A Beginner¿s Guide to Cognitive Analytic Therapy

This text provides an accessible, reader-friendly guide to conducting Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) on a one-to-one basis, developed in partnership with service users who have lived experience of CAT.The book will cover the applications of CAT in clinical practice includin assessment; introducing CAT; the main concepts and how to build a therapeutic relationship; mapping; the middle phase of the integration of other models; monitoring; developing exits; the ending and saying goodbye. Grounded in CAT theory, the content will be ordered sequentially, as one would conduct the therapy, and will feature first-hand accounts from service users who have experienced CAT regarding their own perspectives of CAT and its outcomes on their wellbeing.A straightforward, beginner’s introduction to practicing CAT, this book will be useful for trainee practitioners, assistant and trainee clinical/ counselling psychologists, and those practising CAT informed therapy in supervision.