This is the journal of International Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association which is a federation of national associations in eight different countries.

The journal aims to promote a broad relational understanding of psychotherapy and the wider context of mental health treatment and care. It draws upon the ideas and methods of the Cognitive Analytic approach to understanding and alleviating psychological and social distress for individuals, groups and systems.

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The fourth volume has the following contents:

Editorial

Learning from the Pandemic
HILARY BROWN

‘We’re able to see the smoke’:
Exploring staff experiences of remote cognitive analytic team
formulation within a residential learning disability service
SASHA PRIDDY, JO VARELA, JAMES RANDALL

A CAT-based early intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder:
A Pilot Study
CHRISTEL J. HESSELS, ODILIA M. LACEULLE, IRIS VAN DIJK & MARCEL VAN AKEN

‘Falling off the edge of a cliff’: Complex Endings and CAT
KATIE BYRON 75

Embodied therapeutic presence:
A proposed extension and clarification of the CAT model
of reciprocal roles, relational space and integration
when working with developmental trauma
TIM SHEARD

An Evaluation of the Influence of CAT Personal Reformulations
on Reflective Capacity in Trainee Clinical Psychologists
ZOE HAMILTON, ANNA TICKLE, HAYLEY COOPER, NIMA MOGHADDAM

The development and evaluation of ‘Map and Talk’
reflective practice groups with ward-based staff in
an acute adolescent psychiatric inpatient setting
JOHN MULHALL 133

Reviews
FRANK MARGISON, STEVE POTTER