Handbook Of Mentalizing In Mental Health Practice Second Edition

Table of Contents: Contemporary neuroscientific research / Martin Debban and Tobias Nolte Assessment of mentalizing / Patrick Luyten, Saskia Malcorps, Peter Fonagy and Karin Ensink Mentalizing, resilience, and epistemic trust / Peter Fonagy, Elizabeth Allison and Chloe Campbell Mentalizing and trauma / Patrick Luyten and Peter Fonagy Individual therapy techniques / Anthony Bateman, Brandon Unruh and Peter Fonagy Group therapy for adults and adolescents / Anthony Bateman, Mickey Kongerslev and Sune Bo Hansen Working with families / Eia Asen and Nick Midgley Couples therapy / Efrain Bleiberg and Ellen Safier Therapeutic models / Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell and Elizabeth Allison Creative arts therapies / Dominik Havsteen-Franklin Partial hospitalization settings / Dawn Bales Ambit : engaging the client and communities of minds / Dickon Bevington and Peter Fuggle Social systems : beyond the microcosm of the individual and family / Eia Asen, Chloe Campbell, and Peter Fonagy Children / Nick Midgley, Nicole Muller, Norka Malberg, Karin Lindqvist and Karin Ensink Parenting and foster care / Sheila Redfern Borderline personality pathology in adolescence / Carla Sharp and Trudie Rossouw Conduct disorder / Svenja Taubner, Thorsten-Christian Gablonski and Peter Fonagy Borderline personality disorder / Anthony Bateman, Peter Fonagy and Chloe Campbell Antisocial personality disorder in community and prison settings / Anthony Bateman, Anna Motz, Jessica yakeley Avoidant and narcissistic personality disorder / Sebastian Simonsen and Sebastian Euler Eeating disorders / Paul Robinson and Finn Skarderud Depression / Patrick Luyten, Alessandra Lemma and Mary Target Comorbid substance use disosrder and personality disorderr / Nina Arefjord, Katharina Morken and Kari Lossius Psychosis / Martin Debban and Anthony Bateman.

This timely and ambitious book helps clarify the meaning and clinical applications of the mentalization construct. The authors propose that mentalizing is the central corrective process of all psychotherapies.

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 is the first comprehensive manual for mentalization-based group therapy. The author has developed the manual in close cooperation with Anthony Bateman and a team of group analysts. It covers all the aspects of MBT which are necessary to produce an informed and qualified group therapist. The book covers the theory behind mentalization and borderline personality disorder (especially its evolutionary roots), the structure of MBT and a discussion of previous experiences with group psychotherapy for borderline patients. The core of the book explains the main principles of MBT-G and provides a powerful means for ensuring that therapists adhere to these principles in a qualified way. The last part contains a full transcript from a real MBT group composed of borderline patients. As the first book dedicated to Group MBT, this book is a valuable and unique addition to the Mentalization literature.

Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and violence. This practical guide on MBT treatment of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into an effective clinical treatment.

The essence of "plain old therapy," according to Jon G. Allen, 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 Plain Old Therapy, Allen, a clinical psychologist with widely respected expertise in trauma, makes a research-based case for the virtues of the healing relationship created and nurtured through traditional psychotherapy. Though in recent years therapy has become just one of many treatment options for posttraumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related illnesses, the author argues that it remains the best. The book provides a conceptual framework for treating trauma patients and illuminates relationship factors that are empirically associated with positive outcomes. Patients who have suffered broken and dysfunctional attachments will benefit from its emphasis on trust, compassion, and true connection. Mental health clinicians of diverse theoretical orientations -- be they psychiatrists, psychologists, or social workers, in training or practice -- will benefit from its emphasis on what works, as will their patients.

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 of current knowledge and clinical applications, bringing together a group of international experts who have been on the ground floor of theory and research to clarify the concept, review pertinent neurobiological and psychosocial research, and explore its diverse clinical applications. Four sections will cover Conceptual Foundations, Developmental Psychopathology, Intervention and Prevention. A biopsychosocial approach will be used, integrating new research in neuroimaging with psychodynamic and cognitive perspectives. Clinical issues covered will include parent–child interactions, personality disorders, traumatic brain injury, bullying and at-risk children.

Winner of the 2003 Gradiva Award and the 2003 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship Arguing for the importance of attachment and emotionality in the developing human consciousness, four prominent analysts explore and refine the concepts of mentalization and affect regulation. Their bold, energetic, and encouraging vision for psychoanalytic treatment combines elements of developmental psychology, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic technique. Drawing extensively on case studies and recent analytic literature to illustrate their ideas, Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, and Target offer models of psychotherapy practice that can enable the gradual development of mentalization and affect regulation even in patients with long histories of violence or neglect.

Borderline Personality disorder is a severe personality dysfunction characterized by behavioural features such as impulsivity, identity disturbance, suicidal behaviour, emptiness, and intense and unstable relationships. Approximately 2% of the population are thought to meet the criteria for BPD. The authors of this volume - Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy - have developed a psychoanalytically oriented treatment to BPD known as mentalization treatment. With randomised controlled trialshaving shown this method to be effective, this book presents the first account of mentalization treatment for BPD. The first section gives an overview of BPD, including discussion of nosology, epidemiology, natural history, and psychosocial aetiology. It additionally summarises the present state of our research knowledge about effective psychotherapeutic treatments and use of medication. The second section outlines the authors' theoretical approach and contrasts it with other well known methods, including DBT, CAT, and CBT. In the extensive final section, the authors outline their clinical approach starting with how treatment is organised. A detailed account of the transferable features of the model is provided along with the main strategies and techniques of treatment. Numerous clinical examples are given to illustrate the core techniques and detailed information provided about how to apply aspects of the mentalization based treatment approach in everyday practice. Aimedat mental health professionals, along with counsellors, psychotherapists, and psychoanalysts, the book will be a valuable tool, providing an effective means of treating those suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder.