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MIT is a treatment specific to relatively difficult patients with complex personality and psychotic disorders. Owing to their relational difficulties, these patients can activate problematic interpersonal cycles during treatment, in which the therapist is involved. In turn, relational difficulties are related to reduced metacognitive skills. MIT aims to both manage the therapeutic relationship and encourage the development of metacognitive skills. The MIT treatment both includes the conscious use of the case formulation in order to promote metacognition and emphasizes the importance of relational experiences in sessions that are aimed at regulating the emotional tone of the session, to promote its recall and to manage moments of crisis in the alliance.
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Carcione, A., Semerari, A. (2021). Commentary on the Presentation of the Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy Model in Chapter “Strengths and Limitations of Case Formulation in Constructivist Cognitive Behavioral Therapies”. In: Ruggiero, G.M., Caselli, G., Sassaroli, S. (eds) CBT Case Formulation as Therapeutic Process. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63587-9_17
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