What are the characteristics of Mentalisation based therapy?

The Characteristics of MBT are:

  • Patient's mental states in here and now are the object of joint attention
  • Focus on the patient's mind
  • Affect focused
  • The therapist continually constructs an image of the mental reality of the patient
  • Relates to the current events or activity/mental reality
  • Near-conscious or contious content
  • Active questioning
  • Simple and short
  • Therapist has a not-knowning stance
  • DIfferences in perspective of patient and therapist are explored and respected
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