(2 DAY IN-PERSON) Men’s Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (M-TREM)

CE Type:APACPRPIACETPCBSW

This 2 training runs from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM each day

CE Type: SW, IACET, PCB, APA, CPRP                # of CE's: 2.5 CE's      0.3 IACET CE's

About This Course

The Men’s Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (M-TREM) is similar in many respects to the women’s approach (TREM).Designed to help group members develop and strengthen the skills necessary to effective coping with the impact of traumatic experiences, it draws primarily on psychoeducational, cognitive-behavioral, and skill-building techniques in an actively supportive group context.The men’s 18-session group is structured in three sections.Part I addresses key experiences of male trauma survivors and places these experiences in the context of cultural expectations of men.It explores both central emotions (anger, fear, shame) and relationship characteristics (intimacy, trust, loss).In Part II, attention focuses more directly on trauma and its connections to emotional, addictive, and relationship difficulties.Part III adopts an explicitly skill-building emphasis with sessions on communication, problem-solving, and self-soothing, among others.This workshop will begin with an overview of men’s trauma, including brief discussions of prevalence and impact.After an introduction to the overall rationale and structure of M-TREM, the instructors will provide a session-by-session review of the model with emphasis on goals, process, and suggestions for effective group leadership.Time will be reserved for questions and discussion.

Learning Objectives: 

Day One:

• Discuss data regarding prevalence of interpersonal violence (physical & sexual abuse) in the lives of men.
• List the core assumptions, which provide the foundation for the M-TREM approach to trauma recovery work.
• Discuss the complex and multiple connections between trauma, mental health symptoms, and substance abuse.
• List at least three (3) common responses to interpersonal violence that men exhibit.
• Discuss strategies needed to form and sustain M-TREM group membership.
• Discuss format of the sessions and how that distinguishes M-TREM from other individual and group approaches to trauma recovery.

Day Two:

• Examine pitfalls to avoid when responding to participants in M-TREM group sessions.
• Identify specific leader techniques used in the M-TREM model;
• Practice leader techniques in “mock groups” with feedback and coaching from workshop leaders and participants.
• Identify how and when to use grounding techniques with individuals participating in group sessions.
• Discuss the need for self-care for staff members who facilitate M-TREM groups.
• Discuss the importance of exercises to help group members learn the material through various mediums.
• Identify how to close the group in an appropriate and significant way in order to avoid feelings of abandonment.

Intended Audience: 

Clinical and direct care staff, support staff, and administrative staff

Instructional Level: 

Intermediate

Completion Requirements: 

Participants must attend the entire session, participate in all activities, and submit an evaluation within the 7 days of training to receive credits and a certificate. All CEU certificates and certificates of attendance will be received through the DBHIDS Learning Hub. Once you have completed your evaluation you will have access to your CEU or Certificate of Attendance through your DBHIDS Learning Hub Account.

Credit Statements:

BHTEN is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. 
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BHTEN offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.  BHTEN is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs for this program.
(1.2 CEU = 12.0 Training Hours)

12.0 CE credit hours for Psychologists awarded.  BHTEN is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  BHTEN maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Behavioral Health Training and Education Network BHTEN, #1779, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards have the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/22/22-9/22/25. Social workers completing this course receive 12.0 General continuing education credits.

BHTEN is certified by the Pennsylvania Certification Board, Provider #310

12.0 hours PCB approved hours of Education for this training.

The Behavioral Health Training & Education Network (BHTEN), provider #4158280, is approved by Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) to provide continuing education to Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioners (CPRPs) and CPRP candidates.

This activity is approved for a maximum of 12.0 contact hours of continuing education in psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery in the following CPRP Focus Domain(s): ## - DOMAIN TITLE.  CPRPs and CPRP candidates should only claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity