AMBIT has a strong sense of
Theory, but it particularly stresses
Theory in Practice.
Sometimes different theoretical or explanatory frameworks, applied to the same problem in life, can appear frankly contradictory.
As a variety of interventions flow from these different explanatory frameworks, this can easily lead to services or teams inadvertently (out of the best of intentions) delivering interventions that lack overall coherence (see
Dis-integratedInterventions).
AMBIT aims to explicitly to minimise this (see the one of the
Core Features of AMBIT which is
Taking Responsibility for integration.
An earlier version of AMBIT was called
Integrative Multimodal Practice which emphasises how
integration has been central theme of AMBIT from its inception.
Alongside integrative work with differnt theories and practices, there is also a pervasive emphasis on sensitivity to the
Cultural Context and the involvement of users, '
Experts By Experience'.
Links
Attachment theory,
Mentalization,
Biology,
Psychodynamic theory,
SocialCognitiveTheory,
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Mentalization and
The Therapist's Mentalizing Stance is a capacity or orientation that is well suited to trans-cultural working. Indeed, it has been argued that Mentalizing may have evolved as a capacity at least in part to allow the human species to make sense of different culturally-influenced manifestations of behaviour.