Power of words and language. I do a lot of this in real life with adult patients. Parents / children - the dynamic can also be shaped in adulthood. I’ve covered this in the course on Brain/ Body/ Mind / Therapeutic relationship - integrating neurobiology and psychodynamics. We underplay the role of words and doses of words and what they provide. I use ‘doses’ as they link to specific emotional domains. Affect labelling has a neurobiological impact. In adults who have not heard it in childhood do not have this language. The clinician can shape it now. My family meetings at times go on for a few hours working on this. It’s fascinating to identify what has been missing/ why / what was needed etc and a shared understanding of paradoxes. A key issue in psychodynamic therapy at times is that the wider family system may not be actively shaped through family meetings. IMO it ‘enhances the process’ ( and I don’t mean it in time only) and makes a big difference in creating a shared understanding. It’s about shaping the world they live in.