Family members mentalize when they try to understand each other's behavior on the basis of intentional mental states. This article aims to introduce and briefly describe how the concept of mentalization can provide a useful framework for clinicians to understand psychopathology of children, youths, and families. The authors further outline how mentalization-based techniques and interventions can be applied to build epistemic trust and to reestablish mentalizing in families by presenting clinical vignettes of initial sessions from various clinical settings in the United Kingdom and Germany. The article concludes with a brief summary about the current evidence for mentalization-based interventions with children, adolescents, and families and provides an outlook for future clinical and research work.

Jana Volkert

Svenja Taubner

Gerry Byrne

Trudie Rossouw

Nick Midgley

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Founded in 1939, the American Journal of Psychotherapy (AJP) has long been a leader in the publication of eclectic articles for all psychotherapists. Transtheoretic in reach (offering information for psychotherapists across all theoretical foundations), the goal of AJP is to present an overview of the psychotherapies, subsuming a host of schools, techniques, and psychological modalities within the larger domain of clinical practice under broad themes including dynamic, behavioral, spiritual, and experiential.

Founded in 1939, the American Journal of Psychotherapy (AJP) has been a leader in publishing eclectic articles for all psychotherapists. The journal aims to provide a comprehensive overview of psychotherapies, encompassing a variety of schools, techniques, and psychological modalities within the broader context of clinical practice, under themes such as dynamic, behavioral, spiritual, and experiential.

《美国心理治疗杂志》（American Journal of Psychotherapy）成立于1939年，一直以来都是为所有心理治疗师发表多元化文章的领导者。该杂志的宗旨是提供跨理论的资讯，旨在呈现心理治疗的全貌，涵盖多种学派、技术和心理模式，围绕动态、行为、精神和体验等广泛主题，融入临床实践的更大领域。

Introduction to Mentalization-Based Approaches for Parents, Children, Youths, and Families

How the concept of mentalization can provide a useful framework for clinicians to understand psychopathology of children, youths, and families and how mentalization-based techniques and interventions can be applied to build epistemic trust and to reestablish mentalizing in families is described.

Introduction to Mentalization-Based Approaches for Parents, Children, Youths, and Families

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