In this episode of the How We Can Heal podcast, host Lisa Danylchuk welcomes Janne Øestergaard Hagelquist, a licensed psychologist from Denmark, to discuss trauma treatment and mentalization. Janne shares her professional journey and experience in working with children, adolescents, and families affected by neglect, abuse, and violence. The conversation explores the mentalization theory, trauma […]

Every parent of teenagers should read this book. It offers profound insights into understanding teen behavior and managing your own emotions when your teen’s behavior triggers intense feelings. One of the most compelling sections of this insightful book focuses on gaming and social media. It delves into why these platforms are crucial to young people

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice  By: Jon G. Allen, Peter Fonagy and Anthony W. Bateman (2008). One of the earliest but still best and most important mentalization books. The book reviews the concept of mentalization and how the concept of mentalization and the associated treatment method can be applied in practice. The book provides a well-founded

“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

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 next 7 days you can get 30% discount on all books at routledge.com. Here you can find “Mentalization in the Family” and “The Mentalization Guidebook”. All you have to do is to enter the promotion code: ANPA2. https://www.routledge.com/Mentalization-in-the-Family-A-Guide-for-Professionals-and-Parents/Hagelquist-Rasmussen/p/book/9780367221027

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

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