Skip to content

Mentalization-Based Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder (MBT-ASPD)

This online training explores Mentalization-Based Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder (MBT-ASPD), providing a comprehensive understanding of ASPD and offering practical clinical skills for application in healthcare and criminal justice systems.

About this training 

This course offers an introduction to Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) as a disorder of mentalizing, alongside practical clinical skills for application in healthcare and criminal justice settings. Mentalization-Based Treatment has been adapted for working with people with antisocial personality disorder (MBT-ASPD).

Participants will explore ASPD through a mentalizing and developmental lens, develop skills in clinical formulation, and learn to deliver basic mentalizing interventions with ASPD clients.

If you are interested in this training but no dates are currently available, please complete the expression of interest form. We will contact you with further information and a booking link once dates are confirmed.

Aims of this training 

The training aims to support participants to develop:

  • an understanding of violence from a mentalizing perspective

  • a developmental and mentalizing understanding of ASPD

  • skills in mentalization-based formulation for ASPD

  • clinical skills for individual and group MBT with people with ASPD.

Teaching methods

Teaching will include short lectures, role play, video material and group discussion. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • articulate ASPD as a disorder of mentalizing

  • discuss developmental perspectives on mentalizing, antisocial behaviour and violence

  • clinically formulate clients with antisocial personality disorder

  • deliver basic mentalizing interventions for people with ASPD.

Who should attend?

This workshop is suitable for mental health and other professionals interested in the treatment of personality disorder. Applicants must meet the following pre-entry criteria:

  • be engaged in MBT treatment for people with personality disorder

  • be undertaking supervised practice when working with people with personality disorder

  • have a basic understanding of criminal justice systems

  • aim to work with or treat people with antisocial personality disorder.

  • The workshop was brilliant, clearly presented and engaging and very relevant to my work. Thank you!

    Participant, July 2023

  • The practical items (role-play, video, etc.) were very helpful.

    Participant, July 2023

  • I thoroughly enjoyed this terrific workshop … I look forward to [embedding the training into my practice] through further supervision.

    Participant, July 2023

  • Loved the videos and materials that I read before the training.

    Participant, July 2023

  • Thank you, it was a really applicable learning opportunity to support and develop my practice in MBT.

    Participant, July 2023

  • Thoroughly enjoyed the training, Anthony has so much knowledge and skill to impart which is invaluable.

    Participant, July 2023

Interested in commissioning training for your team?

We are interested in working with teams or organisations who would like to commission a bespoke version of this training. Get in touch with our dedicated team.

Commission training

Subscribe to our newsletter

Stay up-to-date with the latest trainings, conferences and events at Anna Freud.

Sign up