Full Description
This book is the first comprehensive clinical introduction to using Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) with children, 5- 2 years old, who experience emotional and behavioral problems including anxiety, depression, and relational difficulties.
Mentalization--based treatment (MBT) promotes clients amp rsquo ability to interpret the meaning of others amp rsquo behavior by considering their underlying mental states and intentions, as well as clients amp rsquo capacity to understand the impact of their own behaviors on others. Written by an international team of clinician--researchers who are pioneering the MBT model with children, the authors begin by exploring the significance of mentalization and then devote the core chapters to the process of conducting short-term (9-- 2 sessions) MBT for children, including problem assessment and case formulation in terms of mentalizing techniques, the therapist amp rsquo s stance, and treatment termination.
The approach draws on traditional psychodynamic principles, but integrates them with findings from attachment theory, the empirical study of mentalization, and features of other evidence--based approaches. This book includes a chapter-length case illustration and an appendix that lists measures of reflective functioning in children and their parents, as well as validation articles.
Contents
Foreword
Peter Fonagy
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Theoretical Framework
Chapter . The Development of Mentalizing
Chapter 2. When the Capacity for Mentalizing Is Underdeveloped or Breaks Down
Part II. Description of the Therapeutic Approach
Chapter 3. The Structure and Aims of Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C
Chapter 4.The Therapist Stance in Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C
Chapter 5. The Process of Assessment in Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C
Chapter . Direct Work With Children in Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C
Chapter 7. Working With Parents From a Mentalization-Based Framework
Chapter 8. Moving Toward Goodbye: Endings in Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C
Chapter 9. Time-Limited MBT amp ndash C: A Case Study
Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Appendix: Measures of Reflective Functioning in Children and Parents
References
Index
About the Authors
