CAT Skills Program – 6 months

Why do CAT skills training?

We all know practitioners who see people with what we call complex needs who show little change. Add to that, the limited funded session framework which many of us work within can sometimes seem inadequate.

This is where CAT skills training comes in. Think of it as an additional, highly effective, tool in your therapeutic ‘tool kit’. When used in short term care, Cognitive Analytic Therapy has been shown to improve people’s outcomes, especially when people want a choice and are not showing significant improvement via other therapies.

Deepen your skills in mapping, formulation (using a relational lens) and practical application.

What you’ll learn

In this 6-month course, you will develop the core skill of being able to notice, name and co-create CAT-informed formulations in ways that support understanding, compassionate reflection and change.

You’ll learn how to:

• formulate using CAT’s relational model
• recognise reciprocal roles and accompanying patterns: traps, snags and dilemmas
• use simple CAT maps to create shared understanding
• apply relational formulation in conversations, teamwork and supervision.

Course structure and format

This 6-month CAT Skills training focuses on relational formulation: learning how to help people gain compassionate awareness through recognition of repeating relational patterns rather than symptoms alone. Work through the short online modules and engage in the monthly live skills workshops so you can enhance your current approach.

Integrated pathways

If you’re coming to the CAT skills training after having worked through our video modules, that learning can be credited towards this training.

And, should you choose to do the full CAT practitioner training, what you learn in the CAT Skills course can also be credited towards your practitioner training. Everything in our training is designed to give you the best way forward on your learning journey.

Need some additional skills in your practitioner ‘tool kit’?