Center for Mentalization

02/09/2025

🎓 Conference – Teenagers and Mentalization 🧠💬

Would you like to gain more insight into how we can best understand and support teenagers? Mark your calendar 🗓 March 23, 2026, at Hotel Nyborg Strand.

At the conference, our skilled internal trainers will present on:

🔹 Autism, grief and loss, as well as substance abuse among young people 🚫🍷

In addition, the exciting program includes:

🔹 Redfern (Anna Freud Center, London): "How do you hug a cactus?" 🌵 – On teenagers’ development, emotional challenges, and communication.

🔹 Svenja Taubner (Heidelberg): Mentalization-based work with young people in externalizing behavior ⚡ – focusing on trauma, impulsivity, and relationships.

Finally, Janne Østergaard Hagelquist will share reflections and guiding principles.

We look forward to seeing you.
📅 Date and place: March 23, 2026, 09:30–16:00

13/08/2025

🎓 Conference – Teenagers and Mentalization 🧠💬

Want to gain deeper insight into how we can best understand and support teenagers? Mark your calendar 🗓 23 March 2026 at Hotel Nyborg Strand.

🐤 EARLY BIRD PRICE: 1.995 DKK (ex VAT)❗️

Program:
🔹 Sheila Redfern (Anna Freud Center, London): "How do you hug a cactus?" 🌵 – On teenage development, emotional challenges, and communication.
🔹 Practical presentations from the Center for Mentalization: Autism, grief and loss 💔, and substance misuse among young people 🚫🍷.
🔹 Svenja Taubner (Heidelberg): Mentalization-based work with young people showing challenging behaviour ⚡ – with a focus on trauma, impulsivity, and relationships.
🔹 Closing session by Janne Østergaard Hagelquist: Reflections and key takeaways 🧭.

📅 Date & Time: 23 March 2026, 09:30–16:00
📍 Hotel Nyborg Strand

📲 Read more and register here:

14/05/2025

📕 Exciting news! 🇨🇳

We are proud to announce that this essential book on mentalization in the family is now available to a Chinese audience 📣

📚 Written by Janne Østergaard Hagelquist and Heino Rasmussen, the book provides concrete tools to strengthen mentalization in families – especially in situations of vulnerability and stress – for both parents and professionals.

🔗 Find the book here (Danish site):
https://www.saxo.com/dk/raising-emotionally-stable-children_bog_9787300330785

📘 And on a Chinese site here:
https://product.dangdang.com/29791439.html

06/05/2025

📣 Calling all Danish-speaking followers! 📣

We’re running an exciting competition – but it’s happening over on our Danish page.
If you speak Danish, make sure to head over there and join the fun! 🍀

You can participate by commenting on our latest post linked here 📲

Good luck everyone!

🎉 15.000 TAK – OG EN KONKURRENCE! 🎉

Vi har ramt 15.000 følgere her på Facebook, og det vil vi fejre sammen med jer! 🙌

Derfor udlodder vi et helt års GRATIS abonnement til vores populære videokurser om mentalisering 🎥🧠

👉 Det eneste, du skal gøre for at deltage, er:

💬 Skriv "Mentalisering" i kommentarfeltet
ELLER
💬 Fortæl os hvilket videokursus, du gerne vil se – eller et du drømmer om, at vi udvikler! 🎯

Bliv inspireret og se vores store udvalg af videokurserne på linket her: https://www.centerformentalisering.dk/videokursus/

🗓️ Vi trækker en heldig vinder tirsdag i uge 20 (d. 13. maj 2025) – så skynd dig at deltage!

Tak fordi du er en del af fællesskabet ❤️

27/03/2025

GIVEAWAY 🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand new Danish book, "Mentalisering i supervision" (Mentalizing in Supervision) by Janne Østergaard Hagelquist and Heino Rasmussen! 🎉

If you’re a Danish speaker (or reader), here’s your chance to win a free copy of the book! 📚✨

❗️To enter our competition❗️
1️⃣ Go to our Danish Facebook-page 👉 Center for Mentalisering and leave a comment below our last post with "Supervision"

The winner will be announced the 3rd of April, so don’t miss out! 🚀

Best of luck, and thank you for your support! 🙌

20/12/2024

🎄 WINNER OF OUR LAST CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 🎄

Congratulations Sofia Caramanna – you are the winner of last Sunday’s GiveAway and will be receiving a copy of our book ‘Mentalization with Neglected and Traumatized Children’. We’ll be contacting you via Messenger 🎁

We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year! ✨

15/12/2024

💝 💝 NEW CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 💝 💝

Today is the third Sunday of December and on that occasion, we’re presenting our last Christmas GiveAway! This time you get the chance to win our book “Mentalization with Neglected and Traumatized Children” 📚

All you need to do is:
✨ Write “❤️" in the comment.

The prize cannot be exchanged for cash, and participation in the competition is not conditional on purchase. Furthermore, the competition is neither sponsored, administered, nor associated with Facebook or Instagram.

You can participate until Dec 20th where the winner will be announced!
Stay tuned🎄

06/12/2024

🎄 WINNER OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 🎄

Congratulations Jonas Abrahamsen – you are the winner of last Sunday’s GiveAway and will be receiving a copy of our book ‘Mentalization in the Family’. We’ll be contacting you via Messenger 🎅

Don’t forget that we’ll be announcing another GiveAway soon, which gives you the chance to win another exiting Christmas present. Stay tuned and have a lovely weekend ❤️

01/12/2024

🎄🎄 CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 🎄🎄

Today is the first Sunday of Advent and on that occasion, you're invited to participate in our Christmas GiveAway, where you get the chance to win one of our popular Mentalization books 🎁

This Sunday you get the chance to win the book “Mentalization in the Family" and all you need to do is:
✨ Write mentalization in the comments
✨ Follow our page and like this post.

You can participate until Dec 6th where the winner will be announced 🎅

The prize cannot be exchanged for cash, and participation in the competition is not conditional on purchase. Furthermore, the competition is neither sponsored, administered, nor associated with Facebook or Instagram.

A new GiveAway is held later in December where you get to win another exiting present. Stay tuned 🥰

26/11/2024

Lisa Danylchuk has created an exclusive training with Janne Oestergaard Hagelquist about the impact of trauma and how yoga can facilitate mentalization and support the healing process from trauma 🧘‍♀️

Lisa offers a special discount for the training. Use the code GRATEFUL to get a discount when you check out before November 30th ✨

Sign up here:

01/10/2024

A short, well explained video on traumers in adolescents that deserves a watch!

This short clip talks about trauma. Please think about how you feel before watching. When you’ve experienced trauma, what is daily life like afterwards? This…

06/08/2024

I love this story about Justin Bieber... 😂

I heard it years ago when Janne Østergaard Hagelquist came from Denmark to the US to present about her work on mentalizing. Alex and I have been talking about it ever since, and today you get to hear the whole story on the How We Can Heal Podcast!!

Listen in at howwecanheal.com/podcast or anywhere you get your podcasts 🎙