Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy by Anthony Ryle

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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.
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* Published on: 2002-01-29
* Binding: Paperback

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Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy is a systematic, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the origin, development and practice of CAT. Since its initial presentation as a model of individual psychotherapy, CAT has grown to represent a general theory of psychological development and change, reflecting in particular the influence of Vygotsky. Economical in cost and applicable to a wide spectrum of disorders, CAT is now widely used by a range of mental health service providers. The practice of CAT has been extended to different settings and patient groups, most notably in the area of Borderline Personality Disorder. Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy includes a range of features to aid scholars and trainees: illustrative case histories and numerous case vignettes chapter summaries, further reading and a glossary of key terms resources for use in clinical settings

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Introduction to the origin, development, and practice of CAT. Features illustrative case histories and numerous case vignettes, chapter summaries, and resources for use in clinical settings. Softcover.

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Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy is a systematic, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the origin, development and practice of CAT. Since its initial presentation as a model of individual psychotherapy, CAT has grown to represent a general theory of psychological development and change, reflecting in particular the influence of Vygotsky.

Economical in cost and applicable to a wide spectrum of disorders, CAT is now widely used by a range of mental health service providers. The practice of CAT has been extended to different settings and patient groups, most notably in the area of Borderline Personality Disorder.

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

* illustrative case histories and numerous case vignettes

* chapter summaries, further reading and a glossary of key terms

* resources for use in clinical settings

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