Mentalizing the therapist - Therapist experiences with short-term mentalization-based therapy for borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) was originally developed as a structured psychotherapy approach developed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD) lasting up to 18 months in outpatient settings. However, a short-term (5 months) MBT program has recently been developed. No studies have investigated how MBT therapists experience the shift towards conducting short-term MBT for BPD.

Objective

The objective of this study was to explore therapist experiences with conducting short-term MBT for outpatients with BPD in the Danish mental health services.

Methods

Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with seven therapists about their experiences with short-term MBT after a one-year pilot phase. The interviews were verbatim transcribed and analyz

SUBMITTER: Sondergaard AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061093 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature