The popular online show, now a television series, features Fiona Wallice (Lisa Kudrow) who is branching into a new type of therapy. She decides that 3 minutes over web cam is better than 50 minutes of patients “rambling on.” By dramatically shortening session time, she hopes to get results more quickly. Her sessions take place […]
Reel Therapy: How Movies Inspire You to Overcome Life’s Problems
Gary Solomon’s Reel Therapy: How Movies can Help You Overcome Life’s Problems is a great follow up to his The Motion Picture Prescription. The new book is longer, and has a helpful introduction based on answering the common questions Solomon was asked as he promoted the first book. Reading Reel Therapy reminds us that understanding […]
Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
The popular and critically acclaimed teaching tool – movies as an aid to learning about mental illness – has just got even better! Now with even more practical features and expanded contents: full film index, ‘Authors’ Picks’, sample syllabus, and more international films. Films are a powerful medium for teaching students of psychology, social work, […]
Psychology at the Movies
Psychology at the Movies explores the insights to be gained by applying various psychological lenses to popular films including cinematic depictions of human behavior, the psychology of filmmakers, and the impact of viewing movies. Young does for both psychology and film theory what Zizek does for current political and cultural theory: he looks at complex […]
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