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Psychological Mindedness: A Neglected Developmental Line in Permissions to Think

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Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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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.

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James R. Allen

James R. Allen, M.D., FRCP (C), M.P.H., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, is professor of psychiatry and behavioral science and Rainbolt Chair of Child Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Sevim Bennett

Sevim Bennett, M.D., is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, and director of the Child-Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation Service, The Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Lauri Kearns

Lauri Kearns, M.D., is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and assistant professor of pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.