Mentalization-based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide

by Anthony Bateman (Author), Peter Fonagy (Author) Mentalizing – the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring the mental states that lie behind overt behavior – develops during childhood within the context of a secure attachment relationship. It is crucial to self-regulation and constructive, intimate relationships. Failure to retain mentalizing, particularly in the midst …

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Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice 1st Edition


by Anthony W. Bateman (Author, Editor), Peter Fonagy (Author, Editor) Mentalizing is the fundamental human capacity to read one s own and others mental states such as thoughts and feelings. The editors of Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice have authored two previous books aimed at establishing mentalizing as a developmental and clinical concept. …

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Borderline Personality Disorder: An evidence-based guide for generalist mental health professionals 1st Edition

by Anthony W. Bateman (Author), Roy Krawitz (Author) Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in developing specialist psychosocial treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet the majority of people with BPD receive treatment within generalist mental health services, rather than specialist treatment centres.  This is a book for general mental health …

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The Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment 1st Edition, Kindle Edition


by Jon G. Allen (Editor), Peter Fonagy (Editor) Pioneering research has been carried out over the last decade on mentalization and the promotion of mentalizing capacity – the ability to interpret the behavior of oneself and others as based on intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, and beliefs. This book is a consolidation …

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Mentalization-Based Group Therapy (MBT-G): A theoretical, clinical, and research manual

by Sigmund Karterud (Author) Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) has gained international acclaim as an efficient treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder. The approach is also helpful for other personality disorders and conditions that are difficult to treat, e.g. addiction and eating disorders. MBT consists of a psychoeducational, an individual, and a group therapy component. This …

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Mentalizing in the Development and Treatment of Attachment Trauma (Psychology, Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy)

by Jon G. Allen (Author) This book brings together the latest knowledge from attachment research and neuroscience to provide a new approach to treating trauma for therapists from different professional disciplines and diverse theoretical backgrounds. The field of trauma suffers from fragmentation as brands of therapy proliferate in relation to a multiplicity of psychiatric disorders. …

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Restoring Mentalizing in Attachment Relationships: Treating Trauma With Plain Old Therapy

by Jon G. Allen Ph.D. (Author) The essence of “plain old therapy,” according to the author, is a mindful relationship between the patient and a trusted clinician who recognizes and understands the patient’s trauma, and connects with the nature and magnitude of his or her suffering. In “Restoring Mentalizing in Attachment Relationships: Treating Trauma With …

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Minding the Child: Mentalization-Based Interventions with Children, Young People and their Families

by Nick Midgley (Editor), Ioanna Vrouva (Editor) What is ‘mentalization’? How can this concept be applied to clinical work with children, young people and families? What will help therapists working with children and families to ‘keep the mind in mind’? Why does it matter if a parent can ‘see themselves from the outside, and their …

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