Tag: CAT [Cognitive Analytic Therapy]

Opening to what is. Talk, 2012

Opening to what is, and the practice of psychotherapy: a talk given to to C. A. T. therapists in the Munro Clinic, 2012 James Low   Read the talk Extracts …Since therapists work to enliven others, an important aspect of our task is to try to maintain our sense of freedom, flexibility and playfulness in whatever we do. In fact […]

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Learning to swim in the ever-changing ocean of experience, 2014

James Low, 7 August 2014 Written for CAT [Cognitive Analytic Therapy] Trainees. Download PDF  For change to be fundamental it has to address the foundation, the ground, the basis, the source.  For it to be radical it has to identify the radix, the root.  Only when the root of experience is firmly planted in the ground of spacious presence can healthy […]

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Who is talking to whom? London, 2011

A talk given to psychotherapy trainees in London, 15 November 2011 Edited by James Low Download as PDF Transcribed by Amanda Lebus Excerpt There are two interweaving topics to consider here.  The first is the nature of subjectivity from the point of view of CAT (Cognitive Analytic Therapy), and the second is the impact of mindfulness on our subjectivity.

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Aspects of mindfulness • London, 2009

To focus is to be mindful, to stay on task without getting distracted. Mindfulness indicates being careful, taking care.  It is the opposite of being careless.  There is a difference between being careless and carefree.  When we are carefree, the general sense is that there is no danger in the environment and so you we can relax and do as […]

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Cognitive analytic therapy. Article, 2006

Handbook of counselling and psychotherapy. 2nd ed. London: Sage Publications, 2006. ISBN 1-4129-0275-4 Part 5, p. 317 – 322 Download as PDF Extract: Cognitive Analytic Therapy (widely known as CAT) was developed by Anthony Ryle in the 1980s while he was Consultant Psychotherapist at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. This approach […]

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