This site contains pages and blog posts about many different aspects of cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). We hope to build upon it as time goes on with the help of members, colleagues and people who have experience of CAT as a therapy. If you would like to contribute to this, please contact us.
Please note, the majority of the material on the site is in the process of moving across to the new ACAT website at https://acat.org.uk Clicking on old links should redirect there when this site closes shortly.
The main navigation tabs along the top of the page direct you to pages on CAT as a therapy for yourself – CAT for me. This includes first hand experiences of CAT.
The there is a section on CAT through others, which gives examples of CAT ideas applied through teams and in different settings.
The next section is on Finding CAT in the NHS and elsewhere. (Please note that the listing of NHS Services providing CAT will not be transferred to the new ACAT website as we don’t have the capacity to keep it updated going forward. If any NHS Trust services would like to do a news feature on how CAT is delivered in their setting, you can contact us to discuss ideas.)
A further section helps you learn More about CAT through books, blogs and videos about CAT; and research.
Finally you can find out ways to contact us and get involved with ACAT.
The site also includes a range of other blogs and articles which go into different aspects of CAT in more detail. Browse through these on the articles page, or use the links below.
CAT
Tools
- CAT Maps & Diagrams (now on new ACAT site)
- Letters in CAT: Ending letters (now on new ACAT site)
- Letters in CAT: The First letter (now on new ACAT site)
- A Letter to Cinderella (now on new ACAT site)
- The Psychotherapy File – awaiting
- Six Part Stories – awaiting
- Self-Monitoring – awaiting
- The Therapy Relationship – awaiting
- Boundaries – awaiting
CAT Concepts
- Are You in the Zone For Change? (ZPD) (now on new ACAT site)
- Collaboration in CAT: Working Alongside – awaiting
- Enactments – awaiting
- Healthy Islands
- Observing Eye (now on new ACAT site)
- Patterns/Procedures – awaiting
- “Push Where It Moves” – awaiting
- Reciprocal Roles/Relationship Roles
- Relational Therapy – awaiting
- Traps, Dilemmas and Snags (now on new ACAT site)
CAT Evidence Base
- Adapting CAT to Help Self-Harm
- CAT Evidence Base – listing of recent research (updated and now on new ACAT site)
- Research Into CAT
- Research Update: Obsessive Morbid Jealousy
- What’s it Like to Take Part in an RCT?
Relationships and CAT
- How Might Therapy Affect My Relationship? (now on new ACAT site)
- How Might Having Therapy Affect My Relationship? What partners and carers need to know (now on new ACAT site)
- CAT and Couples – awaiting
CAT and Inequalities
- How does CAT see me in my world? (now on new ACAT site)
Am I ready for CAT?
CAT and Trauma
- CAT and Trauma – awaiting
Cognitive Analytic Therapy Around the World
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy Around the World: ICATA (updated and now on new ACAT site)
Training as a CAT Therapist
- How Do I Know My Therapist is Qualified to Deliver Cognitive Analytic Therapy? (now on new ACAT site)
- How do I go about training as a CAT therapist? – awaiting
Adaptations of CAT in Different Settings
CAT Across the Lifespan
- CAT Across the Lifespan – awaiting
- CAT in Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period – awaiting
- CAT in Care Settings – awaiting
- CAT and Play- awaiting
- Youth CAT – CAT With Children and Young People (now on new ACAT site)
- CAT in Adulthood- awaiting
- CAT and Older Age- awaiting