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CAT in a Cancer Setting: Working with People with Cancer, Carers and Staff
Susie Black,
Jason Davies 
Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Swansea University Author:
Jason Davies
Abstract
This chapter outlines the potential psychological impacts of cancer on patients, carers and healthcare staff working in a cancer setting. It explores the benefits of using cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) to understand the impact of cancer and to work therapeutically with individuals and groups to f...
| Published in: | Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy |
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Oxford University Press
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57157 |
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This chapter outlines the potential psychological impacts of cancer on patients, carers and healthcare staff working in a cancer setting. It explores the benefits of using cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) to understand the impact of cancer and to work therapeutically with individuals and groups to facilitate relational thinking and more adaptive coping. This chapter introduces the generic mapping approach – a generic sequential diagrammatic reformulation (SDR) which provides a conceptualisation of common experiences helpful in early containment of distress, which can be personalised over time. The use of this model within cancer services will be described to understand the relational impact of cancer and the rollercoaster of emotions that this can generate. Brief fictitious case vignettes are used to illustrate the common reciprocal roles (RRs) and reciprocal role procedures (RRPs) that can become problematic as a result of a cancer diagnosis. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |