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 thought about you or supported you; then you are vulnerable to lacking that capacity when you become a parent. That ability to think about and empathise with others in your family. Emotion Coaching can be the piece in that jigsaw puzzle, the parenting strategy that allows you to overcome this disconnect with your child and connect more deeply with them. It works for children, teens and adult relationships. If wr can connect when it comes to other’s emotions; then we will see an improvement in behaviour and relationships in general.
