Silver Hill New York MBT Training
Hosted by Silver Hill Hospital at Silver Hill New York
Dates: June 1-3, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (including breakfast and lunch)
Location: Silver Hill New York, 515 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Registration Fee: $1,350. Space is limited. Earn up to 17.25 CE Credits. Register ››
Who Should Attend: Psychiatrists, Mental Health Counselors, Nurse/Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers
Speakers:
Anthony Bateman, MA, FRCPsych
Visiting Professor University College London
Robert P. Drozek, LICSW
Clinical Director Mentalization-based Treatment Clinic, McLean Hospital
Teaching Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA
Head of Division, Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London
MBT Basic Training Course
This is a knowledge-and skills-based course in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) for adults. The course provides participants with a solid conceptual understanding of mentalizing, its relevance to clinical problems associated with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), complex trauma and other mental health difficulties, alongside the clinical skills required to deliver MBT to a defined standard of competency.
MBT is an evidence-based therapy for BPD and ASPD and offers a stepped training pathway, progressing from basic training to practitioner and supervisor levels. There are three core training components:
- Basic Training Course
- Supervision with an MBT Supervisor
- Certificate Course at Practitioner Level
By the end of the MBT Basic Training course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the developmental origins of mentalizing, its research base, and its relevance to personality and psychological functioning and social adaptation
- Apply mentalizing concepts in clinical practice to support further skill development
- Develop the knowledge and skills needed to implement mentalization-based treatment in individual therapy
- Recognize unique characteristics of mentalization-based group therapy
Conference Agenda:
Monday, June 1, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Check-In
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Session 1: Introduction to Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Conceptual Foundations
Presenters: Peter Fonagy/Anthony Bateman
CE Credits: 3.50
Overview of MBT including developmental origins and the generation of epistemic trust. Attachment and mentalizing are discussed and their clinical applications leading to discussion of structure and organization of MBT.
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 2: Mentalizing Clinical Stance
Presenters: Anthony Bateman /Robert Drozek /Peter Fonagy
CE Credits: 2.50
A ‘mentalizing’ or ‘not-knowing stance’ is the foundation of effective MBT. Participants will differentiate this stance from other therapeutic stances and practice the stance. The use of the non-knowing stance in creating an agreed focus for treatment, the mentalizing formulation, will be outlined and practiced.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Check-In
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Session 3: Mentalizing Process and Empathic Validation
Presenters: Anthony Bateman/Peter Fonagy/Robert Drozek
CE Credits: 1.5
Generating and facilitating mentalizing as a core therapeutic process requires the clinician to monitor mentalizing in themselves and their client throughout the sessions. Creating the context and ‘atmosphere’ for mentalizing to flourish requires the clinician to see the client’s perspective first and then for the client to consider the therapist’s perspective. This creates an interactive mentalizing process. The importance of managing the dialogue, creating contrary moves, and empathic validation will be discussed.
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (with 1 hr for lunch)
Session 4: Ineffective Mentalizing Modes
Presenters: Anthony Bateman /Robert Drozek/Peter Fonagy
CE Credits: 3
Recognizing ineffective mentalizing modes is essential. These will be defined and examples given from everyday clinical practice. How to intervene in ineffective mentalizing will be outlined and practiced.
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 5: Mentalizing an Affective Narrative (continues Wed)
Presenters: Anthony Bateman/Robert Drozek/Peter Fonagy
People with personality disorder and complex trauma are tormented by painful mental states dominated by ineffective mentalizing narratives about themselves and others. The narratives need to become mentalized narratives. Once mentalizing is more stable, the affective narratives the client brings about themselves and their relationships can be mentalized and thereby become less painful. Examples will be taken from clients who self-harm and are suicidal or violent – behaviors that arise from non-mentalized narratives. How to change them into mentalized narratives will be discussed and practiced.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Check-In
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Session 5: Mentalizing an Affective Narrative (continued from Tuesday)
CE Credits: 1.75
Presenters: Anthony Bateman/Robert Drozek/Peter Fonagy
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (with 1 hr for lunch)
Session 6: Mentalizing Relationships and Clinical Adaptations
Presenters: Peter Fonagy/Robert Drozek/Anthony Bateman
CE Credits: 5
Relationships are problematic in clients with BPD and complex PTSD. Mentalizing the relationship between the therapist and client as evidenced in sessions and between the client and others in their social / interpersonal world is essential if ‘antisocial’ or ineffective and problematic relationships are to become prosocial and more satisfying and constructive. How to mentalize relationships will be discussed and illustrated and participants will practice this. Clinical adaptations of mentalizing relationships and mentalizing interventions will also be introduced.
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Accreditation Statement: Silver Hill Hospital is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: Silver Hill Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NASW/Connecticut Statement: This program is pending approval from NASW/CT
New York Social Worker Statement: Silver Hill Hospital is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0728. This program is approved for 17.25 contact hours.
New York Psychologist Statement: Silver Hill Hospital is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0227. This program is approved for 17.25 contact hours.
Planner Disclosure: No planners of this activity have indicated a relevant financial relationship with an ACCME defined commercial interest.