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About Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
• 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 (dialogic).
• It is an integrative model that helps us to understand the links between the relational patterns from the past and present, and how this affects our everyday life.
• Understanding the development of personality, and that aspects of personality are socially constructed, is central to CAT. The tools of therapy, including the reformulation letter, psychotherapy file, procedural diagrams and the dialogic sequence analysis, are particularly helpful in conceptualising and managing complex presentations within a relational frame work.
• CAT is a relational model that was developed within the NHS to meet the rising pressures and demands of the services and patients. It involves developing an active collaborative therapeutic relationship with the patient, and is particularly applicable to work in NHS settings with people with complex needs.
Structure of the Course
The course will be taught in three modules:
• Module 1 (July 2017):
• Module 2 (Sept 2017):
• Module 3 (Oct 2017):
Objectives and Learning Outcomes
• To gain a shared language for inter-professional work based upon CAT’s integrative and dialogic approach to cognitive and relational processes.
• To demonstrate continued utilisation and sharing of the CAT formulation tools in team meetings, handovers and contexts, as well as during daily work and as part of a care co ordinator role.
• Participants would feel skilled and better prepared to defuse crises and to explore situations, and explain how this fits with the patient’s history, formulation and treatment plan.
• Using CAT skills to develop reflective practice.
• Apply the psychological thinking and relational skills learned to help the team to understand and formulate staff/patient interactions, develop team-based formulations, and contribute to collaborative care co-ordination, risk assessment and treatment.
Training Days (2017)
Marvels Lane Health Centre, 37 Marvels Lane, Lewisham, London SE12 9PN
Fees
• SLAM staff – No Fees (Limited Numbers)
• External Candidates - £800
How to book for external candidates
Detailed instructions are available for download - please scroll to the end of this webpage
Training Methods Employed
• Lectures, Joint mapping, clinical exercises, ie. completing the Psychotherapy File and case discussions.
Supervised Clinical Practice
• Participants will have to attend weekly supervision to discuss and formulate two ongoing cases. Weekly group supervision with a CAT supervisor will be provided.
Personal Therapy Experience
• A brief (3 sessions) Reformulation experience with a CAT therapist (costs not included in the course fee).
Written Work
• 1 case study (2000 words)
• 1 reflective essay (2000 words)
Assessment
• Successful completion of the written course work.
• Two cases under supervision with a satisfactory appraisal from the supervisor.
• A minimum of 85% attendance.
Ethical Practice
The trainees will join ACAT (£20) as trainee members, and will be expected to work within ACAT’s Code of Practice and Ethics for Members, as well as within their Appeals and Complaints Procedures.
Trainers' Names and Qualifications
• Jessie Emilion (UKCP registered Psychotherapist, ACAT accredited Supervisor and CAT Trainer).
• Shirley Akgun (UKCP registered Psychotherapist, ACAT accredited Supervisor and CAT trainer).
Qualification
SLAM and ACAT accredited Certificate in ‘CAT Skills in Case Management’.
Contact details for Jessie Emilion: T 0203 228 9701 or 9708 E Jessie.Emilion@slam.nhs.uk
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