Mentalization-Based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism: A Handbook

About Anthony BatemanBrandon UnruhRobert P. Drozek

Robert P. Drozek LICSW is a staff psychotherapist in the Personality Disorders Service and Division of Alcohol Drugs and Addiction at McLean Hospital. He serves as a supervisor in the Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT) Clinic at McLean; a teaching associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; and an MBT trainer and supervisor through the Anna Freud Centre in London. His publications examine the interface between psychotherapy and ethics with an emphasis on the role of ethics in the patient's therapeutic change. He is author of the book Psychoanalysis as an Ethical Process (2019). He maintains a private practice in Belmont Massachusetts. Brandon T. Unruh MD is the medical director of the Gunderson Residence and founding director of the Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT) Clinic at McLean Hospital. He is an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an MBT trainer and supervisor through the Anna Freud Centre in London. His clinical approach is anchored in the practice of evidence-based treatments for personality disorders including MBT dialectical behavior therapy transference-focused psychotherapy and good psychiatric management. His core academic publications and interests are in the areas of personality disorders suicidality spirituality and flourishing. He is co-editor of the book Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case-based Approach (2018). He has a private practice in Cambridge Massachusetts. Anthony W. Bateman MA FRCPsych is a consultant psychiatrist psychotherapist and MBT Consultant to the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families; a Visiting Professor at University College London; and an Honorary Professor in Psychotherapy at the University of Copenhagen. With Peter Fonagy he developed mentalization-based treatment for borderline personality disorder studying its effectiveness in research trials. He has authored co-authored and edited 17 books including Mentalization-based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide (2016) and Introduction to Psychoanalysis Second Edition (2021). He has published numerous book chapters and over 150 peer reviewed research articles on personality disorder and the use of psychotherapy in psychiatric practice.