With a variety of case examples and contributions from experienced clinicians, this book introduces Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) in practical, user-friendly language, and for the first time guides readers on how to use it to with people with intellectual disabilities. CAT is increasingly recognised as an effective approach for working with people with intellectual disabilities. It focuses on observing and describing typical patterns of how the client relates to others, how they behave in relationships and how they see themselves. By considering how these patterns first developed and how they can be revised in a more constructive direction, CAT can encourage change to occur as the result of healthier relationships. The contributors describe in straightforward terms how CAT may be used with people with intellectual disabilities, and provide CAT tools adapted specifically for this client group. CAT and autism, CAT with people with intellectual disabilities in forensic settings and CAT with survivors of domestic abuse who have intellectual disabilities are also explored in detail. This is essential reading for any clinician wishing to use CAT with people with intellectual disabilities, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and support workers, as well as professionals across forensic services.Foreword by Val Crowley
Introduction. 1. How CAT is being used in services for people with learning disabilities. Julie Lloyd and Hilary Brown. 2. Formulating andworking therapeutically with the concept of learning disability in the CAT model. Jo Varela. 3. The adaption of CAT tools for use with the IntellectuallyImpaired person. Phil Clayton. 4. Applying CAT thinking to the 2005 Mental Capacity Act. Hilary Brown and Julie Lloyd. 4. CAT and Autism. Julie Lloyd andSteve Potter. 6. Relational Intelligence. Julie Lloyd and Steve Potter. 7. Cognitive Analytic Therapy in Forensic Leaning Disability Settings. Perry Morrison. 8.Cognitive Analytic Therapy and the treatment of the learning disabled offender with personality disorder. Phil Clayton and Simon Crowther. 9. Case example:Roy. Nicola Murphy. 10. Brooklands Offender Relationship Treatment Programme (BORTP). Nicola Murphy. 11. CAT and Domestic Violence, working withvictims. Pam Mount and Michelle Anwyl. 12. ''They have behaviour; we have relationships?'' - Challenging Behaviour. Jo Varela. 13. 'The Problems of BeingCared For'. David Wilberforce. 14. Using CAT in a systematic context with staff teams: Reflections on the process of facilitating an intervention.
During the last thirty years we have witnessed a major change in provision of the psychological therapies for people who have intellectual disabilities (ID). Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) became part of this process about fifteen years ago but very little has been published on it that was accessible to practitioners, families and service users. At last we have a detailed and accessible book which provides accounts of the development and use of CAT and guidance on its use with people who have intellectual disabilities. This book will inspire those who want to work therapeutically with people who have ID. It will open new doors as it will help to expand training and provision of therapists. It will demystify what CAT is and show how, with creativity, it can be made accessible to people who have ID and similar difficulties in a range of contexts.
