Nicolás Lorenzini Publications

Nicolás Lorenzini, MSc, PhD ¶

Publications

  1. Lorenzini, N. (2013) Semblanza de Peter Fonagy. Temas de Psicoanalisis, 5.⏎
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  2. Lorenzini, N. (2013) Entrevista a Peter Fonagy. Un psicoanalista del Siglo XXI. Temas de Psicoanalisis, 5.⏎
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  3. Lorenzini, N., Fonagy, P. (2013) Attachment and Personality Disorders: A short Review. FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 11; 155-166.

  4. Fonagy, P., Lorenzini, N. (2014). Exploring the hidden mind. Psychology Review, 19(3). Pp. 2-4

  5. Lorenzini, N., Fonagy, P. (2014) Apego y Trastornos de la Personalidad. Mentalización, Revista de Psicoanalisis y Psicoterapia, 2.⏎
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  6. Fonagy, P; Bateman, A; Lorenzini, N; Campbell, C. (2014) Development, Attachment and Childhood Experiences. In Oldham, JM; Skodol, AE; Bender, DS. (Eds.) The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Personality Disorders, Second Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing

  7. Fonagy, P; Lorenzini, N; Campbell, C; Luyten, P. (2014) Why are we interested in attachment?. In Holmes, P. and Farnfield, S. (Eds.) Attachment: Theory, assessments and interventions. London: Routledge.⏎
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  8. Bateman, A., O’Connell, J., Lorenzini, N., Gardner, T., & Fonagy, P. (2016). A randomised controlled trial of mentalization-based treatment versus structured clinical management for patients with comorbid borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. BMC psychiatry, 16(1), 304.⏎
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  9. Lorenzini, N., Campbell, C., Fonagy, P. (2018) Mentalizing and its role in processing political trauma. En Huppertz, B. (Ed.) Traumatized People: Psychotherapy Seen Through the Lens of Diverse Specialist Treatments. Berlin: Rowman.⏎
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  10. Kamperman, A.M., Kooiman, C.G., Lorenzini, N., Stein, H., Aleknaviciute, J., Allen, J.G., Fonagy, P. (2020). Using the Attachment Network Q-sort for profiling one’s attachment style. PLoS ONE 15(9):e0237576.
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  11. Pilling S, Fonagy P, Allison E, Barnett P, Campbell C, Constantinou M, et al. (2020) Long-term outcomes of psychological interventions on children and young people’s mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0236525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236525

  12. Desatnik, A., Jarvis, C., Hickin, N., Taylor, L., Trevatt, D., Tohme, P., & Lorenzini, N. (2020). Preliminary Real-World Evaluation of an Intervention for Parents of Adolescents: The Open Door Approach to Parenting Teenagers (APT). Journal of Child and Family Studies; November 2020, 1-13.¶
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  13. Fonagy, P., Bateman, A., Lorenzini, N., & Campbell, C. (2021). Development, Attachment, and Childhood Experiences. In Andrew E. Skodol, M.D. & John M. Oldham, M.D., M.S., (Editors). American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook Of Personality Disorders, 3rd Edition. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.¶
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  14. Lorenzini, N. (2021) El rol de la mentalización en en el procesamiento del trauma causado por la violencia y represión del estado: la confianza epistémica. Aperturas Psicoanaliticas.
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  15. Lorenzini, N., Fonagy, P., Luyten, P. (2021) The functional domain of self-other regulation. In Millenium Institute for Depression and Personality (MIDAP-Chile; Eds) Depression And Personality Dysfunction: An integrative functional domains perspective. Santiago: Springer.
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  16. Lorenzini N, de la Parra G., Dagnino, P., Gomez-Barris E., Crempien, C. & Ehrenthal, J. C. (2021) Validation of the Operationalised Psychodynamic Diagnosis - Short Questionnaire for the measurement of personality structure. BMC Psychology 9, 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00640-4.
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  17. Orgaz, P., Rodriguez Vega, B., Bayón, C., Palao, A.,; Lorenzini, N., González Torres, MA. (2022) Experiencia del personal sanitario durante la primera ola de Covid-19 en España: un estudio cualitativo con grupos focales. Revista de la Asociación Española de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo, 31(2), pp. 155-166.
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  18. Zerban, M., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Lassri, D., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R., Kiselnikova, N., Lorenzini, N., Desatnik, A., Kalisch, R. & Nolte, T. (2023). What helps the helpers? Resilience and risk factors for general and profession-specific mental health problems in psychotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1272199.
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  19. Lorenzini, N. (2024) Mentalizing Theory and Its Clinical Applications. In Shapiro, Y. (Ed.) Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Global Perspective (pp. 251-270). Hauppauge, NY: Nova. https://doi.org/10.52305/RSGD3583

  20. Zavlis, O., Lassri, D., Desatnik, A., Lorenzini, N., Kiselnikova, N., Fonagy, P., ... & Nolte, T. (2025). Resilience and Mentalizing as distinct moderators of psychological protection: A study on mental health workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders, 390. 119776.
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  21. Desatnik, A; Kluvitse, S.; Francis, L.; Crawford, B.; Lorenzini, N; Fonagy, P. (submitted) Universal Parenting Interventions for Parents of Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Journal of Child and Family Studies.¶ 

  22. Lorenzini, N.; Desatnik, A. (submitted) Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Current View Tool in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Journal of Personality Assessment.

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Conferences and Keynotes¶

Lorenzini, N. (2013) Adolescents and virtual realities: The attachment perspective. Paper presented at the psychoanalytic Virtual Adolescence Conference at University College London. February 9th, 2013.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2014) [Actualization in EBP, attachment and mentalization] (Spanish). 8-hour seminar dictated at the Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Talca, Chile. 13th August, 2014.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2015) [Latest advances in theory and practice of mentalization] (Spanish). Master class for the inauguration of the Millennium Institute for the Study of Depression and Personality (MIDAP). Santiago, Chile. 17th November, 2015¶

Lorenzini, N. (2015) [Myth and truth on the scientific base for psychoanalysis] (Spanish). Master class for the close of the clinical year at the Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Talca, Chile. 24th November 2015.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2015) [Introduction to attachment theory and its repercussions in education] (Spanish). Master Class for students of the Faculty of Education of INACAP. Curicó, Chile, 24 de November 2015.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2015) [Introduction to the theory of mentalizing] (Spanish). Master class for the extended programme of clinical psychology. Universidad del Desarrollo. Santiago, Chile. 26th November 2015.¶

Lorenzini, N (2016) [Personality Disorders in adolescents: MBT-A & MBT-F] (Spanish). Four-hour seminar for the Grupo de Asamblea Psicoanalítica (GAP). Barcelona, Spain. 26th April 2016¶

Lorenzini, N (2016) [Clinical work with mentalizing: setting and technique] (Spanish). Two-hour seminar for the Sociedad FORUM de Psicoterapia Psicoanalítica, dirigido por Dr. Hugo Bleichmar, Madrid, Spain. 21st May 2016.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2016) [First International Seminar in Theory and Clinics of Mentalization]. Sixteen-hour seminar for the Colegio de Psicólogos Clínicos y de Enlace de Jalisco. Guadalajara, México. 25th & 26th de August 2016.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2016) [Myth and truth on the scientific basis for psychoanalysis] (Spanish). Master Class of 2 hours for the Universidad de Guadalajara. For both under- and postgraduate students. Guadalajara, México. 27th August 2016.¶

Fonagy, P. & Lorenzini, N. (2016) [Mentalizing: Practical 8-hour seminar] (Spanish). Universidad de Deusto. Bilbao, España. 5th November 2016.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2018): Epistemic trust. International Attachment Network, London. 28th June 2018.¶

Bossert, V., Lorenzini, N. (2018) Our senses and reality. Lecture given with artist Valentine Bossert to the residents of the Antropical Art Residency. Luxembourg. 14th August 2018.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2019) The faces of insecure attachment. Six-hour lecture to the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy as part of the (English-speaking) International Attachment Network Training in Attachment. Manchester, UK, 26th April 2019.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2019) Silence. Panel talk at Eufonia Festival. Berlin, Germany, 3rd November 2019.⏎
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Lorenzini, N. (2019) Apego, mentalización, función reflexiva y confianza epistémica. Twelve-hour lecture at Centro Atenea as part of the (Spanish-speaking) International Attachment Network Training in Attachment. Madrid, Spain., 16th & 17th November 2019.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2019) The faces of insecure attachment. Six-hour lecture to the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy. Manchester, UK, 25th November 2019.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2020) Mentalization and its Clinical Applications. Eight-hour online workshop to Chilean clinical psychologists, organised by Mentores Group.

Lorenzini, N. (2020) Mentalization-Based Treatment and Borderline Personality Disorder. 6-hour online workshop to the International Attachment Network, India & Pakistan chapters. 27th June 2020.

Lorenzini, N. (2020) Desarrollo de la Mentalización y Apego. Eight-hour lecture as part of the International Diploma on Foundations and Applications of Mentalizing in Clinical Practice for Iberoamerican psychotherapists. 17th October 2020.

Lorenzini, N. (2020) Mentalization-Based Treatment. Eight-hour lecture as part of the International Diploma on Foundations and Applications of Mentalizing in Clinical Practice for Iberoamerican psychotherapists. 4th October 2020.

Lorenzini, N. (2021) Apego, mentalización, función reflexiva y confianza epistémica. Twelve-hour lecture at Centro Atenea as part of the (Spanish-speaking) International Attachment Network Training in Attachment. Madrid, Spain., 27th & 28th March 2021.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2021) Apego y mentalización. Twelve-hour lecture at Centro Atenea as part of the (Spanish-speaking) International Attachment Network Training in Attachment. Madrid, Spain., 11th 12th December 2021.¶

Lorenzini, N. (2022) Adolescent attachment and mentalizing. Keynote inaugural presentation a the Annual National Conference of Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Psicoterapia en Contextos Educativo Terapéutico Sociales (adp-cets). Zaragoza, Spain. 23 & 24 March 2022.

Lorenzini, N. (2022) Mentalización: Aspectos Teóricos y Prácticos. Eight-hour seminar for doctoral candidates of the Universidad de San Buenaventura. Medellín, Colombia, 28 & 29 November 2023.


Poster Presentations¶

Bateman, A., Yakeley, J., McGauley, G., O’Connell, J., Gardner, T., Lorenzini, N., Fonagy, P. (2016) A programme of studies to establish the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial for Mentalization-Based Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder. 3rd International Conference on Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT). Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 February 2016.¶

Moore, A., Lorenzini, N., Stafford, M… Fonagy, P. (2016) Mental Health Care in Emergency Departments (MHED): Qualitative Data Analysis. London’s Mental Health Crisis Care Summit, NHS. 25th February 2016.¶

Moore, A., Lorenzini, N., Davies, R… Fonagy, P. (2016) Mental Health Care in Emergency Departments (MHED): Qualitative Data Analysis. Royal College of Psychiatrists. May 2016.¶

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Memberships to Professional Associations¶

October 2013 – current: Vice-president of the International Association for the Development and Study of Mentalization (AIEDEM)⏎
www.asociacion-mentalizacion.com¶

June 2016 - April 2024: Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Training Committee of the International Attachment Network United Kingdom (IAN-UK)⏎
http://www.ian-attachment.org.uk/

April 2024 - current: Director and Trustee of the International Attachment Network United Kingdom (IAN-UK)⏎
http://www.ian-attachment.org.uk/

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