CAT Practitioner Training: year two
The Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) practitioner training year two course is the second part of a two-year training package that is accredited by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ANZACAT) and is based on international standards set by the International Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association (ICATA) for the training of CAT practitioners.
The two-year training course has been designed for mental health clinicians working across a range of public or private counselling and mental health settings who wish to extend their knowledge and skills in CAT with the aim of becoming an accredited CAT practitioner.
Course components
The CAT practitioner training year two course consists of nine training days that are offered in five blocks (see dates below), three student-led study sessions, and 40 sessions of CAT supervision to allow practice of CAT interventions. The aim is for students to become competent in delivering CAT interventions. Many will achieve this by the end of two years of training, however some students might need to complete further assignments or supervised cases to achieve the level of competence required to be accredited as a CAT practitioner by ANZACAT.
In most cases the CAT supervision is offered in small groups that meet weekly. Students with suitable existing CAT supervision arrangements can request to continue these as part of the training course.
Students who are unable to attend supervision face-to-face can request to participate via Zoom (or equivalent online platform). They will need a computer, laptop or tablet with internet access and a working camera and microphone. Students must have access to suitable clients as well as permission from their workplace to offer CAT interventions under supervision.
Assessment involves attendance and appropriate participation in training, supervision and three 2.5-hour student-led study sessions, as well as satisfactory completion of three assignments during the year. The first is a theoretical teaching seminar delivered to the year two training group during the training course; the second is a written case study; and the third is a reflective journal, which is to be updated after each of the three student-led study sessions over the course of the year. These assignments will be discussed early in the training course, and guidelines will be provided. Further details about the assessment requirements are provided in the year two course outline. Places are limited.
Students must be current members of ANZACAT.
Eligibility
Students must have successfully completed year one of the course in Australia or New Zealand (or the equivalent) within the past three years and be able to demonstrate this.
Dates
Please note the CAT practitioner training year one and year two courses may not run consecutively each year, depending on student numbers. The next CAT year two course will run in 2024. Please contact us at training@orygen.org.au to register your interest if you would like to attend this training.
Location
This training course is delivered at Orygen, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville 3052. Please note that this may change to an online format in response to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Late marking fee
The CAT training late marking fee will apply to those students wishing to submit their CAT assignments after the due date. A fee of $120 is payable per late assignment via the web store.
Presenter bios
Dr Louise McCutcheon
Dr Louise McCutcheon is a clinical psychologist and is an accredited cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) practitioner, supervisor and trainer. She is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, and coordinates the Orygen clinical training team.
Louise jointly founded the award-winning Helping Young People Early (HYPE) program in 2000, an early intervention program for borderline personality disorder in young people. She has extensive clinical experience working with young people with complex and severe mental health difficulties.
She established the HYPE service development and training program, which works with mental health services to implement early intervention for personality disorder initiatives. She lectures and teaches both nationally and internationally, and developed the first CAT training program in Australia.
She is the founding chair of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ANZACAT) and is current chair of the International Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association (ICATA). She is also on the executive of the Australasian Association of Research and Treatment for Personality Disorders (AART-PD).
Dr Reem Ramadan
Dr Reem Ramadan is a clinical psychologist and is an accredited cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) practitioner, supervisor and trainer. She has exceptional specialist clinical skills developed while working in public mental health in the UK and Australia.
She now specialises in youth mental health. She worked as a senior clinician in the Helping Young People Early (HYPE) program, which provides early intervention to young people with personality disorder, and she currently coordinates the specialist eating disorder stream of care at Orygen.
She provides consultation and workforce development opportunities to clinicians working with young people with complex needs, and has presented her work at international conferences. Reem has been working in the HYPE service development program for a number of years, coordinating the two-year CAT training program, and providing training on relational approaches to youth mental health.
She sits on the clinical standards and training committee of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ANZACAT).