{"id":148,"date":"2025-04-18T00:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-05-20T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:03:07","slug":"rachel-akande","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/profiles\/rachel-akande","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Akande"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1894\" height=\"2526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile.webp\" alt=\"Photo of Rachel Akande smiling wearing a grey\/blue top\" class=\"wp-image-346 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile.webp 1894w, https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RachelProfile-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1894px) 100vw, 1894px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I have been passionate about CAT since 2003 when I was training as a Clinical Psychologist.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was struggling to understand what the client was telling me, so grabbed a piece of paper and pen and drew out the pattern they were describing.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was my first map!&nbsp;&nbsp;What I loved then and now is how CAT makes complex psychological theory accessible to both people accessing treatment and those providing support.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have used it in my roles across the age range from adolescents to older adults, from primary care to inpatient settings, and in private practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a CAT Practitioner and accredited supervisor.&nbsp;&nbsp;My commitment to helping others develop their knowledge and use of CAT includes having run many&nbsp;<a>half<\/a>&nbsp;day \u201cintroduction to CAT\u201d sessions and bespoke 2-day skills courses for various organisations.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also use CAT as a consultation tool for NHS care teams, in supervision and reflective practice sessions so that clinicians have a framework for thinking about their therapeutic relationships.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have been involved in the CAT CYMRU course since the planning stage.&nbsp;&nbsp;This has included teaching the last 2 cohorts, marking course assignments and participating in ACAT trainers and supervisors conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been passionate about CAT since 2003 when I was training as a Clinical Psychologist.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was struggling to understand what the client was telling me, so grabbed a piece of paper and pen and drew out the pattern they were describing.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was my first map!&nbsp;&nbsp;What I loved then and now is how CAT makes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/388"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catcymru.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}