing structured support for those ready to commit to meaningful personal transformation.

Evidence-Based Results

MRT is one of the most researched and validated cognitive-behavioral interventions available, with decades of outcome studies demonstrating significant reductions in recidivism and improvements in moral reasoning, employment stability, and family relationships. Our certified facilitators ensure program fidelity while providing the support and accountability necessary for genuine change.

Commitment to Change

Real transformation requires dedication and honest self-examination. This program challenges participants to think differently, take responsibility, and make lasting changes in how they approach life’s challenges and opportunities.

Begin Your Transformation

Ready to develop the thinking skills and moral reasoning that support positive life choices? Contact us today to learn about upcoming Moral Reconation Therapy course schedules and take the first step toward meaningful personal change.