Focus of Treatment
A distinctive feature of MBT is placing the enhancement of mentalizing itself as focus of treatment. The aim of therapy is not developing insight, but the recovery of mentalization. The focus should be on the present state and how it remains influenced by events of the past. Other core aspects of treatment include bearing in mind patient’s deficits, using transference, retaining mental closeness, and working with current mental states. Transference under this model is distinct from the classical understanding of this term.
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