Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy (eBook)

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.

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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.