Dr. Sheila Redfern explains how to understand and work with children in care in a mentalizing way.

A fascinating classical experiment that relate to the development of mentalization.

At Center for Mentalization we enjoy traveling the world and spreading knowledge about mentalization. Last week we had the pleasure of teaching at Sulisartut Højskoliat in Qaqortoq in Greenland.

Do you need a brief introduction to the importance of mentalization? In this video clip Peter Fonagy talks about mentalization in parenthood.

When doing mentalization-based treatment, you can use small movie clips to talk with children about everyday life, and how to deal with personal conflicts and mentalization failures. Below is an example of such a movie clip.  

This article describes a 12 session parenting intervention for mothers with abuse. The focus of the intervention is to support the mothers’ mentalization ability and to create a less hard and less disturbed upbringing. The intervention was compared to a control group that got a traditional parenting program. Compared with the control group, these mothers

At Center for Mentalization we are interested in how parents’ own childhood affects their parenthood. In this video, Siegel outlines the importance of having courage to look at one’s own childhood in order to find a new meaning in it – thus changing how it affects the interaction with one’s child.

A couple of fascinating classical studies that relate to the development of the mentalization ability.  

The Anna Freud National Centre has produced a small universe with a lot of exciting material to talk about mental health in schools. In the video, Peter Fonagy explains how many hours children use in school and how important it is to use this arena to talk about mental health.   The material from the

If you need some literature for the August summer nights, we can recommend Irvin D. Yalom’s book “Becoming Myself”. Yalom writes about therapy and existence, and his understanding of the human mind and therapy has so much in common with the mentalization approach. In his latest book “Becoming Myself ” he tells about his own