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18th Annual ACAT Conference
1st April 2011

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18th Annual ACAT Conference
A One-Day Conference to be held on
Friday 1 April 2011
Venue:  London South Bank University, Keyworth Conference Centre, Keyworth Street, London SE1 6NG

CAT in a Cold Climate

• Speakers to include Mark Webster, Stephen Kellett, Jackie Fosbury, Janet Toye, Susan Mitzman
• Workshop Leaders:  Rhona Brown, Robyn Vesey, Kate Freshwater, Jennifer Barnes and Alison Bridges
• Research Posters and Prize
• followed by ACAT’s AGM and a Wine Reception

It is 26 years since Cognitive Analytic Therapy was first named by Dr Tony Ryle following the observation that: 'working with patients to find the best descriptions of what it was we were trying to change as part of outcome research, demonstrated to me the power of collaboratively arriving at such descriptions...’. This early joint reformulation has remained the key feature of CAT, offering both the early creation of a non-authoritarian working relationship and yielding increasingly powerful tools of understanding and change.

In the Summer 2010 issue of Reformulation, Tony Ryle writes about the social and political factors which impact on the formation of reciprocal roles and calls for more attention to be paid to this by therapists. He also raises the issue of whether we, as psychotherapists, should speak out more clearly about the effects of political decisions on the psychological health of the individuals we see.

In our conference for 2011 we hope to keep in mind the current political and financial climate, and the impact this may have on CAT in the future.
• Do we reach out to other therapy modalities or pull up the drawbridge?
• Do we have an evidence base with which to promote CAT in these challenging times?
• Can CAT be adapted to those in dire social circumstances?

Programme Synopsis
- the full detailed programme can be downloaded from further down this page

08.45 – 09.30 Registration and Coffee

09.30 Welcome and Introduction

09.35 – 11.00 “Integrating the 3rd Generation of CBT with Cognitive Analytic Therapy”
Speaker: Mark Webster, Psychotherapist

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30 – 12.30 “Delivering CAT to BPD patients in routine NHS practice; do we deliver the model competently and are we effective?”
Speaker: Dr Stephen Kellett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and IAPT Programme Director

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

Either:
13.30 – 15.00 “Doing CAT in NHS Diabetes Clinics for 20 years | Some Like It Hot”
Speakers: Jackie Fosbury, Medical Psychotherapist/Lecturer and Supervisor in CAT. Brighton and Sussex Universities NHS Trust / Institute of Post Graduate Medicine, and Service Users: Georgina and Geoff

Or:
13.30 – 15.00 “CAT, Social Context and Inequalities: Creative Exits and Collective Possibilities“
Workshop Leaders: Rhona Brown, Clinical Psychologist, and Robyn Vesey, Clinical Psychologist

15.00-15.30 Tea

Either:
15.30 – 16.00 “The Use of CAT within a Resettlement Programme for the Homeless”
Speaker: Janet Toye, Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapist
And:
16.00 – 16.30 “‘Being a Special Patient’: working with a male sex offender, in High Secure Services, using CAT”
Speaker: Susan Mitzman, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Or:
15.30 – 16.20 "Using 5-session CAT in Community Mental Health Teams: Preliminary Findings"
Workshop Leaders: Jennifer Barnes and Alison Bridges, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and
Kate Freshwater, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

16.30 – 16.45 Personal Reflections and Plenary
Annalee Curran and Virginia West

16.45 – 17.00 Break

17.00 – 17.45 ACAT AGM 2011

17.45 4th International CAT Conference – Krakow, Poland | 15 – 17 September 2011
Steve Potter

17.55 – 19.00 Wine Reception and Canapés
 

Our Conference this year is being held just on one day in Central London. Come along and think with us.

Alison Jenaway, Rosemary Parkinson and Vicky Richer
Programme Organisers || On behalf of the Conference Organising Group

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