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AMBIT Workshop Series: Applications of Mentalization for Teams, Supervisors and Leadership

AMBIT in Practice: Applying the Model within Teams

Shelly Simpson, LCSW
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Deepening our understanding of mentalization, this session focuses on its role in communication and team dynamics. We will discuss how anxiety affects our thinking, coordination of care and how this can disrupt our work with clients, while also contributing to increased stress and burnout within our teams and networks. We will introduce and explain the Thinking Together tool, which participants will practice in small groups. This structured, time-efficient approach offers a contained way to process challenges and problem-solve while supporting mentalization.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Examine how mentalizing with colleagues strengthens clinicians’ ability to mentalize with patients and improves clinical care.

  • Explain how anxiety impacts mentalization, communication, and coordination of care with clients, teams, and professional networks.

  • Apply the Thinking Together tool as a structured, time-efficient method for shared reflection and collaborative problem-solving that supports mentalization under pressure.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Shelly Simpson, LCSW
Shelly serves as the Director of AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment) at Ellenhorn and was previously the Clinical Director of Ellenhorn Los Angeles. She oversees, supervises, and actively participates in AMBIT teams. Shelly has also contributed to the field, having authored a chapter on Ellenhorn's implementation of AMBIT in a Dutch publication titled "AMBIT in Practice," and takes part in the global AMBIT community.