Julie Lloyd is a clinical psychologist and cognitive analytic therapist and co-editor of Cognitive Analytic Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Carers (2014). Rachel Pollard is a cognitive analytic psychotherapist and the author of Dialogue and Desire: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy (2008).

'This is a challenging book which should not be ignored. Its authors attempt to ensure that Cognitive Analytic Therapy stays true to its principles of inclusivity and equality and of seeing a person within their social as well as their emotional reality. They also combine to utter a clarion call to society in general, as it struggles with the consequences of neoliberal ideology. They reject complacency and blind acceptance of the status quo and face, head-on, important issues and prejudices which we, and by implication, all practitioners of psychotherapy, too readily avoid.'Annalee Curran, UKCP registered CAT therapist, supervisor and trainer. Founder Member and first Chairperson of ACAT and now a Life Member.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsRichard Handley's storyForward1. Introduction: cognitive analytic therapy and the politics of mental health JULIE LLOYD AND RACHEL POLLARD2. Reciprocal roles in an unequal world HILARY BROWN3. Putting the social into psychotherapy: implications for CATTERESA HAGAN, NICOLA ARMSTRONG AND JAN BOSTOCK.4. The de-radicalisation of CAT: a regressive interaction of economics, theory and practice?RACHEL POLLARD5. The madness of money: the super-rich, economic inequality and mental healthLAWRENCE WELCH6. The intergenerational transmission of the adverse effects of inequalityJOSEPHINE F. DISCEPOLO AHMADI7. Using CAT to bridge the gap: attending to the ultimate and the intimateEMILY HANDLEY, BETH GREENHILL AND KIERON BEARD8. From deviance and sin to unmet needs: a CAT conceptualisation of challenging behaviourJO VARELA9. Responding not reacting to challenging behaviour: a reformulation approachJO VARELA AND LIANNE FRANKS10. Transforming care in England for people who have intellectual disabilities and forensic formulationsPHILIP CLAYTON11. Unequal ground: working with people affected by child sexual abuseJULIE LLOYD AND HILARY BROWN12. Immorality, illegality and pathology: the sex and gender knotsWILLIAM WALLACE13. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away: recognising and reformulating gender in CATBETHAN DAVIES14. Why hate matters: An introduction to René Girard’s theories of mimesis and the scapegoat mechanism and their relevance to CAT theory and practiceMATTHEW TINKER15. Owning privilege and acknowledging racismHILARY BROWN16. How to relate: The Italian dilemma -- trust and cooperation make the world go around, but do we trust and can we cooperate?CRISTINA FIORINA AND MARISA POGGIOLI17. A social justice framework for training in cognitive analytic therapy: inequalities, power and politics in psychotherapyANN BENSONAPPENDIX 1: psycho-social checklistINDEX

Julie Lloyd is a clinical psychologist and cognitive analytic therapist and co-editor of Cognitive Analytic Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Carers (2014). Rachel Pollard is a cognitive analytic psychotherapist and the author of Dialogue and Desire: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy (2008).

'This is a challenging book which should not be ignored. Its authors attempt to ensure that Cognitive Analytic Therapy stays true to its principles of inclusivity and equality and of seeing a person within their social as well as their emotional reality. They also combine to utter a clarion call to society in general, as it struggles with the consequences of neoliberal ideology. They reject complacency and blind acceptance of the status quo and face, head-on, important issues and prejudices which we, and by implication, all practitioners of psychotherapy, too readily avoid.'Annalee Curran, UKCP registered CAT therapist, supervisor and trainer. Founder Member and first Chairperson of ACAT and now a Life Member.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsRichard Handley's storyForward1. Introduction: cognitive analytic therapy and the politics of mental health JULIE LLOYD AND RACHEL POLLARD2. Reciprocal roles in an unequal world HILARY BROWN3. Putting the social into psychotherapy: implications for CATTERESA HAGAN, NICOLA ARMSTRONG AND JAN BOSTOCK.4. The de-radicalisation of CAT: a regressive interaction of economics, theory and practice?RACHEL POLLARD5. The madness of money: the super-rich, economic inequality and mental healthLAWRENCE WELCH6. The intergenerational transmission of the adverse effects of inequalityJOSEPHINE F. DISCEPOLO AHMADI7. Using CAT to bridge the gap: attending to the ultimate and the intimateEMILY HANDLEY, BETH GREENHILL AND KIERON BEARD8. From deviance and sin to unmet needs: a CAT conceptualisation of challenging behaviourJO VARELA9. Responding not reacting to challenging behaviour: a reformulation approachJO VARELA AND LIANNE FRANKS10. Transforming care in England for people who have intellectual disabilities and forensic formulationsPHILIP CLAYTON11. Unequal ground: working with people affected by child sexual abuseJULIE LLOYD AND HILARY BROWN12. Immorality, illegality and pathology: the sex and gender knotsWILLIAM WALLACE13. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away: recognising and reformulating gender in CATBETHAN DAVIES14. Why hate matters: An introduction to René Girard’s theories of mimesis and the scapegoat mechanism and their relevance to CAT theory and practiceMATTHEW TINKER15. Owning privilege and acknowledging racismHILARY BROWN16. How to relate: The Italian dilemma -- trust and cooperation make the world go around, but do we trust and can we cooperate?CRISTINA FIORINA AND MARISA POGGIOLI17. A social justice framework for training in cognitive analytic therapy: inequalities, power and politics in psychotherapyANN BENSONAPPENDIX 1: psycho-social checklistINDEX

Julie Lloyd is a clinical psychologist and cognitive analytic therapist and co-editor of Cognitive Analytic Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Carers (2014). Rachel Pollard is a cognitive analytic psychotherapist and the author of Dialogue and Desire: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy (2008).

'This is a challenging book which should not be ignored. Its authors attempt to ensure that Cognitive Analytic Therapy stays true to its principles of inclusivity and equality and of seeing a person within their social as well as their emotional reality. They also combine to utter a clarion call to society in general, as it struggles with the consequences of neoliberal ideology. They reject complacency and blind acceptance of the status quo and face, head-on, important issues and prejudices which we, and by implication, all practitioners of psychotherapy, too readily avoid.'Annalee Curran, UKCP registered CAT therapist, supervisor and trainer. Founder Member and first Chairperson of ACAT and now a Life Member.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsRichard Handley's storyForward1. Introduction: cognitive analytic therapy and the politics of mental health JULIE LLOYD AND RACHEL POLLARD2. Reciprocal roles in an unequal world HILARY BROWN3. Putting the social into psychotherapy: implications for CATTERESA HAGAN, NICOLA ARMSTRONG AND JAN BOSTOCK.4. The de-radicalisation of CAT: a regressive interaction of economics, theory and practice?RACHEL POLLARD5. The madness of money: the super-rich, economic inequality and mental healthLAWRENCE WELCH6. The intergenerational transmission of the adverse effects of inequalityJOSEPHINE F. DISCEPOLO AHMADI7. Using CAT to bridge the gap: attending to the ultimate and the intimateEMILY HANDLEY, BETH GREENHILL AND KIERON BEARD8. From deviance and sin to unmet needs: a CAT conceptualisation of challenging behaviourJO VARELA9. Responding not reacting to challenging behaviour: a reformulation approachJO VARELA AND LIANNE FRANKS10. Transforming care in England for people who have intellectual disabilities and forensic formulationsPHILIP CLAYTON11. Unequal ground: working with people affected by child sexual abuseJULIE LLOYD AND HILARY BROWN12. Immorality, illegality and pathology: the sex and gender knotsWILLIAM WALLACE13. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away: recognising and reformulating gender in CATBETHAN DAVIES14. Why hate matters: An introduction to René Girard’s theories of mimesis and the scapegoat mechanism and their relevance to CAT theory and practiceMATTHEW TINKER15. Owning privilege and acknowledging racismHILARY BROWN16. How to relate: The Italian dilemma -- trust and cooperation make the world go around, but do we trust and can we cooperate?CRISTINA FIORINA AND MARISA POGGIOLI17. A social justice framework for training in cognitive analytic therapy: inequalities, power and politics in psychotherapyANN BENSONAPPENDIX 1: psycho-social checklistINDEX