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16Jan

What Shere Hite's Life and Work Tells Us About Women and Sex

Camilla Nicholls

films, sex, society, women

Therapists

A documentary about the life and work of American author Shere Hite, whose 1976 book The Hite Report into female sexuality sold 48 million copies worldwide, tells us much about gender inequality
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15Nov

How to Have Sex: A Therapist Reviews

Camilla Nicholls

adolescents, film, films, sex, teenagers, teens

Therapists

How to Have Sex is a compelling debut by Molly Manning Walker. A rites-of-passage drama that follows young Brits abroad to Crete on a mission to lose their virginity, psychotherapist Camilla Nicholls explores its themes of confusion and consent
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20Oct

On the Adamant: A Testament to the Transformative Power of Culture

Camilla Nicholls

art, creativity, films, society

Therapists

On the Adamant is a compassionate documentary following the clients and caregivers at a mental health centre within a unique floating structure on the river Seine. Psychotherapist Camilla Nicholls reviews
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06Apr

How Writing a Film About My Invisible Disability Helped Me Grieve

Charlotte Paradise

chronicfatigue, disability, films, health, identity, illness

Body

Charlotte Paradise has been living with pain and fatigue for seven years – here she shares her experience of having a largely invisible disability and how writing a film about her experience has helped.
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07Nov

Joker from a Therapist's Perspective: Reflections on Mental Health and Society

William Leifer

films, society

Therapists

Therapist William Leifer reviews Joker from a psychotherapeutic perspective – how well does the film portray mental health?
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14Sep

Dangerous ‘Therapy’ in The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Jacqueline Palmer

films, sexuality, teenagers

Therapists

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a film that examines the dangers of anti-gay therapy in the US
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28Mar

What Therapists Can Learn from this Year’s Oscar Winners

Johnathan Sunley

couples, films, love, marriage, relationships, therapy

Therapists

What can we learn about couples relationships by watching this year's Oscar-winning movies asks therapist Johnathan Sunley
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16Mar

Lady Bird: My Mother My Self Revisited

Jacqueline Palmer

films, mother

Therapists

An intelligent, honest portrayal of how an adolescent girl and her mother break each other's hearts repeatedly is the story of Oscar-nominated film Lady Bird
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06Feb

Hostiles: A Realistic Portrait of Long-Term Relationships?

Ajay Khandelwal

films, relationships

Therapists

Psychoanalyst Ajay Khandelwal considers what new movie Hostiles might be able to teach us about long-term relationships
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25Jan

The Shape of Water: Exploring the 'Other'

Ajay Khandelwal

films

Therapists

Psychoanalytic therapist Ajay Khandelwal looks deep into the meaning of Oscar hopeful film The Shape of Water
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