A different way to look at challenges..”What’s the name you would give your difficulties?’ “What effect does it have on your relationships with others?” “Does the difficulty (e.g. anxiety/depression/anger) ever have you say or do...
In narrative therapy and also when I work with children/teens, I actively externalise the problem. This involves turning an adjective “I am a depressed Mother” “My child is anxious”..into a noun. “I am experiencing...
Mentalising is the capacity to interpret your child’s behaviour interms of intentional mental states e.g.. child’s needs, desires, feelings; beliefs; goals and reasons. BUT if we as a parent, when we were growing up, were not surrounded by others who...
Why look at your ability to reflect as a parent? When do you have the time? If parents are able to reflect on their child or teenager’s “internal world”, then they have the capacity to think about that other person’s desires, needs and beliefs....
Brain adaptability- New technology has confirmed that the brain is actually flexible, that we learn throughout the course of our life not just childhood. Experiences shape how we interpret the world around us. Our brains aren’t fully developed until mid twenties. What...
