Evento Científico

Trust in communication and communication for trust 

Parallel lecture (P10)

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION: THE ROLE OF EPISTEMIC TRUST AND MENTALIZING
Prof. Martin DEBBANÉ 

In this presentation, we will discuss key processes and factors involved in therapeutic communication. Building on research from developmental psychology and resilience studies, we first introduce some of the most salient psychological factors contributing and sustaining mental health. Then drawing on research in different therapeutic settings, we outline what appears to constitute the fundamental processes involved in therapeutic communication. Initial contact between the help-seeker and the caregiving resource is determined at the individual, interpersonal and contextual levels. The experience of being listened to and the possibility to perceive the caregiving intention is critical to the initial contact. We further develop the concept of mentalizing as a cornerstone in the listening process. The experience of being sensitively mentalized is thought to strongly contribute to fostering trust, not only between the communicative dyad, but specifically fosters trust on the value of the information communicated by the caregiving resource. Epistemic trust represents the attribution of trust in a source of knowledge, wherein information can be considered relevant to the self, pertinent to one’s understand of the context, and generalisable to real-life settings. When therapeutic communication can not only sustain the feeling of being listened to, also actively understood, the rekindling of epistemic trust critically contributes to the generalisability of the therapeutic effect beyond the communicative exchange. We will seek to frame this overall process in a social evolutionary approach to therapeutic communication leading to learning from experience. 

TRANSFORM YOURSELF BY COMMUNICATING. 

THE 5 RULES METHOD OF BIOGRAPHICAL-SOLIDARITY COMMUNICATION

Prof. Savino CALABRESE

In the context of philosophical practices, the '5 rules' encourage mutual growth through: the valorization of differences; dialogic comparison; the biographical anchoring (to one's own experience) of what is communicated; the free exchange of experiences that is not a mere contrast of theses; respect and empathy towards others, avoiding the superposition of one's own interpretations on what the interlocutor expresses; the appreciation of different points of view, even when perceived as unusual or difficult; the simultaneous suspension of judgment which favors the awareness and emerge of one's own shadow sides.
Communicating is a transformative and growth practice. 


Día 3

Viernes

20 Octubre

11.00 - 12.30 Conferencias paralelas / Talleres

  • Code: P10
  • Duration: 90 min
  • Language: English
  • Translations: German - Italian
LECTURER

Prof. Martin DEBBANÉ  

Martin Debbané is Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva (Switzerland), and Professor of Psychopathology at the Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London (UK). His research focuses on the development of psychopathology and resilience in youths and young adults, integrating clinical, experimental and developmental psychology methods together with neuroscientific research. He is trainer, supervisor and practitioner of mentalization-based therapy, with a specialization in early psychosis, personality disorders and ADHD.

https://www.unige.ch/fapse/psychoclinique/unites/upcd/membres/debbane/


LECTURER

Prof. Savino CALABRESE

Biographical analyst with a philosophical orientation (www.sabof.it); professor at the Free University of Autobiography of Anghiari (www.lua.it) and at Philo, Higher School of Philosophical Practices of Milan (www.scuolaphilo.it) in the 'Mitobiografica' path.

Recommended

Books

Prof. Martin DEBBANE’

Debbané, Martin: Mentalizzazione. Dalla teoria alla pratica clinica, Edra, 2018 

Debbané, Martin; Perroud, Nader; Speranza, Mario; Prada, Paco; and Margaux Bouteloup: Mentaliser : la clé des interactions humaines, deboeck superieur, 2022

Bateman, Anthony; Fonagy, Peter; Campbell, Chloe; Luyten, Patric; Debbané, Martin: Cambridge Guide to Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Cambridge University Press, 2023