Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy

A comprehensive guide to the cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) model, balancing established theory and practice alongside a focus on innovation in both direct work with clients and the application of CAT more broadly within teams, organizations, and training.

List of contents

• SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION


• 1: Laura Brummer, Marisol Cavieres, and Ranil Tan: Overview to the Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy


• 2: Ian B. Kerr and Hilary Beard: The evolving CAT model and its current core features


• SECTION TWO: CAT THEORY AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT


• 3: Eva Burns-Lundgren: Theoretical underpinnings of CAT


• 4: Jason Hepple: The 'D' in CAT


• 5: Mark Westacott: The development of the multiple self states model


• SECTION THREE: CAT PRACTICE


• 6: Deborah Tee: The structure of therapy


• 7: Alison Jenaway: Reformulation: Creating a shared understanding in CAT


• 8: Elizabeth Wilde McCormick: Recognition: The development of a compassionate observing eye


• 9: Julie Lloyd: Revision: Understanding how change is achieved


• 10: Deborah Pickvance: Endings in CAT


• SECTION FOUR: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN THEIR SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT


• 11: Rhona Brown: CAT in social context


• 12: Jessie Emilion: Othering and otherness in CAT: Exploring race, racism, and racial dialogues within a relational framework


• 13: Anne Benson and Josephine F. Discepolo Ahmadi: Gender, sexuality, and CAT


• SECTION FIVE: DEVELOPMENTS IN CAT THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE


• 14: Dawn Bennett, Glenys Parry, and Liz Fawkes: Working with enactments in CAT


• 15: Steve Potter: Mapping and writing as a co-creative therapeutic process


• 16: Stephen Kellett, Alex D. Young, Jason Hepple, and Stephen White: Eight session CAT: The evidence and the approach


• 17: Laura Brummer and Cheryl Delisser: Group CAT


• 18: Glenys Parry: Do no harm: Balancing risk and safety in CAT


• 19: Peter James Taylor, Olympia Gianfrancesco, and Samantha Hartley: Evaluating CAT: Research practice and future direction


• 20: Mikael Leiman: Semiotic object relations theory (SORT) as the basic CAT theory?


• SECTION SIX: APPLICATIONS OF CAT


• 21: Sarah Douglass: CAT in the perinatal period


• 22: Nick Barnes: A cognitive analytic approach for working alongside young people


• 23: Louise K. McCutcheon, Jessica O'Connell, and Andrew M. Chanen: Helping young people early: A model of early intervention for people living with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder


• 24: Julia Coleby, Sarah Haycock, Jill Finnigan, Hannah Roberts, and Caroline Wyatt: Getting the balance right: CAT for eating distress


• 25: Claire Wilson: Using CAT to understand and work with complex trauma: Asylum seeker and refugee populations


• 26: Ranil Tan, Alex Perry, and Olympia Gianfrancesco: CAT and psychosis: Working with unusual experiences and extreme states


• 27: Mark Evans: CAT for people with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder


• 28: Natalie Bork and Jo Varela: CAT and intellectual disability: Working with individuals and systems


• 29: Marisol Cavieres and Ranil Tan: CAT within adult mental health inpatient settings


• 30: Mark Ramm and Karen Shannon: CAT within forensic settings part one: An overview


• 31: Kerry Manson, Sue Ryan, and Peter Lock: CAT in forensic settings part two: Clinical applications


• 32: Karen Addy: Clinical neuropsychology: The use of the multiple self states model to understand behaviour following traumatic brain injury


• 33: Nadine Bearman and Alison Jenaway: A relational approach to working with medically unexplained symptoms (or not yet explained symptoms)


• 34: Andrew R. Thompson and John R. Fox: CAT for long term health conditions


• 35: Susie Black and Jason Davies: CAT in a cancer setting: Working with people with cancer, carers, and staff


• 36: Michelle Hamill, Ellen Khan, and Paul Catlin: Attending to later life: A CAT approach to working with the legacy of complex trauma


• SECTION SEVEN: CAT WITHIN AND ACROSS SYSTEMS


• 37: Angela Carradice and Andrea Daykin: Five session CAT care planning approach


• 38: Sarah Craven-Staines and Jayne Finch: CAT consultancy for enhancing team functioning


• 39: Sue Walsh and Kate Freshwater: 'Struggling well': Using CAT to make sense of organisational hurt


• 40: David Harvey: CAT-informed leadership: Navigating the emotional and relational pressures of the workplace


• SECTION EIGHT: INCORPORATING OTHER THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES AND TOOLS WITHIN CAT


• 41: Kim Dent-Brown: Adapting the six-part story method (6PSM) to CAT


• 42: Pam Jameson: Incorporating compassion focused therapy into CAT: Theory, perspectives, and applications


• 43: Mark J. Walker: Incorporating eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) into CAT


• 44: Yvonne J. Stevens and Vicky Petratou: Creativity in CAT and the contributions of arts therapies to its theory and practice


• 45: Tim Sheard: Embodiment as a relational resource in CAT when working with developmental trauma


• 46: Cal Nield: CAT and technology: Where do we meet?


• SECTION NINE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE


• 47: Lindsay Jones and Phyllis Annesley: Developing relational reflective practice for individuals and teams: The 4Ps framework


• 48: Yvonne J. Stevens and Jay Dudley: Relational supervision in CAT


• 49: Dawn Bennett, Liz Fawkes, and Yvonne J. Stevens: Training in CAT


• 50: Glenys Parry and Dawn Bennett: Competence in CAT


• 51: Henrietta Batchelor: Ethics and CAT: Dare to be aware


• SECTION TEN: CONCLUSION


• 52: Ian B. Kerr and Hilary Beard: Future developments and challenges for the current CAT model


• APPENDIX: CAT TOOLS


• Psychotherapy file


• Psychotherapy file (adapted)


• The personality structure questionnaire (PSQ)


• The states description procedure (SDP)


• Psycho-social checklist


• Life chart


• Rating sheets (2 examples)

About the author

Dr Laura Brummer is a clinical director for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, a consultant clinical psychologist and accredited cognitive analytic therapist and supervisor. Laura gained her DClinPsy from the University of Southampton and a PgDip in professional practice in health care (leadership and innovation) from Bucks New University. She gained her accreditation as a cognitive analytic therapist with Sheffield Hallam University and is also accredited with the Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (SfDBT) as a therapist and supervisor. Laura has spent her career in psychology working in mental health services in the NHS. Laura has a special interest and passion for working with adults with mental health needs and improving how the NHS delivers services to working age adults and older people. Alongside her clinical work, Laura has co-authored 'Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Distinctive Features' published in 2018, as well as a number of research articles.

Dr Marisol Cavieres is a principal clinical psychologist, and accredited cognitive analytic therapist, supervisor, trainer, and moderator of cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) training courses. Marisol gained her BSc (Hons) and DClinPsy from the University of Liverpool. Throughout her career, Marisol has worked in adult mental health within the NHS and independent practice, in the UK and New Zealand (NZ). Over the past two decades Marisol has provided a range of accredited CAT trainings in the UK and internationally. She was course director for accredited CAT skills courses and helped to establish CAT training within NZ. Marisol has a particular interest in the adaptation of CAT as a brief intervention within acute mental health in-patient settings, and the use of reformulation to emphasise a relational perspective to provision of care. Marisol works for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust as the lead clinical psychologist for acute care in Wiltshire.

Dr. Ranil Tan is a consultant clinical psychologist, and accredited cognitive analytic therapist and supervisor. Ranil gained his BSc (Hons) from York University, and his DClinPsy from the Universities of Keele and Staffordshire. Ranil works for the Leeds and York Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, and has worked in the NHS for 20 years. Ranil has predominantly worked in specialist services for those with experiences of psychosis and those who have complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties (across both community and inpatient settings). Ranil has a particular interest in relational approaches to mental health care, as well as the social and political sources of distress. He has published a number of articles in these areas. Ranil is involved in the development and delivery of workshops and training in relation to CAT both within and outside of the NHS.

Summary

A comprehensive guide to the cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) model, balancing established theory and practice alongside a focus on innovation in both direct work with clients and the application of CAT more broadly within teams, organizations, and training.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Laura (Clinical Director Brummer, Laura Brummer, Dr Marisol (Lead Clinical Psychologist for Acute Care in Wiltshire Cavieres, Marisol Cavieres, Dr Ranil (Consultant Clinical Psychologist Tan, Ranil Tan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198866572
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886657-2
• No. of pages: 976
• Series: Oxford Library of Psychology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychology, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Mental health services, Therapy & therapeutics, Therapy and therapeutics