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Pedagogical stance in mentalization-based treatment
Espen J Folmo1, Tuva Langjord2,3, Nini C S Myhrvold4
1Department for National and Regional Functions, Division of Mental Health & Addiction, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Personality Psychiatry, Section for Personality Psychiatry & Specialized Treatments, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Background:
A common aspect of evidence-based treatments for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is pedagogical interventions and formats. In mentalization-based treatment (MBT) the introductory course has a clear pedagogical format, but a pedagogical stance is not otherwise defined.
Methods:
Treatment integrity was quantitatively assessed in a sample of 346 individual MBT sessions. Nine group sessions and 24 individual MBT sessions were qualitatively subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
Results:
The dominating intervention type was MBT Item 16-therapist checking own understanding (31% of the interventions). IPA unveiled the following: (1) a pervasive, but hidden/implicit psychopedagogical agenda, (2) psychopedagogical content seemed precious for the patients, and (3) four tentative strategies for pedagogical interventions in MBT (a) independent reasoning; (b) epistemic trust; (c) mental flexibility; and (d) application of verified insights, knowledge, or strategies.
Conclusion:
Development and clarification of the pedagogical stance in MBT could further improve the quality of therapists' interventions.
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