Mentalization Utilizing Reflection to Heal from Borderline Personality Disorder

Robert Drozek, Clinical Director, Mentalization-based Treatment Clinic, McLean Hospital

Robert P. Drozek, LICSW, is the clinical director of the Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT) Clinic at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He is a trainer and supervisor in MBT through the Anna Freud Centre in London, and a teaching associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. He is author of the book Psychoanalysis as an Ethical Process, and lead author of Mentalization-based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism: A Handbook.

Part 1: Mentalization and Borderline Personality Disorder1. What is Making You Feel so Unstable?2. Borderline personality disorder as a deficit in mentalization3. Mentalization: What is it?4. How Does Borderline Personality Disorder Develop?5. Mentalization-based Treatment: The Basics6. How to Use this BookPart 2: Keeping Mentalization Online7. Identifying Your Triggers8. What is Your Attachment Style?9. How to Recognize “What” People are Feeling10. How to Consider “Why” People are Feeling Something11. Rebalancing the Dimensions of Mentalizing12. Addressing Problems with Certainty and Rigidity13. Addressing Problems with Externalization and Concreteness14. Addressing Problems with Disconnection and DissociationPart 3: Bringing It All Together15. Learning How to Trust Other People: The Vantage Points for Mentalizing