ABSTRACT
The aims of this study were therefore to explore clinician's experiences of delivering Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) in both individual and group format, and their perceptions with regard to the benefits of CRT and the ways it could be improved further. The Thematic Analysis of the data identified three main themes. The first theme relates to clinicians thoughts related to anorexia nervosa (AN) patients typical presentation on an inpatient unit and what seems to help treat the disorder, including the characteristics of the patient-therapist relationship and targets for treatment. The second theme related to CRT's characteristics, its two delivery formats and how clinicians believe that it works. The clinicians were also able to reflect on their confidence in delivering CRT and their role in promoting the therapy. This theme encompasses who therapists felt CRT should be offered to, questions around what the optimal CRT dosage might be, and finally about CRT outcomes and its future research and testing.
