Mentalizing the Body in Research & Clinical Practice: Parental Embodied Mentalizing Assessment (PEMA™)


Program Location

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, United Kingdom


Program Date

1-5th February 2021


Program Presenter

Professor Peter Fonagy will be delivering the 'Introduction to PEMA™ in Context' on the first day. PEMA™ creator Dana Shai Ph.D. and Rose Spencer, PsychD. will lead the rest of the training.


Program Objectives

This four-day course aims to provide an understanding of parents’ embodied mentalizing as this unfolds in the interaction with the infant and to become a reliable coder of PEMA. The course will give a brief introduction to parental mentalizing and will include a movement activity to experience and better understand the theoretical concepts being learnt. Delegates will be shown how the PEMA coding system works and will use the manual to code videotaped parent-infant interactions. The course will include homework which must be completed overnight and which will form the basis of discussion the next day.

For further information, please contact us or the Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families.


Program Host

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families


London, United Kingdom


Who Should Attend

This training is suitable for professionals working with young children and their families including: Psychologists, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Home Visitors, Family Support Workers, Outreach Workers, Nursery Staff, Behavior Support specialists, and anyone providing parenting education and/or counseling to parents of young children.


Program Cost

individual training

£875

Training with reliability for research purposes

£1000.00