Encouraging to Engaged – Friday 13th April 2018

Cognitive Analytic Therapy is now practised across health care, social care, higher education and in the private sector.  It is one of the most widely used psychotherapies for NHS patients with complex mental health needs and as a consultation model gains more impact each year.  Yet until recently the research evidence in CAT has lagged behind its popularity, threatening its continued success.

With a renewed ACAT research strategy in development and more CAT research published than ever before, this conference aimed to help participants get right up to date with new research findings in CAT.  It also aimed to provide support to develop research ideas or put existing data to work in terms of dissemination and publication.

The day was on offer to all practitioners, who could benefit whether as existing researchers, research collaborators,  clinicians wanting to make better use of evidence in practice, or to build confidence in research activity.

This was the  first joint event between ACAT and Catalyse, and it’s hoped that a further research conference will be held in 2019 in the south.  There is more information about the day at our blog post here, and a second pre-conference blog here.

A range of active and experienced CAT researchers presented their findings plus CAT insights into the process of doing research.  Through focused group activities, support and advice for participants’ own research activity was offered, bearing in mind each participant’s ZPD in this area.  Details of the conference programme are available in the download at the foot of the page.