ACAT North: Celebrating 10+ Years of CAT Training
13th June 2008


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Venue: Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, Chancellors Way, Moseley Road, Manchester M14 6NN
Date: Friday, 13 June, 2008
Time: 9.30 am to 4.45 pm
Lunch: Included

Last minute booking: please email stevegpotter@gmail.com or phone Steve on 07817033796

This Conference will celebrate the range of applications of CAT by graduates of ACAT North over the past fifteen years. Psychological therapies have changed greatly in this time and we hope the conference will be an opportunity for us to take stock of the varied contributions of CAT: its limits, its strengths and its possibilities. It will consist of a wide variety of presentations by graduates of the CAT North Practitioner training since 1995 and our focus will be on the different ways of using and doing CAT.

Morning Programme

09.30

Welcome and introduction to the conference 

 

Plenary Presentations
A brief review of the development of CAT in the North (Lawrence Welch)
Where are we now? The results of the Survey of ACAT North Graduates (Dawn Bennett)
Adapting CAT to working with Anorexia (Adrian Newell)
Developing a risk assessment tool using CAT in Forensic Settings (Karen Shannon)

10.50

Morning Coffee

11.20

Parallel Workshops – chose one on the day
1. The use of metaphor to facilitate cognitive working with a client’s SDR and TPP's within the CAT model  (Jim Turner)
2. The broken egg: understanding narcissistic and borderline process behind men's violence and a therapeutic response to hurt  (Karen Shannon)
3. Adapting CAT to working with Anorexia  (Adrian Newell)
4. 'Using Bakhtin's concept of Outsideness to create and recreate the 'lost object'  (Rachel Pollard) 
5. Using CAT with bipolar disorder: case presentation and discussion  (Sarah Wallis)
6. CAT Consultancy – using CAT to inform care planning  (Angela Carradice)

12.20  

CAT practice fair and forum:
Three minute presentations and ad hoc gatherings on a wide variety of topics to include: CAT in Training (representatives from Psychiatry-Mark Evans, Clinical Psychology - Cathy Amor and Nursing - Angela Perkins and Michelle Anwyl); Setting up in private practice (Elaine Swift and Brenda Atkinson); New Horizons and Services to include: Rhona Brown - web-based CAT tools; Paddy Crossling - developing and sustaining a CAT service; Simon Graham-being a lead consultant for a transition from a psychotherapy service to a complex cases/PD service
Posters: (contributions from all attendees welcome, please contact the organisers)

1.00

Buffet

Afternoon Programme

2.00

Plenary presentations
What is it like out there? CAT in the context of a changing NHS (Glenys Parry)
Consultation and CAT in public services: Can it benefit the staff and the organisation as well as the service user? (Karen Appleby)
Reflections of a journey: establishing CAT in Aotearoa, NZ (Marisol Cavieres)

2.45

Afternoon tea

3.15











4.15
4.30

Parallel Workshops –chose one on the day
1. Implementing CAT as part of the stepped care model in HMP Liverpool (Kerry Manson)  
2. Mindfulness within CAT (Mary Walsh)
3. Couple relationships as re-attachment: what can CAT contribute to working with couples?’ (Henrietta Bachelor)
4. CAT Consultation: sharing experience (Karen Appleby)  
5. Tangled up in Blue Bob Dylan and a CAT formulation of the experience of love (Harry Wood)
6. Using CAT to train inpatient teams in a more relational approach (Marisol Cavieres)
Final Plenary
Where are we going? The way ahead for CAT in the North (Steve Potter)
Plenary conference discussion and reflection
Close and wine and cheese reception celebrating ten + years of CAT training

A full programme, booking form and map and directions to the venue can be downloaded from this event listing.


Details and Booking Information

13th June 2008

Members on line booking and payment: £70
Non Members on line booking and payment: £85
Members cheque or invoiced payment: £80
Non Members cheque or invoiced payment: £95

For cheque or invoiced payments please download the attached booking form.

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Please note lunch is included.  Please notify any special dietary requirements for the buffet lunch by email to: gillian.bentley@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Refund Policy: Cancellations, in writing, received prior to 30 May, 2008 will receive a full refund less a £25 admin charge.  There will be no refund for any cancellations received after 30 May, 2008.

Invoicing of third parties:  in the event of non payment by a third party invoiced for a delegate’s fees, the delegate him/herself is ultimately responsible for the payment.

For booking enquiries only:  please telephone 0844 800 9496 or email admin@acat.me.uk

Conference Presenters:  please contact Steve Potter: Stevegpotter@gmail.com   or Gillian Bentley: Gillian.Bentley@lancashirecare.nhs.uk direct to book in.

For all other enquiries re contributions to the programme, posters etc please email:  Gillian.Bentley@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Accommodation:  The Chancellors also offers overnight accommodation the night before at a charge £50 per single room bed and breakfast.  Please book this directly by telephoning the Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre:  0161 9077414. Please also see the downloadable map and directions.

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