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r, emotions and beliefs. That could solve problems which are a result of re- the therapeutic approach as an important intervention 51
lationships that occur and transmit from generation to generation. The most of
the participants have often regulated psychobiological condition through non-
functional forms of behaviour and emotion (e.g. inappropriate communica-
tion, violence, self-injuring, various addictions, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
suppression of emotions, depression, disinterest).

In the evaluation (Možina et al., 2010), it was found out that the partici-
pants wish to have more common leisure activities (excursions, holidays, field
trips, afternoon activities), extension programs in the afternoons and psycho-
therapeutic help, also to their parents. In the program they have the feeling of
security and belonging, but it can also satisfy their relational needs, which un-
til now they have not been able to satisfy.

In achieving career goals of the participants an emphatic therapeu-
tic approach is very important because the individuals must first resolve all
symptomatic deep-rooted patterns of interpersonal interaction and thereby
strengthen appropriate and functional regulation of painful and destructive
affects. Surpassing old rooted patterns means consciously build new relation-
ships that will include all of those needs, desires, and feelings the participants
in the domestic environment from significant others were not given because
those were not able to or didn`t want to identify them.

On the therapy the participant can exceed the old patterns of behaviour,
emotions and beliefs and as mentioned by Gostečnik (2007, p. 280), the therapy
is interactive space in which the therapist must play the role of “good enough
mother” and establish a “safe space” in which the individual can be able to live
again.

Conclusions
Based on new pledged foundations of psychic structure and regulation of in-
adequate psychobiological condition, the participants can follow their educa-
tion or employment goals. The old clamps based on the mechanism of projec-
tion-introjection identification and consequent compulsive repetition does not
force them any longer to a vicious circle of non-functional interpersonal inter-
actions. To achieve its objectives, mentors need support of a variety of profes-
sionals. Because the program is not a therapeutic one and the mentors general-
ly are not therapists, it is extremely important that the mentors in the program,
unless they are also therapists, include other relational therapists.

For many participants the program is the only way out of the current
hardship and the only possibility of reactivation in everyday life. Many partic-
ipants in the program PUM-O for the first time experience safe, compassion-
ate, predictable and respectful relations. Thus, the participation in the program
serves as a safe place, where the participants receive basic security, feeling of
understanding, acceptance and value. The participation in program is also a
quality platform for further career.
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