Welcome to ACAT
Welcome to the website for the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT), a registered charity. We welcome members of the public, health professionals, ACAT accredited professionals, and anyone interested in finding out more about CAT. We hope the following pages will inform and inspire and, for those new to Cognitive Analytic Therapy, encourage further interest and, perhaps, even study.
The website offers an introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy, a collaborative programme for looking at the way a person thinks, feels and acts, and the events and relationships that underlie these experiences - often from childhood or earlier in life.
If you are here because you are considering undertaking CAT you will find an introduction to how CAT works, clients’ own accounts of therapy, as well as information on finding a private CAT therapist.
More detailed information about how CAT's application with different groups of patients may be of particular interest to health professionals. Tony Ryle, the founder of Cognitive Analytic Therapy, has written about the research base underpinning the development of CAT, and there are references to key papers, a full bibliography, and information about current research projects.
The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) offers a comprehensive training programme in CAT with Introductory Courses and Skills Trainings in different parts of the country. Practitioner Training based at a number of different centres around the UK is dual accredited at Postgraduate Graduate Diploma level by Sheffield Hallam University and ACAT with the option of an MSc in CAT with the completion of a research stage of the CAT Practitioner Training. CAT Psychotherapy Training is a two year assessed course following on from the Practitioner Training and leads to eligibility for registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). The website is also a comprehensive resource for CAT Trainees, Practitioners and Psychotherapists, offering a wide set of materials and writing on CAT, as well as guidelines for practice.
The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy is a registered charity whose aims include the protection of good mental health by education and the promotion of proper standards and good practice, as well as increasing awareness and understanding of CAT amongst health professionals, service providers and the public.
We invite you to register free as a user of the site, or to join as a member. Reformulation is the newsletter for the Association, published twice a year and is free to members of ACAT. [Past issues of Reformulation] are available to download.
Details of national and international CAT Conferences and ACAT CPD events, as well as Regional Networking and Special Interest Group events, are available with links to book on-line.
Our website also offers a wealth of other information which we hope you will find of interest. If there is information about ACAT or CAT which you cannot find, or you think is missing and you would like to see, then please get in touch with us at admin@acat.me.uk and we will do our best to help.
Articles in the Current Issue of Reformulation :: Winter 2011 [Issue 37]
Aims and Scope of Reformulation
Lloyd, J., Ryle, A., Hepple, J. and Nehmad, A., 2011. Aims and Scope of Reformulation. Reformulation, Winter, p.64.
Black and White Thinking: Using CAT to think about Race in the Therapeutic Space
Brown, H. and Msebele, N., 2011. Black and White Thinking: Using CAT to think about Race in the Therapeutic Space. Reformulation, Winter, pp.58-62.
Book Review: "Why love matters – How affection shapes the baby’s brain" by Sue Gerhardt
Poggioli, M., 2011. Book Review: "Why love matters – How affection shapes the baby’s brain" by Sue Gerhardt. Reformulation, Winter, p.43.
CAT, Metaphor and Pictures
Turner, J., 2011. CAT, Metaphor and Pictures. Reformulation, Winter, pp.39-43.
Comment on James Turner’s article on Verbal and Pictorial Metaphor in CAT
Hughes, R., 2011. Comment on James Turner’s article on Verbal and Pictorial Metaphor in CAT. Reformulation, Winter, pp.24-25.
Compassion in CAT
Wilde McCormick, E., 2011. Compassion in CAT. Reformulation, Winter, pp.32-38.
Equality, Inequality and Reciprocal Roles
Toye, J., 2011. Equality, Inequality and Reciprocal Roles. Reformulation, Winter, pp.44-48.
Letter from the Chair of ACAT
Hepple, J., 2011. Letter from the Chair of ACAT. Reformulation, Winter, p.4.
Letter from the Editors
Lloyd, J., Ryle, A., Hepple, J. and Nehmad, A., 2011. Letter from the Editors. Reformulation, Winter, p.3.
Supervision Requirements across the Organisation
Jevon, M., 2011. Supervision Requirements across the Organisation. Reformulation, Winter, pp.62-63.
The Chicken and the Egg
Hepple, J., 2011. The Chicken and the Egg. Reformulation, Winter, p.19.
The Launch of a new Special Interest Group
Jenaway, Dr A., Sachar, A. and Mangwana, S., 2011. The Launch of a new Special Interest Group. Reformulation, Winter, p.57.
The PSQ Italian Standardisation
Fiorani, C. and Poggioli, M., 2011. The PSQ Italian Standardisation. Reformulation, Winter, pp.49-52.
The Reformulation '16 plus one' Interview
Yabsley, S., 2011. The Reformulation '16 plus one' Interview. Reformulation, Winter, p.67.
Using Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Medically Unexplained Symptoms – some theory and initial outcomes
Jenaway, Dr A., 2011. Using Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Medically Unexplained Symptoms – some theory and initial outcomes. Reformulation, Winter, pp.53-55.
What are the important ingredients of a CAT goodbye letter?
Turpin, C., Adu-White, D., Barnes, P., Chalmers-Woods, R., Delisser, C., Dudley, J. and Mesbahi, M., 2011. What are the important ingredients of a CAT goodbye letter?. Reformulation, Winter, pp.30-31.
Whose Reformulation is it Anyway?
Jenaway, Dr A., 2011. Whose Reformulation is it Anyway?. Reformulation, Winter, pp.26-29.
Working within the Zone of Proximal Development: Reflections of a developing CAT practitioner in learning disabilities
Frain, H., 2011. Working within the Zone of Proximal Development: Reflections of a developing CAT practitioner in learning disabilities. Reformulation, Winter, pp.6-9.
"They have behaviour, we have relationships?"
Greenhill, B., 2011. "They have behaviour, we have relationships?". Reformulation, Winter, pp.10-15.
News from ACAT
Using CAT in services for people with learning disabilities If you would like to share your experiences and hear what others are doing in using CAT in learning disability services, there is a special interest group which meets quarterely. Members of the group can also exchange emails. The next meeting is adve...
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