Full Description
Transform the way children understand themselves and others.
Mentalization—the ability to make sense of one's own mind and the minds of others—is fundamental to developing emotional resilience, self-regulation, and successful relationships. Now in its second edition, this book presents mentalization-based treatment for children (MBT-C), a transdiagnostic, time-limited therapeutic approach designed to help children and their parents navigate emotional and behavioral difficulties, from anxiety and depression to interpersonal struggles.
MBT-C blends psychodynamic principles, attachment theory, and empirical research on mentalization to provide practical, evidence-based strategies for clinicians. Written by an international team of pioneering clinician-researchers, this fully updated second edition guides practitioners through the entire process of MBT-C, from assessment and case formulation to therapy termination.
This edition contains a promising new assessment tool, new theory and research on the interrelated aspects of trauma and culture, and groundbreaking findings from the first clinical trial of time‑limited MBT‑C for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Contents
Acknowledgments.
Foreword
By Peter Fonagy
Introduction: Why We Developed Time-Limited MBT for Children
Part I. Theoretical Framework and Evidence Base
Chapter 1. The Development of Mentalizing
Chapter 2. When the Capacity for Mentalizing Is Underdeveloped or Breaks Down
Chapter 3. The Evidence Base for MBT
Part II. The Therapeutic Approach
Chapter 4. The Structure and Aims of Time-Limited MBT-C
Chapter 5. The "Therapist Stance"
Chapter 6. The Process of Assessment
Chapter 7. Working With Children on the Building Blocks of Mentalizing
Chapter 8. Working With Children on Explicit Mentalizing and Breakdowns in Mentalizing
Chapter 9. Working With Parents From a Mentalization-Based Framework
Chapter 10. Moving Toward Goodbye: Endings in Time-Limited MBT-C
Chapter 11. A Case Study
Conclusion: Looking Forward
References
Appendix A. Measures of Mentalization in Children and Parents
Appendix B. The MBT-C Adherence Scale
About the Authors
