Daniel Price, MD

Mentalizing and Existence

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A podcast about Mentalizing, Attachment, Existentialism, and Psychotherapy. Harvard trained psychiatrist, and psychiatric educator Dr. Daniel Price discusses Mentalizing. This skill--the ability to be mindful of our mind and the minds of others--is the basis of thought, language, culture, society, and most importantly-- meaning. Mentalizing is literally the most important thing, or more precisely process. Period. However, while almost all humans can do it to some degree, it often falters when we need it most. Fortunately, it is a skill we can cultivate, and strengthen--and when we do we can mo...

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Daniel Price, MD

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Narcissism and MBT 12.04.2026 1:09:41

Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) have become the subject of much popular discussion but are widely misunderstood. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Price welcomes inpatient psychiatrists, Dr. William Quayle to explore Narcissism its antecedents, and its relationship to difficulities with mentalizing. Self-Esteem development is fragile in humans, and when disrupted through neglect,...

What is Existentialism? 02.10.2022 55:06

In Season 1 we defined and explored the basics of Mentalizing. In Season 2 we gave a more detailed overview of Mentalization Based Treatment. In this first episode of Season 3 we explore the second focus of our Podcast--Existentialism. Like Mentalizing, Existentialism is hard to define--impossible perhaps. Here we attempt to show why definition of this field of thought is so elusive, and offer...

MBTi #5: The significance of attachment relationships 30.07.2022 30:05

This episode is the fifth in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for entering...

MBTi #6: Attachment and Mentalizing 30.07.2022 22:47

This episode is the sixth in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for entering...

MBTi #7: What is a Personality Disorder and What is Borderline Personality Disorder 30.07.2022 31:52

This episode is the seventh in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for enteri...

MBTi #8: Mentalizing Based Treatment--Part 1 30.07.2022 24:41

This episode is the eighth in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for enteri...

S1 E3--The Slap--A Mentalizing look at the 2022 Oscars incident 30.07.2022 1:36:40

In Episode 1 and 2 we made the case that Mentalizing is the way we, as humans, make sense of our world--especially making sense of our behaviors and the behaviors of others. To do so optimally we need to maintain the Mentalizing Stance by being Curious, "Not-Knowing" and generous in our first interpretation of behaviors. In this episode, we use the example of the infamous Slap of Chris...

S1 E2--The Mentalizing Stance and The Mentalizing Poles 30.07.2022 38:22

As we discussed in Episode 1, Mentalizing is paradoxically a skill that essentially all humans utilize every day, and a the same time is difficult to define, and is difficult to consistently do well. In this episode we attempt to provide further tools to understand mentalizing, and how to assess whether we are others are doing it well, or poorly--and if poorly, where we are getting stuck. The Me...

MBTi # 2: What Does it Meant to Have Problems with Mentalizing? 20.07.2022 33:35

This episode is the second in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for enterin...

MBTi # 3: What are Emotions and Why Do We Have Them? 20.07.2022 27:23

This episode is the third in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for entering...

MBTi # 4: Mentalizing Emotions--How do We Recognize and Register Emotions 20.07.2022 33:48

This episode is the fourth in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for enterin...

MBTi #1: What is Mentalizing? 20.07.2022 33:35

This episode is the first in a series of 12 episodes (Season 2) Introducing Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). Based on the Chapter 11 of the first edition of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy's Mentalizing Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide, these podcasts recreate the 12 session introductory, interactive group that serves as the preparatory process for entering...

Episode 1--The Most Important Thing: Mentalizing 22.05.2022 1:13:18

In this first episode, Dr. Daniel Price introduces the listener to THE MOST IMPORTANT THING in the universe--Mentalizing. Learn what mentalizing is (and isn't), and why it is so important to humanity. Learn what can lead to poor mentalizing in us and others.