Mentalizing, Mindfulness, and the Drive for Evidence - 3 Quarks Daily

Mentalizing, Mindfulness, and the Drive for Evidence - 3 Quarks Daily

by Marie Snyder In reading about attachment theory, David Wallin‘s description of Peter Fonagy’s work was intriguing, so I went down that rabbit hole. Fonagy developed Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) to improve emotional regulation, as distinct from Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Fonagy sees our mental development as relational, but in order to have empathy for others, we need awareness of our own feelings, which…