Virtual MBT for Narcissism Training at the Anna Freud Centre
Anthony W. Bateman, MA, FRCPsych; Bob Drozek, LICSW; and Brandon T. Unruh, MD
8 AM-2 PM US EST on Wednesday May 8th, Friday May 10th, and Saturday May 11th
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Despite the growing cultural and empirical interest in narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder, therapists often feel confused and overwhelmed about how to help patients struggling with these problems. This intensive, 3-day training introduces clinicians to a streamlined, common-sense treatment approach to treating these patients: mentalization based treatment for pathological narcissism, or MBT-N. The training reviews the deficits in mentalizing associated with pathological narcissism, describes how to give the diagnosis of narcissism to patients, outlines how to structure therapy sessions, and offers step-by-step techniques about “what to do and say” when sitting with these patients.
The course trainers explain how to address the most common clinical challenges associated with narcissism: disconnection from emotions; impairments in empathy; rigid thinking; monologues and intellectualization; unstable self-esteem; and tendencies to blame other people for disruptions in their relationships. This training qualifies as an official “basic” training in MBT, while also instructing participants in how to apply MBT’s evidence-based principles in order to help patients suffering from narcissistic challenges.
MBT Supervision: A Deep-dive into Technique
Bob Drozek, LICSW, and Brandon Unruh, MD
This supervision will serve as an intensive introduction to the core techniques of mentalization-based treatment (MBT). Meetings will involve a mix of didactics, discussion of cases, video illustration, and role-plays. Coinciding with the release of our new book, Mentalization-based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism: A Handbook (co-authored by Bob Drozek, Brandon Unruh, and Anthony Bateman), we will introduce what we call the domain-based conception of mentalization—a streamlined presentation of MBT’s concepts that offers step-by-step recommendations about “what to do when” in psychotherapy sessions with patients. While the book focuses specifically on narcissism, the supervision will focus on applying MBT’s techniques to help patients struggling with a wide range of clinical challenges, including instability in mood, identity, relationships, and behavior.
This supervision will serve as the first step into MBT Boston’s supervision continuum, which includes ongoing case-based supervision, where participants will have the opportunity to present cases, show video, and receive detailed feedback about clinical process.
Cost: $1000 for 13 sessions
Calendar: Wednesdays from 9 AM-9:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, starting 4/3/2024
Textbook: Mentalization-based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism: A Handbook, co-authored by Bob Drozek, Brandon Unruh, and Anthony Bateman. Published through Oxford University Press: https://a.co/d/dytLoRS
Registration: E-mail info@mbtboston.com to arrange payment and reserve a spot
Curriculum
Week #1: April 3, 2024: The structure of an MBT treatment
Week #2: April 17, 2024: Developing and delivering the MBT formulation: The domain-based model
Week #3: May 1, 2024: The domain-based trajectory of interventions: content, context, and process / Agenda-setting and experiential contexts for mentalizing
Week #4: May 15, 2024: Clarification and the affect elaboration pathway
Week #5: May 29, 2024: Additional affect elaboration techniques
Week #6: June 12, 2024: Context-focused interventions: events and behavior
Week #7: June 26, 2024: Context-focused interventions: emotions and miscellaneous techniques
Week #8: July 10, 2024: Process-focused interventions for pretend mode
Week #9: July 24, 2024: Process-focused interventions for psychic equivalence mode
Week #10: August 7, 2024: Process-focused interventions for teleology/teleological self-esteem
Week #11: August 21, 2024: Mentalizing the relationship techniques
Week #12: September 4, 2024: Auxiliary relational interventions
Week #13: September 18, 2024: Bringing it all together and next steps
