“Mentalizing in psychotherapy – A guide for practitioners” is about how to work with mentalizing in psychotherapy. The book is written by Carla Sharp and Dickon Brevington, two of the best clinicians and theorists in mentalization theory. The book was published in 2022, but we have first had the pleasure of reading it now. It’s […]
This book focuses on Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) for adolescents. The book provides an overview of the development of adolescence and MBT’s methods for individual, family and group treatment. A particularly interesting chapter covers how to work with adolescents who identify as LGBTQ+ and their parents. This chapter describes the importance of showing respect for the
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Arietta Slade and her colleagues have written a truly excellent book about their work with vulnerable parents and children. The book examines the theoretical approaches from attachment theory, mentalization and trauma psychology that minding the baby approach is inspired by. Furthermore, it provides an overview of the program as it stands today and the research
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The Family Cycle: Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma through Mentalizing https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15289168.2020.1786762 The article provides a good overview of the mentalization theory and how this can be seen in the context of trauma psychology. Emphasis is placed on the importance of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE factors). In addition, there is a very good review of
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We are so happy to announce that our book “Mentalisering i Familien” now is published in english with the title “Mentalization in the Family” https://www.saxo.com/dk/mentalization-in-the-family_janne-oestergaard-hagelquist_paperback_9780367221027
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We are very proud of our latest research article, which demonstrates the positive effect of implementation of mentalization-based principles in an organizationel context. The research article is based on a study of a mentalization-based workshop that Center for Mentalization has made for Families, children and young people in “Aarhus Kommune”. The study shows that employees
“Brainstorm” is a very interesting book written by Daniel Siegel. It presents a developmental and neuropsychiatric perspective on adolescents and abuse. It explains why young people are at a higher risk of developing addiction because of the “teenage-brain”.
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In times of crisis like the Corona crisis, the four givens become especially current. But remember that the four givens also have opposites like: “Together, meaning, choice and life”.
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A nice little video about different attachment styles in relationships. https://www.youtube.com/watch…
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