Stimulating a Growth Mindset and Adaptive Schemas in Children via New Mind Creation

Samenvatting

Chronic toxic stress traps the developing brain in a survival mode, preventing the formation of adaptive schemas and the expression of core needs such as spontaneity and play. This article presents the "New Mind Creation" (NMC) procedure as a method to bridge the gap between a child's current neural pathways and their optimal developmental potential [1, 2]. Practice-based evidence suggests that the transdiagnostic ReAttach intervention [3] influences symptom networks, leading to significant reductions in internalizing and externalizing problems in children with mental health problems. By fostering positive identifications and applying the NMC technique, ReAttach promotes secure attachment and facilitates cognitive restructuring, creativity, spontaneity and play.