General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | An Introduction to Mentalizing in Clinical Practice |
| Language | EN |
| Module lecturer | dr Monika Jańczak |
| Lecturer's email | mmarszal@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | adiunkt |
| Faculty | Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science |
| Semester | 2023/2024 (summer) |
| Duration | 15 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 23-PIE-IMC |
Timetable
This course takes 7 meetings, 3 hours each meeting (4 teaching hours).
Class attendance is not mandatory, but highly recommended.
When:
First introduction meeting:
Where: Ogrody Campus, Szamarzewskiego 89 St.
Module aim (aims)
The course aims to introduce students to the contemporary theory of mentalization and its applications in the context of individual psychotherapy. Mentalization will be discussed as a regulatory process crucial for an individual’s adaptive and maladaptive functioning. Detailed knowledge will be provided on the complex nature of mentalizing and its relation to psychopathology. Students will become aware of the significance of addressing mentalization in the context of professional help. They will develop basic skills in diagnosing and promoting mentalizing in clinical practice.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic course of clinical psychology/counselling/psychotherapy.
Assesment methods: written exam.
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On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to: |
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Define mentalization as a multidimensional concept and demonstrate its diverse theoretical background. |
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Understand mentalizing as a regulatory process crucial for self-regulation and interpersonal functioning and recognize mentalizing in relation to other psychological mechanisms. |
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Describe the psychosocial determinants of reduced level of mentalization in light of the latest research findings. |
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Understand the role of mentalization deficits in psychopathology and is familiar with various types of mentalization deficits. |
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Indicate manifestations of optimal or reduced level of mentalization in the context of individual psychotherapy and develop basic skill in diagnosing and promoting mentalization in clinical practice. |
Syllabus
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The definition of mentalizing. Different theoretical backgrounds of mentalizing: cognitive, psychoanalytic, and integrative perspective. |
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Mentalization as a regulatory process in relation to other psychological mechanisms. Self-regulative and interpersonal functions of mentalizing. |
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Development of mentalization in the attachment context. |
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Detailed insight into the mentalizing process: online and offline mentalization, mentalizing in close relationships, four dimensions of mentalizing, the two faces of mentalization disorders: hypomentalization and hipermentalization. |
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Research on mentalizing in psychopathology. Mentalization deficits in personality disorders and other clinical diagnosis. |
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Application of the mentalization theory in individual psychotherapy. An introduction to Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). |
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Extended psychodynamic model of mentalization disorders: mentalizing at different levels of personality organization. |
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Disturbed mentalizing in the context of the patient-therapist relationship. |
Reading list
Compulsory reading
2. Jańczak, M. (2018). Mentalization in clinical practice - a psychodynamicperspective. Psychoterapia, 4(187), 5–17
Further reading
3. Kernberg, O. (2011) Mentalization, Mindfulness, Insight, Empathy, and Interpretation. En: The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression. Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives By Otto F. Kernberg, M.D. Ed: American Psychiatric Publishing. Washington, DC London England. Cap 3,pag: 57-79
4. Bateman, A., Fonagy, P., & American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of mentalizing in mental health practice (Second edition). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.