IQ vs EQ Tea & Trivia Fundraiser with Prof Anthony Bateman

‘Mentalizing: Understanding Yourself and Others When Thoughts and Feelings Get in the Way’

Join us for an Evening of Tea and Trivia for a Cause with International Expert, Prof Anthony Bateman,  the developer of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Wednesday 25th November 6.00-9.30pm
Box Hill, Victoria 

​​​🗣️ Have you ever found yourself in an argument and wondered how it began?

 Have you felt misunderstood by someone you expected to understand you?

 Or perhaps you have had the opposite experience: being told you do not understand, even when you believe   you do.

 These are common human experiences. They often arise when mentalizing becomes difficult - when we struggle to make sense of our own mind in relation to the minds of others. Most of the time, we can set misunderstandings aside, or even   understand them more clearly, and move on. At other times, however, this becomes much harder. We may feel trapped, misunderstood, and unable to trust the people closest to us. Emotions intensify, blame takes over, and our thoughts become confused. This painful tangle of misunderstandings is often most intense with the people we love. When attachments are strong, the heart can overwhelm the head, making it hard to regain balance. The result can be deep distress and a damaging loss of trust. People commonly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder often live with this ongoing struggle between head, mind, and heart - and so, understandably, do those closest to them.

In this talk, Anthony will explore why maintaining our own capacity to mentalize is so important in close relationships. We will also consider how strengthening our own mentalizing can help someone we love to regain or maintain theirs during times of stress.

While Prof Anthony Bateman explores how we understand ourselves and others, our IQ vs EQ Trivia Challenge will run throughout the evening. Expect plenty of laughs, friendly rivalry and surprising discoveries as teams compete to determine whether IQ or emotional intelligence wins the day.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Anyone interested in understanding how we make sense of ourselves and others, including:

Mental health professionals, students and researchers
People living with BPD or emotional distress
Family members, carers and supporters
Anyone curious about emotional intelligence, relationships and wellbeing
Supporters of the Australian BPD Foundation looking for a fun and meaningful fundraising event

Prof Anthony W Bateman MA, FRCPsych is Consultant to the Anna Freud Centre, London; Visiting Professor University College, London.

He developed mentalization based treatment for borderline personality disorder and studied its effectiveness in research trials. Adapted versions are now being used in multi-centre trials for antisocial personality disorder, eating disorders, and drug addiction. He was an expert member of National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) development group for treatment guidelines for Borderline Personality Disorder in UK and was Chair of the National Guideline Development Group for Eating Disorders. His NHS clinical services were recognised by the Department of Health as a national demonstration site for the treatment of personality disorder. He was President of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD) from 2012-2015.

He received a senior scientist award from British and Irish group for the Study of Personality Disorder in 2012; in 2015 the annual award for “Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders” from the BPDRC in the USA; and in 2023 the John G. Gunderson Distinguished Career Contribution Award from the ISSPD.He has authored 20 books including Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: mentalization based treatment and Mentalization Based Treatment for Personality Disorder: a practical guide (2016) (with Peter Fonagy), numerous book chapters, and over 150 peer reviewed research articles on personality disorder and the use of psychotherapy in psychiatric practice