MBT-F Specialist (NVRG) course
MBT-F is a systemic treatment aimed at (re)starting mentalizing within families and partner relationships. This improves the quality of mutual relationships. The basis lies in the explicit or implicit feeling of psychological connection with another person, which allows family members to feel seen, understood and loved. It strengthens mutual trust and enables the family to find solutions to life problems (empowerment) on their own (again). MBT-F is an integrative approach that brings together psychodynamic principles, systemic theory, CBT practices and a social ecological framework to understand and support families. It is a flexible and time-limited approach, to be used in a variety of settings with families experiencing difficulties such as emotional and behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, relational problems and family conflict.
There are many applications of the MBT-F within the youth mental health system. If you really want to master the MBT-F, including different applications for children of different age groups, more time is needed for deepening, broadening and practicing. The structure of this program is:
- 2 days introduction MBT-F
- 1 day of mentalizing with parents, 1 day of partner relationship therapy
- 2 days MBT-F with (young) children, parents and play
- 1 day MBT-F with adolescents
- 1 supervision day focusing on integrating theory and skills into your own practice. We work in two subgroups so that we can put emphasis on different target groups.
- Do you understand what mentalizing is
- You can identify the mentalizing strengths and weaknesses of a family and of family members individually and thus draw up a mentalizing profile
- You can redefine an individual family member’s problem into an interactive family problem using the mentalizing loop
- You conduct an intake according to the MBT-F methodology
- You know how to apply MBT-F interventions to families with children in different age groups
- You can adopt an MBT-F posture
- You can understand and playfully apply MBT-F theory to different families with children in different ageranges with various issues.
Familytherapists, clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, gz-psychologists, remedial educationalist-generalists, psychiatrists and hbo’ers working in CAMHS, in Holland called the SGGZ.
E. Asen & P. Fonagy (2021) Mentalization Based Treatment with Families. The Guilford Press. N. Malberg, E. Jurist, J. Bate & M. Dangerfield (2023) Working with parents in therapy: a mentalization-based approach. American Psychological Association. J. Hutsebaut, L. Nijssens & M. van Vessem (2021) The power of mentalizing. Boom Publishing. Digitally delivered articles.
- NVRG, recognized as a Specialist Course and as a stand-alone course 42 points
- NVvP 40 points
- FGzPt 45 points
- NVP55 points
- NIP/NVO:45 points (treatment 42 points, diagnostics 2 points)
- Course accredited by Anna Freud Centre London.
Other accreditation desired? Please contact us at opleidingen@centrumhecht.nl and we will discuss options.
- : 49 hours
- : approximately 28 hours
- : 16
- : 7
- : Oct 13, Oct 14, Nov 25, Dec 10, Dec 11, Jan 20, Feb 10,
- : 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
- : €1975
- : Nederlands en Engels
- : Centrum Hecht Opleidingen, Kanaalpark 157, 2321 JW, Leiden
You will complete the course with a written multiple-choice test on theory and a reflection report on your work with MBT-F (with a discussion of a verbatim).
If you want to register as an MBT-F practitioner, support and supervision according to this model is mandatory. It helps you further develop a mentalizing attitude and implement MBT techniques learned during the training.
View the list of approved MBT-F supervisors in Netherlands .
Do you want a supervisor outside the Netherlands? You can find a list of approved supervisors abroad on the Anna Freud Centre website.
Want to read more on this topic? Check out Publications for a list of current books and other publications.