A Beginner's Guide to Cognitive Analytic Therapy: Practitioner and Service User Perspectives

By Sarah Craven-Staines and Jayne Finch

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 including: assessment; introducing CAT; the main concepts and how to build a therapeutic relationship; mapping; the middle phase and 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 CAT-experienced service users including their own perspectives on the model and the impact it had 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032311339
• ISBN13: 9781032311333
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"