Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment (2006)
Authors: Allen, J.G., & Fonagy, P. (eds.)
Publisher: Chichester: Wiley.
In this comprehensive volume, Jon Allen and Peter Fonagy bring together an international group of expecrts to clarify the concept of mentalization, review current research and knowledge, and explore its diverse clinical applications. Particular attention is devoted to impaired mentalizing in childhood disorders as well as borderline personality disorder, and contributors relate mentalization-focused treatment to established treatments such as psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioural therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy. Authors describe how to implement a focus on mentalizing in several applications, including parenting of high-risk infants, family therapy with children and adolescents, prevention of bullying in schools, specialized inpatient treatment, psychoeducational groups for patients and family members, and therapist training. The Handbook for Mentalization-Based Treatment is a valuable resource for mental health practitioners from a variety of professions, including psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and nurses. It will also be of interest to academics engaged in research in the field of mentalization and attachment. 'Mentalization is a powerful theory that postulates an important psychological capacity, perhaps the most fundamental one that distinguishes humans from other animals. These papers offer a conceptual model of its development in the context of primary relationships, the potential for failures and derailment of that development, the role that this might play in the origins of psychopathology and possibilities for therapeutic interventions... Throughout, we are awre of a powerful and potentially transforming new paradigm.' Robert Michels , Cornell University and Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
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