MBT for Adolescents

Mentalization Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A) is treatment approach for working with adolescents presenting with a wide range of mental health needs including interpersonal difficulties, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and self-harm. MBT-A combines individual weekly sessions for adolescents along with Mentalization Based Family Therapy sessions (MBT-F) and aims to enhance an adolescent’s capacity to represent their own and others’ feelings accurately and in emotionally challenging situations. MBT-A has been shown to be effective in reducing self-harm and depressive symptoms in adolescents (Rossouw & Fonagy, P. 2012).

Upcoming Training

Follow this link to the Anna Freud Centre to view upcoming MBT-CYP trainings.