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Center for Mentalization aims to provide and facilitate knowledge about mentalization and the use of Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) and pedagogy in the treatment of neglected and traumatized children, adolescents and adults.

23/10/2026

Janne Østergaard Hagelquist and Heino Rasmussen are teaching as part of the EU project Seeing the Child.

Seeing the Child is an EU-funded project that, over the next two years, aims to strengthen the systemic response to sexual abuse of children across Lithuania. We are international partners in the project and contribute with mentalization-based training and supervision for the professionals working most closely with the children.

Seeing the child means mentalizing the individual child, being trauma-informed, and, fundamentally, being present as a human being – and having the courage to stay with what is difficult.

Thank you for a wonderful day ☺️

05/10/2026

NEW VIDEO COURSE 🌿

When children and young people display acting-out, criminal or aggressive behaviour, or have been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, the professionals around the child or young person can easily become discouraged when it comes to treatment or even feel afraid of the young person. This is unfortunate, because this is in fact the largest group of mental health challenges during adolescence, larger than, for example, autism – and there is something that can be done about it.

Treatment is available, and these challenges can change, which is of great importance not only for the individual young person, but also for the people who may be at risk of experiencing physical or psychological harm if the untreated young person reaches adulthood.

The inspiring professor, Dr. phil. Svenja Taubner, has extensive expertise in this group and shares her knowledge in this video course.

Read more here: https://centerformentalisering.dk/understanding-criminal.../

07/08/2026

NEW EXCITING VIDEO COURSE 😍

It is a great honour for the Center for Mentalization to present another video course with Dr. Dickon Bevington, one of the leading figures in mentalization-based practice and the founder of the AMBIT model (Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment).

We live in a time marked by increasing complexity, polarization, and mistrust, where people navigate vast amounts of information, conflicting values, and uncertainty every day. At the same time, our ability to collaborate, learn from one another, and maintain meaningful relationships is being challenged. Drawing on mentalization theory, epistemic trust, and the AMBIT model, Dr. Dickon Bevington explores how we can better understand and respond to these challenges in clinical practice, organisations, and interdisciplinary networks.

The course places particular emphasis on the importance of epistemic trust as a foundation for learning, collaboration, and social capital in a modern world characterised by complexity and constant change.

If you would like to watch the video course, you can find it here:
https://centerformentalisering.dk/navigating-in-a-dark-age/

01/06/2026

Last week, we attended the International Mentalization Conference in Paris. It was a truly exciting and educational conference. It was a pleasure to participate 😄

20/05/2026

We are proud and grateful to be part of this project together with skilled professionals in Lithuania 😄

In February, the EU project “Seeing the Child” officially launched, and last week we visited Lithuania, where we met the dedicated professionals who work every day to see and protect children who have been exposed to sexual abuse.

It was an honor for Janne Østergaard Hagelquist to give a keynote presentation at the major opening conference and to lead an intensive training programme for a group of professionals, focusing on the application of mentalization and the STORM model in work with children and families affected by abuse.

“Seeing the Child” is an EU-funded project that over the next two years will strengthen the systemic response to child sexual abuse throughout Lithuania. We are international partners in the project and contribute with mentalization-based training and supervision for the professionals working closest to the children.

Seeing the child is about mentalizing the individual child, being trauma-informed, and fundamentally about human presence and the courage to stay with what is difficult.

Thank you to all the wonderful professionals in Lithuania for your openness, commitment, and warmth. We look forward to everything we will create together.

06/05/2026

It is a great honor for Center for Mentalisering to present this video course together with Jon G. Allen, one of the most influential theorists in the fields of mentalization and psychotherapy.

The video course is grounded in the fundamental idea that psychotherapy becomes meaningful through caring and meaningful human connections. The focus is on the therapist as a person and on the relational work that extends beyond methods and techniques.

The course explores key dimensions of psychotherapeutic practice:

🔸That the therapist’s personal development is inseparably connected to professional practice.

🔸That care, emotional presence, and nonverbal communication are essential therapeutic tools.

🔸That professional competence involves not only acquiring professional knowledge, but above all the ability to truly meet another person.

🔸An exploration of the concept of care, how it is expressed in relationships, and how it has been described within developmental psychology and philosophy.

Read more or purchase the video course here:
https://www.centerformentalization.com/bringing-psychotherapy-to-life-through-caring-connections-with-jon-g-allen/

17/04/2026

NEW VIDEO COURSE 😍
Bringing Psychotherapy to Life – through caring connections

The Center for Mentalization presents an exclusive video course with Jon G. Allen, one of the most influential theorists in mentalization and psychotherapy.

The course is grounded in the fundamental understanding that psychotherapy only truly comes to life through caring and meaningful connections between people. The focus is on the therapist as a person and on the relational craft that goes beyond methods and techniques.

The video course explores:
• The therapist’s personal development and its importance for professional practice
• Care as a central clinical and ethical concept
• Relational judgment rather than technical skill
• Moral and ethical domains in therapy
• Hope, meaning, and relationship as core elements in psychotherapy
• The metaphor of the bridge between therapy and life
• The Slade test as a reflective tool for effective therapeutic approaches

The course is intended for therapists and professionals working with people in vulnerable and exposed positions who wish to strengthen the relational foundation of their practice.

🎥 Watch the video course here:
https://www.centerformentalisering.dk/bringing.../

27/03/2026

Monday we held our conference on Teenagers and Mentalization 🎉

The day featured a series of exciting and inspiring presentations on:
• Mentalization-based work with externalizing adolescents and young people with criminal behavior, by Svenja Taubner
• Mentalization and autism, by Nadjia Tamechmecht
• Substance abuse and mentalization, by Susanna De Lima
• Teenagers and mentalization – including how parents can mentalize both themselves and their teenagers, by Sheila Redfern
• A closing presentation on our treatment manual MindMe, by Janne Østergaard Hagelquist

The day unfolded exactly as we had wished and hoped, in the most wonderful surroundings at Nyborg Strand Hotel.

A huge thank you to all participants and speakers for making the day meaningful, educational, and inspiring 🙂

03/02/2026

In the video below, you can hear Svenja Taubner, who will be giving a presentation at our conference Teenagers and Mentalization on March 23 at Nyborg Strand 😃

Svenja Taubner will present on mentalization-based work with adolescents who display externalizing behavior and young people involved in criminal behavior. Svenja has experience in changing developmental trajectories by focusing on young people’s self-esteem, relational challenges, and trauma.

Watch the video to hear Svenja talk more about her presentation. Would you like to read more about our conference or are you interested in attending? Then click here:
https://www.centerformentalisering.dk/konference-paa.../

02/02/2026

🎬 Transdiagnostic Work – Mentalizing and AMBIT with Dr. Dickon Bevington

It is a great honour for the Center for Mentalization to present this inspiring video course together with Dr. Dickon Bevington, one of the leading figures in mentalization-based practice and the founder of the AMBIT model (Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment).

This video course offers an inspiring introduction to how mentalizing and the AMBIT approach can be used when working with children, young people, and adults in vulnerable situations, who often present with multiple diagnoses and complex challenges, and where many professionals need to work together.

What does the video course include?

▪️ An understanding of the transdiagnostic perspective – how challenges across diagnoses can be addressed through mentalizing.

▪️ Insight into the core principles of the AMBIT model, and how mentalizing can be actively applied in work with:

the young person / service user

one’s own team

the wider network

learning within practice

▪️ Reflections on how to create collaboration and build epistemic trust across complex systems.

▪️ Concrete examples of how AMBIT can strengthen relationships, professional reflection, and organizational coherence.

🔗 Watch the video course here:
https://www.centerformentalisering.dk/transdiagnostic.../

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