The Therapeutic Effects of Talking About Thoughts & Feelings
Peter Fonagy, one of the creators of Mentalization-Based Treatment, discusses Borderline Personality Disorder from the viewpoint of a clinician / all-around smart person.
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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The Power of Empathy
What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities. Voice: Dr Brené Brown Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Attachment and Loss, V1
by John Bowlby This first volume of John Bowlby’s Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child’s ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behaviour, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behaviour,how it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills.In the …
