Oxford University Press | Mentalizing And Epistemic Trust: The Work Of Peter Fonagy And Colleagues At The Anna Freud Centre (2021 EN)

Author: Robbie Duschinsky, Sarah Foster
Full Title: Mentalizing And Epistemic Trust: The Work Of Peter Fonagy And Colleagues At The Anna Freud Centre
Publisher: Oxford University Press (October 1, 2021)
Year: 2021
ISBN-13: 9780192644596 (978-0-19-264459-6), 9780198871187 (978-0-19-887118-7)
ISBN-10: 0192644599, 019887118X
Pages: 304
Language: English
Genre: Psychology: Developmental Psychology
File type: EPUB (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: £50.00


The theory of mentalizing and epistemic trust introduced by Peter Fonagy and colleagues at the Anna Freud Centre has been an important perspective on mental health and illness. Mentalizing and Epistemic Trust is the first comprehensive account and evaluation of this perspective. The book explores twenty primary concepts that organize the contributions of Fonagy and colleagues: adaptation, aggression, the alien self, culture, disorganized attachment, epistemic trust, hypermentalizing, reflective function, the P factor, pretend mode, the primary unconscious, psychic equivalence, mental illness, mentalizing, mentalization-based therapy, non-mentalizing, the self, sexuality, the social environment, and teleological mode. The biographical and social context of the development of these ideas is examined. The book also specifies the current strengths and limitations of the theory of mentalizing and epistemic trust, with attention to the implications for both clinicians and researchers.

This book will be of interest to historians of the human sciences, developmental psychologists, and clinicians interested in taking a broader perspective on psychological theory and concepts.


Overview:
✓ Tackles the work of Fonagy and colleagues in a distinctive way, looking at twenty key concepts and their usage in theory and proposed relevance to psychotherapy
✓ As the result of a major research project, the book is written in a style that will be accessible for both the specialist and non-specialist
✓ Presentsthe first fulloverviewof the insights and limitations of theory and research on mentalization and epistemic trust

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