FAMILY MENTALIZATION

10 Week Workshop January 6, Monday 7 PM ET

Why take another 10-week TARA class?

How can learning to mentalize help me & my family?

By now you’ve realized that social interactions are the Achilles Heel for those with BPD. You’ve seen for yourself how quickly misunderstandings can occur, how sensitive they are to non-verbal communication, and how, inadvertently, escalation are triggered. You know more about BPD now than most therapists. You're ready for the next step: 

Mentalization Based Therapy offers the greatest potential for establishing effective communication with your loved one, as well as with the rest of your family. Learning to mentalize focuses on how each person’s perception of an interaction results in completely different interpretations of an interaction or situation.

Mentalization is a two-person process

focusing on what is going on in your mind and in the mind of another, in the moment. It is not about changing their behavior. It is about awareness that the other person has different thoughts and feelings from yours. Mentalization provide you with new tools to enhance empathic communication. develops

humility, and compassion. It is a pathway to genuine, authentic communication 

Avoid Misunderstandings

Repair Relationships

Develop Trust

Decode and Translate what

your loved is trying to tell you

Then you'll know how to respond and what to say to Improve communication with your loved one, other family members, friends, and colleagues.

Mentalization, a highly effective BPD evidence based treatment, is not readily available in most communities. Unfortunately, most therapists are not trained in MBT. This motivated TARA to trains family members to utilize MBT techniques when interacting with their loved one. It is easy to learn. You can do it. Our families find it highly effective . It improves family relationships, decreases frequency and intensity of escalations.

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