What can depictions of psychotherapy on screen teach us about ourselves? In Eavesdropping, a selection of contributions from internationally-based film consultants, practicing psychotherapists and interdisciplinary scholars investigate the curious dynamics that occur when films and television programmes attempt to portray the psychotherapist, and the complexities of psychotherapy, for popular audiences.
Key Features
- Evaluates the potential mismatch between onscreen psychotherapists and their real-life counterparts.
- Demonstrates the importance of psychotherapy and psychotherapists on-screen.
- Provides unique insights for analytical psychologists, psychoanalysts, and students.
- Addresses the discomfort and humour of our lives through the lens of psychotherapy.
Additional Information
While several contributors conclude that actual psychotherapy, and the way psychotherapists and their clients grapple with notions of fantasy and reality, would make a rather poor show, Eavesdropping offers essential and insightful reading for students of depth psychology, film and television studies, media studies and literature, as well as filmmakers.
