Upcoming Supervision

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, and video illustrations. Coinciding with the release of our recent 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 4/9/2025

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 9, 2025: The structure of an MBT treatment

Week #2: April 23, 2025: Developing and delivering the MBT formulation: The domain-based model

Week #3: May 7, 2025: The domain-based trajectory of interventions: content, context, and process / Agenda-setting and experiential contexts for mentalizing

Week #4: May 21, 2025: Clarification and the affect elaboration pathway

Week #5: June 4, 2025: Additional affect elaboration techniques

Week #6: June 18, 2025: Context-focused interventions: events and behavior

Week #7: July 2, 2025: Context-focused interventions: emotions and miscellaneous techniques

Week #8: July 16, 2025: Process-focused interventions for pretend mode

Week #9: July 30, 2025: Process-focused interventions for psychic equivalence mode

Week #10: August 13, 2025: Process-focused interventions for teleology/teleological self-esteem

Week #11: August 27, 2025: Mentalizing the relationship techniques

Week #12: September 10, 2025: Auxiliary relational interventions

Week #13: September 24, 2025: Bringing it all together and next steps