Metalization
What are the major tenets of the mentalization-based approach? Can mentalization be implemented in schools? What are the factors one needs to consider to ensure that one can implement the mentalization approach? How does the concept of mentalization compare with Bion’s concept of reverie? Please use ALL the articles below Fonagy, P., Gergely, G., Jurist, E.L., & Target, M. (2002), Affect Regulation, Mentalization and the Development of the Self, New York, Other Press. Malberg, N., Stafler, N., & Geater, E. (2012). Putting the pieces of the puzzle together: A mentalization-based approach to early intervention in primary school. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, vol. 11(3), pp. 190-206. Twemlow, S.W., Fonagy, P., & Sacco, F.C. (2005): A developmental approach to mentalizing communities: I. A model for social change. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 69 (4) pp. 265-281. Twemlow, S.W., Fonagy, P., & Sacco, F.C. (2005b): A developmental approach to mentalizing communities: II. The Peaceful School experiment. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 69 (4) pp. 282-304. Malberg, N. (2019). From reaction to reflection: Mentalizing in early childhood education. In M. Charles and J. Bellinson (Eds.), The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education: Psychoanalytic, Attachment and Developmental Perspectives, ch. 4, pp. 50-62, Routledge, London, UK. Midgely, N., Ensink, K., Lindqvist, K., Malberg, N., & Muller, N. (2017), Mentalization-based Treatment for Children: A Time-Limited Approach. APA, Washington, DC. Bion, W.R. (1962). A Theory of Thinking. Reprinted in W.R.Bion, (1967), Second Thoughts, Ch. 9, p. 110-119, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, N.J. Bleiberg, E. (2001). Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents; A Relational Approach. Guilford, NY
