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 CHILD-CENTRED ATTACHMENT THERAPYTHE CcAT PROGRAMMESir Richard Bowlby with Maeja Raicar and Pauline Sear at the CcAT Programme book launch (Post-Adoption Centre, London, July 2009) To see my book Click on Child-Centred Attachment Therapy here.  WHAT IS THE CcAT PROGRAMME?ANGRY CHILDREN - HURTING?ANGRY PARENTS - HURTING? The CcAT Programme is a confidential service for troubled children and families who need new solutions to old problems, and help in relating positively to each other - so ending the negative behaviours that keep them apart.  Working in partnership with the familyCcAT is a brief family attachmenttherapyprogramme that uses counselling, play-work and family discussion to help parents and children in distress to explore the root causes of their problems and, together, to find new solutions that work for them.  When Parent-Child Communication Breaks DownOur experience shows that many children's problemsstem from their inability to communicate - for whatever reason - their real feelings and needs to their parents. This can lead to mutual frustration, anger and hopelessness, making parent-child interactions increasingly negative and unrewarding. The child may reject the parent's care and seek attention from others, making her/his safety an issue.  HOW DOES CcAT WORK?THE CcAT PROGRAMME focuses onimproving child-parent communication to deal with root causes of anger and hurt in the family. When parents and children can communicate more honestly about their feelings, and are listened to with mutual respect, their attachment grows. Appropriate grief-work about past hurts and losses is facilitated, and fun-time encouraged. This makes family interactions more enjoyable, helping both parents and children to feel better about themselves and each other.  WHOM DOES CcAT SERVE?The programme can be adapted to meetthe needs of birth, extended, foster or step-families - wherever parents and children are struggling to communicate with each other, but are committed to working together to find shared solutions to their problems. Supporting Existing Placements, where appropriateCcAT Programme therapists arecommitted to helping children and families to maintain existing placements, if safe, and so to minimise the distress for the child and carers of unnecessary moves and further family disruptions and losses.   The Long Term Effects of Separation and Loss on ChildrenThis is because of thelonglasting and devastating impact of multiple losses and disrupted attachments on a hurt child's ability to trust new carers, and her capacity to make and sustain satisfying relationships long term, even as an adult. (See my article: "When adopted adults are shadowed by disrupted attachments" in the UKCP Journal, The Psychotherapist, Spring 2010. "Book and Articles")  How Long Does The Whole CcAT Programme Take?The programme is specially tailored to meet theneeds of each family through a combination of child/parent, individual, couple and family sessions, as needed. These sessions (usually for 2 hours) are held on a weekly or fortnightly basis over 4 to 6 months. Follow-up is provided as appropriate. Please note that 48 hours' notice of cancellation is required; otherwise, the full session fee is payable. Who Carries Out CcAT Work?Specially trained CcAT Programme therapistswho are skilled and experienced in working with children and their birth, extended, foster or step-families, co-work the programme.  Where is The CcAT Programme based?CAT was developed and piloted at Family Finders,South-East Essex, during 1995-7. Since then, it has continued to be based in South Essex as a wholly independent combined child and family assessment and treatment service.  HOW IS THE CAT PROGRAMME ACCESSED?Through GPs, schools, health visitors, Social Services orother professionals, in cases where funding is agreed. Private families can also avail themselves of this independent service, at a reduced fee. Family and sibling attachments, and placement needs, can be assessed at the request of local authorities, and comprehensive reports and recommendations provided.  For further information, contactAlexandra Maeja Raicar, M.Sc., CQSW, D.Inf.M.H., ECPUKCP registered: Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. Parent/Infant Psychotherapist; Life Coach and NLP Master Practitioner; EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and EmoTrance (Emotional Transformation) Practitioner Affiliate member of ASART - Adoption Support Agency of Registered Therapists: www.adoptioncounselling.com Sessions available in Billericay, Essex, or local venues can be negotiated. Telephone: 01277 654351 or E-mail: catnamaste@aol.com |
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