Mentalization-based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder Quotes

“Mentalizing is a key skill because our sense of personal continuity is dependent on envisioning the thoughts and feelings we had in the past and how these relate to our current experiences, and because how we envision ourselves in the future is rarely in terms of physical attributes (after middle age, certainly) but rather in terms of projecting ourselves as a thinking and feeling person.”
― Anthony Bateman, Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide