Mentalizing in Psychotherapy: A Guide for Practitioners

About Carla SharpDickon Bevington

Carla Sharp PhD is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Clinical Psychology and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at the University of Houston where she is also Director of the Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Center and the Developmental Psychopathology Lab. Dr. Sharp holds adjunct positions at University College London in the United Kingdom and the University of the Free State in South Africa. Her work has significantly advanced scientific understanding of personality pathology in youth. She is a recipient of the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders and the Award for Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders from the Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center. She is President of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders and Associate Editor of the American Psychological Association journal Personality Disorders: Theory Research and Treatment. Dr. Sharp has published over 280 peer-reviewed publications chapters and books. Dickon Bevington MA MBBS MRCPsych is a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Director of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families London United Kingdom. His clinical work is with high-risk and highly complex young people with substance use disorders. At the Anna Freud Centre alongside his Medical Director role Dr. Bevington is a developer of and trainer in mentalization-based approaches in particular co-leading the development of Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) an award-winning approach used by teams across the world. He was listed as one of the Top 50 Innovators in Health by the Health Service Journal in 2014. Dr. Bevington has published on and teaches AMBIT internationally. His research interests include youth substance use disorders implementation science and pragmatic approaches to whole-systems change. He is a past Fellow of the Cambridge Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care.