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[fusion_text]Your-baby.org.uk is a wonderful baby-video-univers with lots of mentalization references. Watch, i.a., this video via the link: http://www.aimh.org.uk/parent-resources?op=early-interactions%2Ftaking-turns-giving-their-baby-time-respond

Today is two years ago Disney Pixars movie Inside Out had its premiere – and we with Center for Mentalization are still as excited! The movie is about emotions, which are the high road to mentalization! A part of the basic emotions have gotten their own life in the movie, and as the movie progresses it is

[fusion_text]A very touching TED talk about rape – and about reconciliation through mentalizing conversations between the victim and the violator. Through years of conversation and meetings the victim and the violator processes what took place, and the violator takes responsibility as well as the guilt. Watch the TED talk here.

[fusion_text]An exciting video with Peter Fonagy about people’s unique use of attachment relationships in order to create self-understanding[/fusion_text][youtube id=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVPPuivqNdI” width=”600″ height=”350″ autoplay=”no” api_params=”” class=””][/youtube]

[fusion_text]Are you interested in shame and guilt – and do you have about an hour to learn more about the topic? This lecture has some interesting points about the significance of not reducing shame but instead supporting the child in learning to use guilt in a relevant manner. Furthermore the lecture has some scary, but

[fusion_text]In Center of Mentalization we often remind ourselves about the story of the starfish. The story goes like this: A boy is walking along the beach throwing starfish back into the sea. A man asks him: “Why do you do that when there are miles and miles of beach and thousands of starfish? You cannot

[fusion_text] In this video Peter Fonagy talks about how children, teens and families can learn basic skills including the mentalization ability. The mentalization ability helps to develop and maintain personal relations.

[fusion_text]Are children able to resist temptation with the prospect of a future reward? In this popular test, several kids wrestle with waiting to eat a marshmallow in hopes of a bigger prize. The Marshmallow Test is a good illustration of temptation and the hope of future rewards. This experiment is based on many previous and

[fusion_text]In this video Jon G. Allen talks about mentalization, how mentalization is different from related terms, why mentalization is important and mentalization in psychiatry. Allen is a psychologist at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, USA.

[fusion_text] This video shows an interview with Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., talking about Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT). Peter Fonagy works at the Anna Freud Centre in London and he is the creator of MBT.