ACAT North: Celebrating 10+ Years of CAT Training
13th June 2008

Morning Programme

09.30

Welcome and introduction to the conference 

Plenary Presentations
A brief review of the development of CAT in the North (Lawrence Welch)
Where are we now? The results of the Survey of ACAT North Graduates (Dawn Bennett)
Adapting CAT to working with Anorexia (Adrian Newell)
Developing a risk assessment tool using CAT in Forensic Settings (Karen Shannon)

10.50

Morning Coffee

11.20

Parallel Workshops – chose one on the day
1. The use of metaphor to facilitate cognitive working with a client’s SDR and TPP's within the CAT model  (Jim Turner)
2. The broken egg: understanding narcissistic and borderline process behind men's violence and a therapeutic response to hurt  (Karen Shannon)
3. Adapting CAT to working with Anorexia  (Adrian Newell)
4. 'Using Bakhtin's concept of Outsideness to create and recreate the 'lost object'  (Rachel Pollard) 
5. Using CAT with bipolar disorder: case presentation and discussion  (Sarah Wallis)
6. CAT Consultancy – using CAT to inform care planning  (Angela Carradice)

12.20  

CAT practice fair and forum:
Three minute presentations and ad hoc gatherings on a wide variety of topics to include: CAT in Training (representatives from Psychiatry-Mark Evans, Clinical Psychology - Cathy Amor and Nursing - Angela Perkins and Michelle Anwyl); Setting up in private practice (Elaine Swift and Brenda Atkinson); New Horizons and Services to include: Rhona Brown - web-based CAT tools; Paddy Crossling - developing and sustaining a CAT service; Simon Graham-being a lead consultant for a transition from a psychotherapy service to a complex cases/PD service
Posters: (contributions from all attendees welcome, please contact the organisers)

1.00

Buffet

Afternoon Programme

2.00

Plenary presentations
What is it like out there? CAT in the context of a changing NHS (Glenys Parry)
Consultation and CAT in public services: Can it benefit the staff and the organisation as well as the service user? (Karen Appleby)
Reflections of a journey: establishing CAT in Aotearoa, NZ (Marisol Cavieres)

2.45

Afternoon tea

3.15











4.15
4.30

Parallel Workshops –chose one on the day
1. Implementing CAT as part of the stepped care model in HMP Liverpool (Kerry Manson)  
2. Mindfulness within CAT (Mary Walsh)
3. Couple relationships as re-attachment: what can CAT contribute to working with couples?’ (Henrietta Bachelor)
4. CAT Consultation: sharing experience (Karen Appleby)  
5. Tangled up in Blue Bob Dylan and a CAT formulation of the experience of love (Harry Wood)
6. Using CAT to train inpatient teams in a more relational approach (Marisol Cavieres)
Final Plenary
Where are we going? The way ahead for CAT in the North (Steve Potter)
Plenary conference discussion and reflection
Close and wine and cheese reception celebrating ten + years of CAT training