Video Clips About Mentalization

Center for Mentalization has its very own collection of video clips with illustrations that communicates central aspects of the mentalization theory, e.g. attachment styles and trauma.  The videos are easily understood and can be used as a pedagogical tool to talk about difficult subjects with both children and adults.

Mentalization and failure to mentalize

An introduction to what is meant by the term mentalization and what it means when mentalization fails.

Mentalization and failure to mentalize

An introduction to what is meant by the term mentalization and what it means when mentalization fails.

Attachment at sea

A video about patterns of attachment, and how the primary attachment figures can act in relation to these different patterns.

The Mentalization Guidebook

Janne Oestergaard Hagelquist talks about her book “The Mentalization Guidebook”. An introduction to what mentalization is and the different focus points that is touched upon in the book.

The Mentalization Guidebook

Janne Oestergaard Hagelquist talks about her book “The Mentalization Guidebook”. An introduction to what mentalization is and the different focus points that is touched upon in the book.

Other Video Clips

Child and adolescent relationship development

Peter Fonagy talks about how children, adolescents and families is able to learn fundamental skills like the ability to mentalize. The ability to mentalize helps the individual to create and maintain relations.

Child and adolescent relationship development

Peter Fonagy talks about how children, adolescents and families is able to learn fundamental skills like the ability to mentalize. The ability to mentalize helps the individual to create and maintain relations.

The psychology
of Violence

Peter Fonagy talks about the psychology of violence – A fragile ability to mentalize is the foundation for exerciseing violence on others

Child and adolescent relationship development

In this experiment it shows just how deeply ingrained mentalization  is to humans and how much we value connecting with other people – even at the earliest stages of life! Observe how the baby reacts, when the mother is no longer paying attention to the daughter. 

The "Still Face Experiment"

In this experiment it shows just how deeply ingrained mentalization  is to humans and how much we value connecting with other people – even at the earliest stages of life! Observe how the baby reacts, when the mother is no longer paying attention to the daughter.