Mentalization-Based Treatment for Children: A Time-Limited Approach, Second Edition

Book Details
- Publisher : American Psychoanalytic Association
- Published : 2026
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 270
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Catalogue No : 98406
- ISBN 13 : 9781433844980
- ISBN 10 : 1433844982
Table of Contents
Foreword
Peter Fonagy
Introduction: Why We Developed Time-Limited MBT for Children
Part I - Theoretical Framework and Evidence Base
1. The Development of Mentalizing
2. When the Capacity for Mentalizing Is Underdeveloped or Breaks Down
3. The Evidence Base for MBT
Part II - The Therapeutic Approach
4. The Structure and Aims of Time-Limited MBT-C
5. The “Therapist Stance”
6. The Process of Assessment
7. Working With Children on the Building Blocks of Mentalizing
8. Working With Children on Explicit Mentalizing and Breakdowns in Mentalizing
9. Working With Parents From a Mentalization-Based Framework
10. Moving Toward Goodbye: Endings in Time-Limited MBT-C
11. A Case Study
Conclusion: Looking Forward
References
Appendix A. Measures of Mentalization in Children and Parents
Appendix B. The MBT-C Adherence Scale