Mentalization

Mentalization provides a way for you to understand other people’s emotions, thoughts, desires, beliefs, and intentions. Mentalization Based Treatment group uses a therapeutic approach that aims to increase your ability to mentalize using a manual-based psychodynamic therapyI. This evidence-based approach developed at the Anna Freud Institute in London, is designed to help you focus on four main goals: to achieve better behavioral control, to increase affect regulation, to develop more intimate and gratifying relationships, and to have the ability to pursue life goals. In this group, we  begin by sharing the theory of mentalization and how it affects mental health. You’ll be encouraged to work together to increase your capacity to understand fellow group members. This helps you improve your own affect regulation, strengthen your interpersonal relationships, and reduce problematic and self-harm behaviors including alcohol and drug use.