Patient and Therapist Perspectives on Trauma-Focused MBT: A Qualitative Interview Study

A qualitative study of 12 participants, including six patients with borderline personality disorder and six therapists, exploring experiences with Trauma-Focused Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT-TF). The dataset, authored by Maaike L. Smits and shared under CC-BY-4.0, comprises interview and focus group transcripts analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. It was last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing perceived treatment outcomes and mechanisms of change based on patient and therapist interview themes.
• Studying the role of group dynamics and safety in trauma-focused therapy based on described relational conditions.
• Investigating the generalization of therapeutic change beyond treatment sessions based on participant-reported experiences.
• Exploring themes of shame reduction and changes in self-other representations in a structured group therapy context.

Strengths

• Includes perspectives from both patients (n=6) and therapists (n=6), providing a dual viewpoint.
• Thematic analysis was validated through three subsequent focus groups with participants, therapists, and experts.
• Dataset is openly shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small in scale (210.1 KB), representing a limited qualitative sample.
• Row and column structure is unknown; data is provided as a PDF, requiring manual extraction for analysis.
• The description lacks specific details on interview questions or raw transcript availability.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews and focus groups analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:26:36