On-Demand CE Training
ODL 225: An Overview of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.
1 CREDIT HOURS APPROVED FOR:
Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 1 Clinical CE Credit
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 1 Contact Hour
Psychologists
APA – 1 CE Credit
Counselors
NBCC ACEP – 1 Contact Hour
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 1 Contact Hour
Addiction Professionals
NAADAC – 1 Contact Hour
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 1 Contact Hour
Case Managers
CCMC – 1 Contact Hour- EXPIRES 9/12/26
Created on 09/20/2023 Revised on 08/24/25
Attention Case Managers ONLY: CCMC expires on this course on 9/12/26 and will not be renewed. Please complete before this date.
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and case managers.
Counselor Skill Groups:
3. Treatment Plan
4. Counseling Services
Overview:
Clinicians require a vast array of therapeutic tools, approaches, and skills to provide evidence-based treatment to the patients and clients. In this jam packed one hour course we take a deeper dive into Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT). Griffin Smith, LCSW, provides the history and origin of MBT, a better understanding of the core concepts of MBT, and how mentalizing can be useful in your professional practice and personal life. Participants gain evidence-based practice information and skills to incorporate into their everyday practice.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Describe good versus poor mentalizing and its respective impact on interpersonal relations and role in personality functioning
- Summarize the core concepts of MBT and articulate the theoretical rationale underpinning them
- Identify ways in which a focus on mentalizing can be useful in your life and work.
Presenter:
Griffin Blake Smith, LCSW
Griffin Smith, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, consultant, and owner of Totus Intuor Counseling & Consulting, specializing in the treatment of complex trauma, personality disorders, and relationship challenges. With a foundation in clinical social work, Griffin has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including as an Assistant Center Director at the Dekalb Community Service Board, a Clinician within Grady Memorial Hospital’s Inpatient Behavioral Health Department, and in various clinical roles within residential substance abuse recovery and CORE service agencies.
Griffin is a BPC-accredited practitioner of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT), as well as APsA Accredited in Psychoanalytic Theory, trained at the Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute. Griffin has additional training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, EMDR, ACT, and DBT.
Griffin is passionate about fostering deep, authentic connections within both individual and community contexts. As a former Membership Committee Chair for the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW), he has been an advocate for building collaborative networks of support among mental health professionals. Additionally, he frequently speaks and presents on topics related to mental health treatment, mentalization, and building successful private practices.
In his work, Griffin emphasizes the importance of relationship-building through collaboration, authenticity, and compassionate care. His approach focuses on helping achieve emotional balance, relational health, and personal growth in an empathetic and understanding environment.