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ACAT: CAT & Organisations
30th September 2016

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A CAT Approach to Organisational Dynamics –
exploring context, helping and managing relationships at work

Presented by Robyn Vesey

Times:  09:15 for 09.30, to finish at 16:30

Cost:  ACAT Member £110 (online) / £125 (invoice/cheque) | Non–member £125 (online) / £140 (invoice or cheque)

Location:  Augustana Centre, 30 Thanet Street, London, WC1H 9QH

The relational understanding and attentive curiosity of the CAT model invites us to think about the dynamics alive in organisations, and particularly ‘helping’ organisations.  The ‘one third rule of thumb’ (Potter, 2014) positions individual CAT work and the dynamics of the ‘helpers dance’ within the organisational context.  This includes the system, model, context or surrounding culture and how these might influence the experience and procedures of a helping encounter.  This session focuses on the organisational context for much of CAT work, particularly in NHS organisations, and aims to explore the dynamics as the systems and cultures around therapeutic work are shifting.  Much of this is felt but can be difficult to think about and articulate, especially in managerial contexts, or when there is a complexity of working and commissioning relationships.

This session will introduce ways of thinking about health care organisations from a psychological perspective.  Beginning with Menzies-Lyth’s classic paper (1960) about the anxieties and social defences within a hospital with the task of looking after ill and dying people, a systems psychodynamic approach will be outlined.  In 1996 Susan Walsh offered a CAT perspective of organisational dynamics, again looking at working life in a district general hospital.  Linking theory and practice, participants will have the chance to explore the dynamics in their own organisation - at team, organisational and commissioning levels, in order to make sense of and digest the impact of the organisational ‘third’ on their working life and relationships.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand CAT concepts in relation to organisational dynamics
• Identify the dynamics operating in their own work organisations
• Develop their sense of the impact of the organisational ‘third’ on their helping relations, therapeutic, managerial and with peers
• Explore the ways they might wish to develop their managerial or organisational roles given the understandings from the day

This is relevant to the following groups:

• CAT practitioners and supervisors seeking space to think about the impact of organisational context on their work
• Those in managerial and organisational roles looking for a psychological perspective on their working relationships
• People with a good prior knowledge of CAT interested in developing organisational thinking using the CAT model

Presenter

Robyn Vesey is an accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapist and Supervisor, with a background in Clinical Psychology.  She held a managerial role as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and now works as an Organisational Consultant at Tavistock Consulting, at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.  Robyn has previously written about the impact of the changes in the NHS on CAT therapy services (Reformulation 2012) and completed an MA in Management and Organisational Dynamics at the University of Essex in 2013.  Her dissertation focused on some of the psychological dynamics in customer, or purchaser, relationships, which are now present in the NHS.  She is interested in both systems psychodynamic and CAT thinking about organisational life with a view to promoting containment and organisational health, whilst acknowledging the realities of power, access to and control over resources, and the feelings evoked by these realities.

How to book

•    book and pay by personal credit or debit card online instantly via this webpage using the payment options below
•    by email, attaching the booking form (for download at the end of this page), providing full invoicing details, to:  alison.marfell@acat.me.uk
•    by post, enclosing a cheque made payable to ACAT to: ACAT, PO Box 6793, Dorchester DT1 9DL

Cancellations / Refund Policy: 

A refund, less a £25 administration fee, will be made if cancellations are received, in writing, at least four weeks before the event. We regret that any cancellation after this time cannot be refunded, and refunds for failure to attend the event cannot be made.

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Enquiries

Email:  alison.marfell@acat.me.uk   Telephone:  01305 263511

 

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