About me

Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist with more than 25 years of professional experience both in the public mental health network and in private practice.

Curriculum

Professional profile

Doctor in Psychology – Ramon Llull University.
Psychologist specialized in Clinical Psychology.
Psychologist specializing in Psychotherapy (European Federation of Psychologists’ Association and the Official College of Psychologists of Spain EFPA /COP).
Psychoanalyst of the Spanish Society of Psychoanalysis and the International Psychoanalytical Association.
Postgraduate diplomas in clinical psychology and psychotherapy – Barcelona University Barcelona.
Master in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy – Girona University.
MBT-A practitioner, supervisor and trainer certified by the Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families in London.
AMBIT trainer and supervisor, certified by the Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families in London.

More than 25 years of professional experience both in the field of the public mental health network in Barcelona and in private practice.
Currently, I combine private practice with the position of Director of the Vidal i Barraquer University Institute of Mental Health, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona www.fvb.cat/institut-universitari.

At a clinical level, I would like to highlight among my activities the design and implementation of the ECID (Clinical Home Intervention Team) an outreach mental health project of the Vidal y Barraquer Foundation (Barcelona), a pioneering project in the public mental health network in Spain, to work with non-help-seeking adolescents with high psychopathological risk and high risk of social exclusion. ECID is based on the AMBIT model of the Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families in London www.annafreud.org.

I am a member of the following professional associations:

Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia. Collegiate member number 8798 www.copc.cat
European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations www.europsy-efpa.eu
Spanish Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SEPYPNA) www.sepypna.com
International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) www.isps.org
Catalan Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ACPP) www.psicoterapeuta.org
European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP) www.efpp.org
Spanish Federation of Associations of Psychotherapists (FEAP) www.feap.es
Spanish Society of Psychoanalysis (SEP) www.sep-psicoanalisi.org
International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) www.ipa.org.uk

Teaching

Since 2010 I am a professor at the Vidal i Barraquer University Institute of Mental Health, Ramón Llull University of Barcelona, where I currently teach classes in the Master’s Degree in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, the Master’s Degree in Family Therapy and AMBIT trainings. I am also Lead AMBIT trainer at the Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families in London, as well as a invited professor in the Master’s Degree in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy at the University of Deusto, and the University Expert in socio-educational action with children and adolescents in residential care at the University of Malaga.

I have been invited to present my work on the psychopathological consequences of adverse relational experiences, on Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) in its various applications, on the AMBIT model and on the ECID project in a large number of institutions, public services of mental health, and both national and international congresses and conferences.

Clinical services

I offer psychological assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment to people suffering from different types of emotional difficulties and psychopathological disorders, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, depression, feelings of emptiness, difficulties related to loss or trauma, difficulties and disorders resulting from violence and abuse, difficulties establishing and maintaining satisfactory relationships, interpersonal problems, personality disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Before the beginning of a psychotherapeutic treatment, initial interviews are always carried out to assess the situation of the person who consults, in order to define the therapeutic indication that best suits the needs and particular situation of the person.

PUBLICATIONS

Papers

Dangerfield, M. (2012), Negligencia y violencia sobre el adolescente: abordaje desde un Hospital de Día, Temas de Psicoanálisis, número 4, junio 2012. https://www.temasdepsicoanalisis.org/2012/06/19/negligencia-y-violenciasobre-el-adolescenteabordaje-desde-un-hospital-de-dia/
Dangerfield, M. (2017). Aportaciones del tratamiento basado en la mentalización (MBT-A) para adolescentes que han sufrido adversidades en la infancia. Cuadernos de Psiquiatría y Psicoterapia del Niño y del Adolescente, 2017;63, 29-47. https://www.sepypna.com/documentos/articulos/psiquiatria-63/03-dangerfield.pdf
Dangerfield, M. (2021). El Proyecto ECID. Un modelo de intervención comunitario para adolescentes de alto riesgo desvinculados de la red asistencial Aperturas Psicoanalíticas, (68) (2021), e4, 1-28. https://www.aperturas.org/articulo.php?articulo=0001167
Dangerfield, M., Malberg, N. and Coll, E. (2023). Is it safe outside? Tales from a home visiting service for families during the COVID pandemic. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. 20(4): 251-264. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aps.1821
Dangerfield, M. and Brotnow Decker, L. (2023). Mentalization based treatment of youth on the psychotic spectrum: clinical profiles and outcomes for youth in the ECID. Frontiers in Psychiatry 14:1206511. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1206511/full

Books and book chapters

Dangerfield, M. (2021). Working with at-risk mental states in adolescence. En T. Rossouw, M. Wiwe e I. Vrova, Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents: A Practical Treatment Guide. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Mentalization-Based-Treatment-for-Adolescents-A-Practical-Treatment-Guide/Rossouw-Wiwe-Vrouva/p/book/9780367341039
Malberg, N. and Dangerfield, M. (2022). Young Kids: The impact of Early Adverse Relational Experiences. In Marsh, A. N. and Cox, L. J. (Eds.) (2022). Not Just Bad Kids. The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link. Pages 311-320 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128189542000043?via%3Dihub
Malberg, N. y Dangerfield, M. (eds.) (2022). Tratamiento Basado en la Mentalización para Niños. Aplicaciones Clínicas en el Contexto Actual. Barcelona: Herder. https://herdereditorial.com/catalogo/psicologia/tratamiento-basado-en-la-mentalizacion-para-ni-os-9788425449000
Dangerfield, M. (2023). Getting started with AMBIT: the ECID project in Barcelona. In: Fuggle, P., Talbot, L., Campbell, C., Fonagy, P., and Bevington, D. (eds.) (2023). Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) for People with Multiple Needs. Applications in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2023). p. 107–138. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/adaptive-mentalization-based-integrative-treatment-ambit-for-people-with-multiple-needs-9780198855910?lang=en&cc=es
Malberg, N., Jurist, E., Bate. J. and Dangerfield M. (2023). Working With Parents in Therapy: A Mentalization-Based Approach. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/working-with-parents-in-therapy
Malberg, N., Jurist, E., Bate. J. y Dangerfield M. (2023). Trabajando con padres en terapia. Un abordaje basado en la mentalización. Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer. https://www.edesclee.com/colecciones/biblioteca-de-psicologia/trabajando-con-padres-en-terapia

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