Brighton CAT Practitioner Training
1st October 2015 to 30th June 2017


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Brighton CAT Practitioner Training

May 2015:  There are a few places left on this course and further enquiries are welcomed.  Please contact the Course Administrator:   Niki Larsen
Email: niki.larsen@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Tel:  01273 621984 ext 3192

Cognitive Analytic Therapy is a time limited psychotherapy (normally 16 to 24 sessions) which integrates theories derived from cognitive psychology, psychoanalytic psychotherapy (mainly object relations) and ideas derived from Vygotsky and Bakhtin.  CAT involves developing an active collaborative therapeutic relationship with the patient and is particularly applicable to work in NHS settings with people with complex needs. 

CAT Practitioner Training is relevant to the needs of a diverse range of people working within the NHS and caring professions who wish to establish CAT as one of their core skills. 

Qualification

Following successful completion of the course, trainees will be accredited to practise CAT within their core professions and will be entitled to become full members of the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT).

The course is also relevant to individuals who wish to acquire the Practitioner Training as a prelude to applying for further training as a CAT Psychotherapist and registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).  This involves further selection procedures and two additional years of training on completion of the Practitioner Training.

Course Structure

The course runs from October 2015 to July 2017.

Each year is divided into three modules: September/October to December, January to March, and April to July.  The intake for this course is biennial.  This course is a sister course to the CAT Practitioner Training at St Thomas’s Hospital in London, and intakes will be timed so that together we provide an annual intake for the South East of England.

Course Location

The taught components will take place in an appropriate NHS site in Brighton and Hove.  Seminar groups and clinical supervision will also be available in Brighton and Hove, and may additionally be available within other NHS sites in Sussex.

Teaching Team

The Course Director is Dr Robert Marx.  The course will be led by Robert Marx, Jane Blunden and Val Coumont.  In addition a variety of trainers will be involved in all aspects of the course in addition to seminar leaders and tutors.

Costings

Training Fees are £3,500 per annum per trainee.  This includes the cost of training days, seminars, tutorials, marking, and ACAT’s annual registration fee for the duration of the taught part of the course.  It does not include the cost of course books, personal psychotherapy and supervision.

The course organisers reserve the right to increase fees in Year Two, although the intention is that they remain the same as Year One and will only increase due to unforeseen circumstances.

Criteria for Application

Applicants will generally be expected to be current members of a health-care profession with 2 years post qualification experience and to have had prior experience and/or training in psychotherapy/counselling at an introductory level.  Applicants will be expected to be currently working within a clinical setting.  Applicants without a health-care profession may be considered if they can demonstrate evidence of equivalent experience through a mixture of the following elements: attendance at a CAT Introductory Weekend or Introductory Lecture Course, supervised clinical experience, theoretical teaching gained from other counselling/psychotherapy training courses, experience of working within a mental health setting, experience of personal psychotherapy.

How to Apply

For an application form or further enquiries please contact the Course Administrator: Niki Larsen.
Email: niki.larsen@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

Tel:  01273 621984 ext 3192

Address:  Niki Larsen, CAT Practitioner Course, East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton BN2 3EW.

Closing Date for Applications

Applications will be accepted until the cohort (max 18) is full. 
Please enquire if places are still available.


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