Thinking of you all and wishing I could be with you. But I'm in Florence!

For me one of the fundamental problems in our profession is that we have researchers who have never done psychotherapy, nor seen a client/patient who dictate and shape how psychotherapy should be done.
This is our healthcare system and a reason why it frequently fails clients.

Daniel Kahneman passed away today

He changed the world of behavioral finance

Here are 10 things I learned from his book Thinking Fast and Slow as a way to say thank you:

Do you want to start your training as a #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy practitioner in 2024? Our 2 year course is now open for applications #CatalysePT24 catalyse.uk.com/applications-t…

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy is due for publication on 7 March 2024 - a huge achievement by the editors Laura Brummer, Marisol Cavieres & Ranil Tan R Tan & the host of over 75 contributors #OxfordHandbookOfCAT global.oup.com/academic/produ…

This opportunity for non-therapists to get involved with ACAT 's Ethics Committee is still open. Do share with anyone who may be interested, thanks 🙏

Details of applying for the 2024 intake of #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy CAT Practitioner Training will be published very soon #CatalysePT24
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This is such a sad, sad loss; his intelligence, humour, diligence, kindness enriched my life, and many others.

Patients should be given the option to choose their treatment. CAT-guided self-help could represent an effective and well-tolerated alternative to CBT-guided self-help, but further research is warranted to confirm and generalise these findings nationalelfservice.net/?p=176578

Reflecting On Risk to Others - an interview with Jenny Marshall jenny marshall & David Harvey David Harvey on the thinking & influences behind their CPD day on using CAT Concepts in Working With Risk of Harm to Others #CATrisk23 #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy
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Do you work in mental health/forensic settings where assessing & managing risk of harm to others is a key concern? Join Jenny Marshall & David Harvey 8th Sept in Leeds for a day on using #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy concepts in this work #CATrisk23 catalyse.uk.com/cpd/cat-concep…

Catalyse-CAT Good to see a real-world, client-preference study showing a relational therapy like CAT being having similar effectiveness to CBT. Good for choice and plurality of approaches.

Some of the Catalyse crew are heading to Helsinki to join #ICATA23 with international colleagues. A few of these new fliers about the two sets of #CatalyseFilms may make it into luggage for sharing at the conference - but take an early glimpse here #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy

Great to see the results published from this interesting research trial.
More on the way!

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Let's try that one again....
And indeed #CatalysePT23 is now open to those wishing to apply for our next intake to train as a #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy practitioner in the north - all the information you need is at catalyse.uk.com/training/pract…

PSYCHOTHERAPY BENCHMARKING TOOL:
Now psychological therapy services can evaluate their treatment outcomes against relevant clinical norms from the meta-analysis by Gaskell et al. 2022.

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So true, brilliant!

Hearing that the RELaTE pilot & feasibility randomised control trial funded by NIHR Research & based in Greater Manchester Mental Health & RDaSH NHS FT NHS Trusts - comparing 8 session CAT for self-harm - is now open to recruitment #CognitiveAnalyticTherapy #CATEvidenceBase
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