A brief Introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)

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This introductory online workshop offers an accessible overview of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) as a relational and integrative approach to understanding distress and change.

The workshop takes approximately 3 hours to complete when learning activities are completed alongside the video. Throughout the recording, you’ll be prompted when to pause and use the accompanying downloadable worksheets.

The content introduces the development and history of CAT, how it brings together ideas from cognitive, psychoanalytic and relational traditions, and how it can sit alongside other therapeutic models in practice. A brief case example using Marge Simpson is included to illustrate how CAT concepts can be applied in a practical, everyday way.

The worksheets support reflection on your own work and help you think about how CAT ideas might be gently incorporated into your current role or setting.

Learning objectives:

  1. To gain knowledge of the development and theory of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).
  2. To reflect on how the relational theory of CAT can be applied in practice.

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A brief Introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
This self-paced online introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) takes around 2–3 hours and offers an accessible way to begin exploring CAT as a relational and integrative approach to therapy. The course includes approximately 1 hour of pre-recorded teaching that introduces the origins of CAT, how it has developed, and why it continues to be so relevant in practice today. You’ll be guided through CAT’s way of understanding change through reformulation, recognition and revision (the 3 R’s), and the central idea of reciprocal roles. The focus is on how CAT is used collaboratively to make sense of relational patterns that may feel stuck, and how people can begin to find ways of relating that feel more flexible and workable. Throughout the lecture, there are five reflective pause points inviting you to consider how CAT might fit with your own work and the people you support. PowerPoint slides and a short manual are provided to support your learning, along with a brief quiz. On completion, a certificate of attendance is issued. Once registered you have access for 4 weeks.

  • A brief Intro to CAT
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  • A brief Introduction to CAT quiz assessment
  • Worksheet one

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