Abstract
Psychological mindedness is the capacity to self-reflect and to think of oneself and others as motivated by internal states. It is one aspect of thinking, a prerequisite for understanding intrapsychic and interpersonal phenomena and for insight and insight-oriented therapeutic interventions. This article outlines the development and permissions and nurturance psychological mindedness requires. Such a conceptualization allows one to consider deconfusion of the Child in terms of activating more mature ego state networks rather than in terms of insight into some specific content.