Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy

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.