Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents : A Practical Treatment Guide (Paperback)

Foreword: PETER FONAGY; Introduction; Section I ? The concept of ‘mentalization’ and relevant neurobiological changes in adolescence; 1. An introduction to mentalizing theory; 2. Adolescent brain development and the development of mentalizing; Section II ? Clinical practice; 3. MBT technique when working with young people; 4. The structure of therapy; 5. Working with parents and families of adolescents; 6. Varifocal vision in a world of storm and stress. Supervising MBT-A practice; Section III ? Specific applications; 7. Working with adolescents who self-harm; 8. Working with gender diverse young people and their families; 9. Conduct disorder - working with externalising behavioural problems in teens and their families; 10. Working with at-risk mental states in adolescence; 11. MBT-A Group therapy with adolescents with emerging personality disorders; 12. AMBIT