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ABOUT MENTALIZING INITIATIVE
Providing Clinical Training to Improve Patient Care
Mentalizing Initiative is the first and only organization providing training and education in Mentalization Based Therapies on the West Coast. Since its inception, the MI has trained over 1000 practitioners in Mentalization Based Therapy across the world.
ANTHONY BATEMAN AND AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTALIZING
In this brief video, MBT co-creator Anthony Bateman introduces mentalization and how it develops, along with the foundations of his work in treating personality disorders.
Get to Know Us
The Mentalizing Initiative began in 2006 as UCLA's Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative and was the first Mentalization Based Treatment program in the U.S. In 2018, the MI was established as a non-profit organization and remains the only MBT training program on the West Coast.
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