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4th International CAT Conference
15th September 2011 to 17th September 2011

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ICATA, the International Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association, a federation of national associations with member countries currently represented from Australia, Chile, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce the

4th International Conference for Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Celebrating the Method and the Model
Variations and Versatility in Practice
Integration of Theory - Developing Research

5.00 pm Thursday 15 September to 4.00 pm Saturday 17 September, 2011

Jagiellonian University Medical College Conference Centre
Cracow || Poland

• Pre-conference events: (9.00-4.00 on 15 September) Introductory workshop, special international interest groups
• Unique ‘CAT themed’ international cabaret on the second evening after the conference meal with presentations from each participating country willing to contribute
• Visits to historic areas for those wishing to stay on the Sunday

Welcome
Come and join us in the hospitable and historic city of Krakow in Poland. There is a growing interest in CAT internationally. Help us make the conference participative in the spirit of CAT. If you have ideas about contributions or events that would work well then let us know. As there are limited places at the conference early booking is highly recommended.

The theme
We want to focus on the principles and practice at the heart of CAT. A wide variety of practical workshops and theoretical discussions will take place. We plan to discover how to keep in balance the key elements of CAT whilst encouraging innovation and diversity in its application.

How will it be organised?
There will be lectures, workshops, poster sessions and informal social time to mix and learn.

Times
The conference will begin at 5.00 pm with a plenary meeting until 6.30 on the Thursday 17th September and finish at 4.30 pm on Saturday 19th September. Eavning meals will be at 7.30 each evening. A full time table will be posted on the website in April.

Lectures
On the innovative development of CAT in different countries; CAT as an integrative approach; Short, medium and long term CAT; CAT and the third wave of cognitive and relational therapies; The social context to CAT and the wide range of clinical applications.

Provisional List of Workshops

• Working with the social as well as the psychological aspects of mental health
• Case examples in using CAT as an identity therapy
• CAT as a language and the use of metaphor
• Addressing the social dimension in mental health and therapy: a cat perspective
• CAT in relation to transference
• Psychotherapy file: Snags in Greek experience
• The application of 8-session CAT in patients with Multiple Sclerosis
• Playfulness in therapy
• CAT in group therapy
• The story of CAT application in different countries
• Do we see hidden learning disabilities?
• CAT with bipolar disorder
• DSA workshops
• Geese theatre with non-offending partners
• CAT in forensic settings
• An early intervention approach to eating disorders
• Mini therapy and CAT teaching in therapy groups
• The importance of the procedural sequence
• Identity Therapy

A warm welcome
Psychotherapy and work generally in the area of mental health can be lonely and isolating. This conference will provide ways for everyone to get to know colleagues from different countries, to feel involved and explore the opportunity to take a more active part. 

Conference Programme Committee 
Katri Kanninen (Chairperson) - Finland katri.kanninen@akat.fi 
Luigi Grassi - Italy  Luigi.grassi@unife.it
Steve Potter - UK  Stevegpotter@gmail.com
Aisling White - Ireland  whiteaisling@hotmail.com
Inigo Tolosa - Spain inigot@gmail.com 
Ian Kerr - UK  Ian.Kerr@lanarkshire.scot.nh.uk
Dorota Plonska - Poland  dorotaplonska@tlen.pl
Iannis Vlachos – Greece  iannisvl@gmail.com
Alessia Sogni - Italy  alessiasogni@hotmail.com

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