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Dublin CAT Practitioner Training - ACAT or ICAT Accredited - tbc
2nd November 2013 to 30th June 2015

Irish Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ICAT)

ICAT Training Course Application
Practitioner Training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
(Awarded by ICAT or ACAT - to be confirmed)

November 2013 to June 2015

Please note this course may run as an ACAT Accredited Course or alternatively as a course accredited by Ireland CAT only.  To be confirmed early September.  

Open to mental health professionals, including counsellors, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and social workers.

Course Structure:

• 10 Training Days per year commencing with two days in November, 2 days in December and one Saturday per month thereafter except for July and August.
• Weekly one and a half hour supervision in groups of three
• 30 hours of peer learning groups i.e. 3 hours per month per year
• Personal therapy with a CAT accredited therapist

Starting Dates: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of November 2013

Cost: €3200 per year (inclusive of weekly supervision and ICAT membership)

Training Venue: City Centre Location: TBC

This fee does not include the cost of a mandatory 16 session personal CAT therapy.

The course will include the following topics:

• CAT understanding of the development of the ‘self’ in infant psychology;
• CAT model of psychological development and psychopathology through the internalisation of reciprocal roles and through procedural enactments
• The development of practical skills in reformulation and the use of CAT tools and techniques
• The use of transference and counter transference in promoting the therapeutic alliance, collaboration and therapeutic change 
• Working with complex mental health problems (e.g. eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, substance misuse, abuse issues)
• Issues of social power and context that impact on treatment including team / staff relations with clients and each other.
• The course will stress the acquisition of practical skills and the underlying theory and will comprise experiential sessions working in small groups on reformulation and map making etc.

Applications: Application forms may be obtained by contacting the course director Aileen Garrihy at coursedirector@icat.ie or at 087-6492968. The number of participants will not exceed 15 so short listing will apply. Interviews are planned for late September 2013.

Closing Date for Applications: 6th September 2013.

Information Sheet

ICAT Training Course Application Practitioner Training in CAT
(Awarded by ICAT)

November 2013 to June 2015

CAT is a brief, typically 16-24 session model of psychotherapy applicable to a wide range of mental health difficulties. CAT evolved from an integration of concepts and practices from personal construct theory, cognitive therapy and psychoanalytic object relations theory. However CAT offers a unique theory that includes a radically social concept of self. 

The practice of CAT involves a collaborative therapeutic relationship. Active participation assists the creation of a narrative and diagrammatic reformulation of a patient's difficulties. Maladaptive patterns originating from early childhood are identified and their repetition in current relationships and self management is explored. The effect of these patterns on the relationship between therapist and client ‘in the room’ is also worked with to enhance awareness, avoid collusion and assist change.

Requirements:

• Applicants need to show evidence of core professional training and two years post-qualification experience and experience. Training in counselling or psychotherapy at an introductory level is desirable but not essential
• Participants must have access to clients and will be required to complete eight sixteen session cases of CAT therapy
• Clinical accountability for clients will remain with participants and their organisations / managers
• Participants will be required to write up one of their cases as a 4000-word case study per year
• Participants will be required to write a 4000-word essay per year
• Participants are required to engage in at least sixteen sessions of personal CAT therapy with an accredited CAT therapist
• Applicants need to have access to clients in an environment conducive to therapeutic work with appropriate supervisory supports in place
• Applicants must be registered with their relevant professional body or be eligible for registration with that professional body

If you require further information about the course, please contact:

Aileen Garrihy, CAT Psychotherapist and Course Director at coursedirector@icat.ie or at 087 649 2968

Information about CAT is also available on http://www.internationalcat.org and http://www.acat.me.uk     

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