MRT Therapy

Ahikaa staff are qualified in the delivery of Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)

What is MRT?

Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is a systematic treatment approach that seeks to decrease recidivism, or the tendency of a convicted criminal to re-offend, among juvenile and adult offenders by increasing moral reasoning. A cognitive-behavioral type of treatment approach, MRT combines elements from a variety of psychological models to address clients’ ego, moral, social, and positive behavioral growth, and research has shown that this type of therapy can increase moral reasoning in adult drug and alcohol as well as juvenile offenders. In addiction recovery treatment, MRT takes the form of individual and group counseling, and uses prescribed homework assignments and structured group exercises to address seven basic treatment issues:

1. Confrontation of beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes

2. Reinforcement of positive behavior and habits

3. Assessment of current relationships

4. Positive identity formation

5. Enhancement of self-concept

6. Development of higher stages of moral reasoning

7. Decrease in hedonism and development of frustration tolerance