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

AMBIT in Practice: Introducing the Model Through Client Work

Shelly Simpson, LCSW
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This workshop offers a practical introduction to Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) through the lens of direct client work. The session focuses on how the model supports engagement with clients who present with complexity, risk, and relational uncertainty. Participants will explore the client domain of AMBIT, with particular attention to how mentalizing guides the building and scaffolding of relationships, risk management, and moment-to-moment collaborative planning with clients. The workshop will also include practice of a mentalization-based technique designed to help clinicians share their minds with clients in order to foster more mentalizing conversations.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Attendees will learn the purpose and structure of the AMBIT system of care, including its four key quadrants: Client, Team, Network, and Learning at Work.

  • Attendees will develop and apply the skill of broadcasting intentions to enhance mentalization during conversations with clients

  • Attendees will learn how to use Active Planning as a way to scaffold relationships, manage risk, and collaborate with clients.

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.