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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 training in CAT.

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.

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ACAT Administration and office arrangements

Please note that the ACAT Administrators will be working from home until the situation surrounding coronavirus becomes more settled.  Although we will continue to have email access during normal working hours, we will not be able to take telephone enquiries or acknowledge answerphone messages, and responses to postal communication will be delayed.  We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.  If you have an urgent query, please email the appropriate member of staff who will respond as soon as they are able: 

 https://www.acat.me.uk/page/acat+administration

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Coronavirus and ACAT events

We are regularly monitoring updates from the Government in relation to events and coronavirus.  Should it be necessary for ACAT to cancel an event, we will notify delegates as soon as we are able within our normal working hours and the event fee will be refunded.  We would advise you not to arrange travel in advance as ACAT cannot offer refunds for other expenses incurred.

Please contact local group organisers in respect of non-ACAT events.

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Coronavirus and ACAT training courses

For trainees currently involved in CAT training, click on the following link for information on the changes and adaptations to our training requirements during the period of lockdown and social distancing due to Covid-19.  This also includes information on the paperless accreditation submission process for the June 2020 Exam Board onwards.  Course Directors will also provide additional course-specific information.  

 https://www.acat.me.uk/page/covid+19+impact+on+training 

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Quick Links

About CAT – an introduction

• Is CAT right for me?
• How does CAT work?
• Clients' personal stories
• Finding a private CAT therapist
• What is the difference between CAT and CBT?

More about CAT - for professionals

• CAT with different patient groups
• Indirect working - using CAT in case management
• Special interest and regional groups
• Books and papers
• Job vacancies

About ACAT – the organisation

• Register FREE as a user of the site
• How can I join ACAT?
• Who's who? Contact ACAT
• Reformulation – the journal of the Association - access to past copies
• Media information
• Policies and official documents, including ACAT's Privacy Policy
• International CAT

Training in CAT - overview

• How to get started
• Introduction to CAT and bespoke courses
• CAT Skills
• Practitioner training and MSc in CAT
• Psychotherapy Training
• Supervision Training

Research - projects and evidence

• Current Research
• Research Awaiting Publication
• Recently Published Research
• Research Archives
• Key References to Research in CAT
• Support for CAT Research
• CAT Research and Communication Committee

ACAT events and CPD

• Conferences - national and international
• Calendar of all events
• ACAT CPD events

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News from ACAT

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Our Next 17 Events

8th July 2020
ACAT: Using CAT in Medically Unexplained Symptoms - 2 hr online workshop

21st July 2020
Diversity and Inequality SIG meeting

1st September 2020
Inter-Regional Residential ACAT Psychotherapy Training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy

1st September 2020
NTW CAT Practitioner Training

25th September 2020
Polyvagal theory, oxytocin and neurobiology of love - offered by ITACAT

1st October 2020
Catalyse CAT Practitioner Training 2020-2022

9th October 2020
ACAT: Embodied CAT and Trauma

16th November 2020
ACAT: Two Day Introduction to CAT

18th November 2020
ACAT: Relational Skills in CAT Supervision Residential

18th November 2020
ACAT: Relational Skills in CAT Supervision Residential

20th November 2020
Annual General Meeting 2020 - NEW DATE

27th November 2020
Two Day Introduction to CAT - offered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

1st January 2021
South London CAT Practitioner 2021 - 2022

5th March 2021
Rich to Poor: Mental Health in an Unequal World - offered by Sussex NHS Partnership Foundation Trust

24th March 2021
ACAT: Trainers and Supervisors Meeting

14th May 2021
CAT, Consciousness and a Relational Self - offered by Sussex Partnership NHS FTNHS

20th May 2021
26th ACAT National Conference 2021