Mentalization In Plain English

About this episode

The episode introduces the concept of mentalization, exploring how understanding thoughts and feelings can improve relationships and interactions, particularly with children and in therapeutic settings.

Send us Fan Mail A dog cowers when we approach, even though we mean no harm. That moment forces a human question we ask all the time with kids, partners, and friends: what is happening inside them? We start this series by naming the skill behind that question mentalization, the capacity to understand ourselves and other people in terms of thoughts, feelings, fears, hopes, wishes, and intentions, not just surface behavior. We share how therapy dogs in clinical work can make mentalization visi...

People in this episode

Host: Kim Lee

Topics covered

• mentalization
• understanding behavior
• therapy dogs
• emotional intelligence
• child psychology

Keywords

• mentalization
• child behavior
• therapy dogs
• emotional understanding
• psychology

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