What are ACAT practitioners?
Practitioner training enables core mental health professionals with competence in their own field to enhance their understanding and skills in a specific psychological therapy by learning the theory and methods of CAT as an individual therapy applied to adult mental health.
What is ACAT therapy?
What is CAT? CAT stands for 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).
How long is Cognitive Analytic Therapy?
Your therapist will tell you how many sessions are being offered at the beginning of your therapy. This is commonly between 16 and 24 sessions. Appointments are usually weekly and last for 50 minutes.
How do I become a CAT therapist?
At any one time, there are about ten CAT training courses running, with between 15 and 20 people on each course. About 150-200 people a year become CAT Practitioners/Therapists after their two-year training. A further two-year training course enables CAT Practitioners to become UKCP Accredited CAT Psychotherapists.