Embodied Mentalizing
Embodied mentalizing is being present and communicating without words. Especially in the treatment of young people with personality problems, traumatic attachment and early childhood traumatization is an essential part of therapy. Growing up in unsafe and traumatic relationships, they have experienced that protection, soothing, comfort and affection fell short. Listening to physical cues, becoming familiar and dealing with their own emotions and those of others has been disrupted as a result. Applying theory about early childhood trauma in a variety of work formats can create a more compassionate view of one's self and initiate processing and recovery. The approach can be applied in groups, families and individual therapy.
In this course, teachers will provide you with techniques and tools from various experiential therapeutic approaches, such as sensorimotor psychotherapy, visual and systemic constellations, psychodrama, and body-oriented therapy within a mentalizing framework. You practice a number of interventions yourself and experience what they bring about. In addition, you reflect on how you can apply what you have learned in your own practice.
- You have experienced attachment and connection with your body yourself, learned to observe and recognize signals.
- You can understand and practice trauma and body-oriented trauma actions.
- You can reflect on trauma and apply body-centered interventions in your own caseload.
Clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, gz-psychologists, psychologists, remedial educationalist-generalists, psychiatrists, system therapists and hbo’ers working in the (S)GGZ.
N. Muller & C. ten Kate (2023) Body-oriented MBT in traumatized children and adolescents. Journal of Psychotherapy, 49(4), 266-281.
P. Ogden, K. Minton & C. Pain (2020) Trauma and the body: a sensorimotor approach to psychotherapy. Published by Mens!
- FGzPt 16 points
- NVvP 15 points
- NVP 22 points
- NVRG 18 points
- Register MBT 21 points
- Register of Occupational Therapy 22 points
- NIP/NVO K&J re-registration 16.5 points (treatment 15 points, diagnostics 1.5 points, additional literature review 9.5 points).
- : 18 hours
- : approximately 10 hours
- : 14
- : 3
- :
- : Invalid Date - Invalid Date
- : €925
- : Nederlands
- : Centrum Hecht Opleidingen, Kanaalpark 157, 2321 JW Leiden
You will present your own therapy session on video on the third course day and reflect on it.
For those who want to learn to apply embodied mentalizing in their own practice, support and supervision according to this model is important. It helps you further develop a this form of mentalizing and implement techniques learned during the training.
Are you interested in this approach to your supervision? Please indicate it to the teachers or send us a message at opleidingen@centrumhecht.nl.
We also offer this training on location. Please see the information on Incompany training .
Want to read more on this topic? Check out Publications for a list of current books and other publications.