Incorporating Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) work within Cognitive Analytic Therapy.

Facilitators:

Alison Jenaway is a retired consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy and a CAT therapist and supervisor, working now in private practice.  Having trained around 10 years ago in EMDR she has been using ever since, within a CAT framework and has written about this in Reformulation:

Jenaway, A. and “Nick”, service user and expert by experience (2016) “Incorporating Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) into Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Reaching Reciprocal Roles that other therapies cannot reach”. Reformulation, winter pp21-28.

Carol Gregory previously worked as a consultant old age psychiatrist in the NHS and now works solely in independent practice as a cognitive analytic therapist and supervisor. While working in Australia she also trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She is an EMDR practitioner and primarily uses this in the context of CAT .

Who is it for?

CAT therapists, CAT trainees, and others who are interested in exploring the benefits, and potential problems, of including EMDR work within a CAT therapy.