Handbook of Mentalization-Based Therapy

The study of mentalization is quite extremely important in the field of mental health. The work of Bateman and Fonagy has made tremendous progress in the development of this concept, and lo and behold, they have again done an impressive job of rewriting their classic manual, which is revealed to us in this work. They contribute to their practice by listing clinical and research findings that are of current relevance to professionals in psychiatry, psychotherapy and mental health. This book is a work of "must read" and definitely recommended. Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Author of Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice The timely second edition of the Handbook of Mentalization-Based Therapy is an excellent illustration of the tremendous advances in mentalization in both research and clinical therapy practice. As a transdiagnostic concept, the process of mentalization is relevant to conditions covering a broad spectrum of mental health. This essential and innovative volume should be all clinical grounding, regardless of the theoretical background of the therapeutic model being practiced. The editors of the book, Anthony W. Bateman and Peter Fonagy, deserve far-reaching recognition for creating this interdisciplinary foundation. Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., Institute of Child Development and Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota; author of Development and Psychopathology