qualitative research on cognitive analytic therapy (CAT)

Hello,

My name is Peter Lydon, and I am a final year clinical psychology trainee from Lancaster University.

For my thesis research, I am conducting a qualitative research project which involves meeting with people who have had CAT to ask them about what it was like when therapy ended.

I want to hear directly from individuals who have had CAT, to learn from their experience and hopefully to share this knowledge widely with therapists and trainees. I hope this will benefit people who have this therapy in the future.

If you wanted to participate, I would come to meet you for an informal interview probably lasting around 1 hour. This would be at a place near you, e.g. a private room at a GP surgery or library (travelling expenses can be reimbursed). Or if you prefer I can come to your own home.

So, I would really like to hear from you if:

-You are aged 18+, and had at least 12 sessions of CAT with a trained CAT therapist.
-You had your last main therapy session at least 6 months ago, but not longer than 2 years ago (but you could still have follow up sessions going on).
-You went to therapy for help with any problem, diagnosis or issue.
-You had a recognised ending session, and not an unplanned or abrupt end.
-You would be willing to spend some time talking about how you found the experience of ending, including any feelings (good or bad) which it brought up, what was helpful and unhelpful, and things that mattered to you about the ending of your therapy.

Thank you very much for reading this information.

If you are interested, or would like more detailed information, or to speak to me about anything to do with the study, I’d be really happy to hear from you up until around May 2013:

Telephone or text: 07852516812
E-mail: P.Lydon@lancaster.ac.uk