Context Matters
The profile is designed to avoid treating mentalizing as globally present or absent. Entries are most useful when attached to specific relational or affective contexts.
Mentalizing Profile for MBT Practitioners
Mentalizing Profile is a practitioner-only MBT tool. It helps practitioners organize mentalizing strengths, vulnerabilities, vulnerable contexts, and relevant relational or affective patterns so treatment focus can be selected or adjusted.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Descriptive History
Updates over time show how the practitioner's understanding has changed. The tool does not create progress scores.
Is Mentalizing Profile a standardized assessment?
No. It is a practitioner-only profile of entered strengths, vulnerabilities, contexts, and patterns.
Does it produce a mentalizing score?
No. It does not calculate global ratings, severity bands, or subscale scores.
Can the profile include contradictory observations?
Yes. Contradictory observations can be entered with examples instead of forcing resolution.