This is the second video of a series of three in which Ella Brent looks at the development of mentalising capacities both in typical development and along less advantageous pathways.
The video follows on from Part 1: using Bowlby's Attachment Model to look at the way that in secure attachment, proximity-seeking and contingent responding establish downregulation of affect and bonding. In this video the cycles associated with insecure attachment styles are illustrated.
In the second part of this video a deeper understanding of the mechanisms through which contingent responding from the adult caregiver both downregulates affect, but in addition establishes the capacity to mentalise in the infant and developing child in typical development. In turn, mentalisation of internal states is a requirement for the development of both attentional control and conversely impulse control.
This model is an underlying framework which directly accounts for the therapeutic benefits provided by both Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mentalization Based Treatments (MBT).
This is the second talk in a two-part series
Calabash · South Africa