Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy

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