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  • Psychology
  • Family Therapy
  • Systemic Thinking

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  • Traditional family therapy often struggles with entrenched, non-mentalizing interaction patterns.
  • Coercive cycles within family systems hinder effective communication and emotional connection.
  • Systemic thinking provides a valuable framework for understanding family dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel approach to family work integrating systemic thinking and mentalization-based treatment.
  • To outline a method for interrupting negative interaction cycles and fostering positive relational patterns.
  • To enhance epistemic trust and social-emotional learning within families.

Main Methods:

  • Adopting a mentalizing stance in therapeutic interactions.
  • Facilitating mentalizing conversations to replace nonmentalizing cycles.
  • Promoting a spiral of shared attention and co-mentalizing between therapists and family members.

Main Results:

  • Development of epistemic trust and shared social-emotional learning (the we-mode).
  • Improved ability for family members to hear, recognize, understand, and trust each other.
  • Enhanced capacity to repair disruptions in mentalizing and trust.

Conclusions:

  • This approach fosters a 'we-mode' of shared knowing for improved family communication and problem-solving.
  • The model is applicable both within the family system and in broader social contexts.
  • Systemic mentalization-based treatment offers a pathway to more resilient and connected families.