Personality Disorders & “Lower-Level Brain Functioning” ( 3 Non-Mentalizing Modes) | BATEMAN

We all have them -- but the more we do, the more personality disordered we might be. Anthony Bateman describes the three modes of non-mentalizing -- psychic equivalence, teleological thinking and pretend mode, also known as inside-out, outside-in and bubble mode -- and how to approach them in treatment with antisocial, narcissistic and borderline patients. Anthony Bateman is one of the creators of Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) for personality disorders (BPD, NPD, etc). If you need more wisdom: Bateman, along with Peter Fonagy (who is also on our channel), wrote the books “Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder“ & “Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder,“ among many other writings. For a taste of Fonagy -- “How a Borderline Individual is Created“ --: For more information about BORDERLINE, the feature-length documentary we made about BPD, please visit: http://borderlinethefilm.