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Mentalisation-Based Therapy•For Parents

Supporting Mentalising in Families

How parents can encourage reflective thinking about emotions.

MBT helps people understand behaviour in terms of underlying mental states.

Supporting mentalizing at home

Model curiosity about mental states
Ask "I wonder what was going on for you?"
Share your own mental states: "I felt worried because..."
Don't assume you know what they're thinking