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Stages on a CAT Therapy Journey

In addition to the previous blog What is Cognitive Analytic Therapy, this blog by Alison Jenaway takes a different angle. She describes CAT as a journey, and outlines some of the places it may take you.

Having Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is a bit like going on a journey with your therapist. You may be travelling back to your childhood, or other important times in your life, to think about your experiences and what you learned from them. You will be travelling around your current life to explore your relationships now and how they may reflect the experiences you had growing up. Lastly, you will hopefully be taking some new turnings onto roads that you have not been on before, trying out new ways of relating to yourself and others. Continue reading Stages on a CAT Therapy Journey