Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT)
MBT is a long-term psychotherapy, with regular one-to-one sessions over 12-18 months, where the client is are helped to focus on current difficulties and improve their self-understanding an understanding of others.
It can be used effectively by clients with borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, depression, drug addiction, trauma, and eating disorders. Mentalisation is about the client focusing on what is going on inside their own mind, and also what may be going on on others’ minds, particularly in situations where they have experienced difficult controlling their impulses, emotions and behaviours.
