INTRODUCING COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY - PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE

This is a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the origins, development, and practice of cognitive-analytic therapy (CAT).

Written by the founder of the method and an experienced psychiatric practitioner and lecturer, it offers a guide to the potential application and experience of CAT with a wide range of difficult clients and disorders and in a variety of hospital, community care and private practice settings.

Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy includes a wide range of features to aid scholars and trainees:

? Illustrative case histories and numerous case vignettes
? Chapters summaries, further reading and glossary of key terms
? Resources for use in clinical settings

Essential reading for practitioners and graduate trainees in psychotherapy, clinical psychology, psychiatry and nursing.

Written by the founder of the CAT method, ANTHONY RYLE, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Guy's, Kings, St Thomas' (GKT) Medical School, Munro Clinic, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.

IAN B. KERR South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, York Clinic, Guy's Hospital, London,UK, an experienced psychiatric practitioner and lecturer.

The Scope and Focus of CAT;
The Main Features of CAT;
Development of the Self: Background Considerations;
Normal and Abnormal Development of the Self and its Implications for Psychotherapy;
Selection and Assessment of Patients for Individual CAT;
The Reformulation Sessions;
The Therapy Relationship;
The Detailed CAT Model of Therapist Interventions and its use in Supervision;
CAT in Various Conditions and Contexts;
The Treatment of Personality Disorders;
The 'Difficult' Patient and Contextual Reformulation