Rewire CBT by Roca

Rewire CBT is the foundation of Roca’s program model and the core training offered by the Roca Impact Institute. Rewire CBT is a non-clinical approach to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the gold standard behavioral health intervention for addressing trauma and reducing violence and crime. This skill-based approach to CBT can be delivered by frontline staff in any setting, bringing behavioral health access to the highest-risk young people wherever they are.

Rewire CBT was developed in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital.

Training for Professionals

at the center of Urban Violence

The Rewire CBT training and coaching series prepares practitioners who work with the highest risk individuals to implement cognitive behavioral theory as a core behavior change intervention. The 7 Rewire CBT skills help both young people and the practitioners themselves learn to think, feel, and do differently.

2 Days of Training

Two interactive learning sessions that include include teaching core concepts, interactive small group sessions, case scenarios, and role plays.

4 weeks of coaching for supervisors

Four virtual sessions to support supervisors and early adopters to deepen their fluency through structured practice using the key Rewire CBT tools.

Full Suite of Rewire CBT Materials

Curriculum including easy-to-use step-in workshops.
Skill keycards for mobile use in the field.
Worksheets and activities to enhance learning and practice.
Videos reviewing the key points of each skill.

[CBT is] all about using your head, the strongest part of your body… A lot of these things we risk our life for and react on, being emotional, it only be for the moment. You always gonna see later on it wasn’t worth it.”

— Elijah, Roca Participant

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Of trainees say Rewire CBT helped them understand how young people think, feel and/or act.

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This is the first training that I can recall where case managers have been given real skills to utilize every day in work and in our personal lives.”

I would recommend this class because not only does it help to support my participants with thinking outside the box and changing their patterns…it has also taught me how to use the skills when working on myself and changing my own thought process and patterns.”

It’s given me a sense of hope and has substantially decreased my burnout.”

For the first time ever, I am feeling a real culture change happening in the Baltimore DJS operation. Staff are coming to court and talking differently about young people, and even the staff I am most challenged with are exhibiting real change.”

The [Rewire] CBT training was very pivotal in my personal life. Giving me the tools to manage stressful emotions during a difficult time... Violence interruption requires self-care and healing consistently or we will burn out.”

This training is created by and for the community it impacts. The CBT practice is revamped to accommodate to our specific population and people we serve.”

The beauty of [Rewire CBT] is that it’s not complicated and allows you to see overt ways to help.”