Film Series: Mommie Dearest by Laura McMaster, LMFT
Joan’s Wire Hangers: Reconciling that Recollection is the Best Fake We Have on Hand Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Many psychotherapists struggle to reconstruct patients' early life stories and parse external reality from unconscious phantasies. This challenge is further complicated by pervasive images, prejudices, and power dynamics that imbue even the most private traumas with cultural meanings. ... Read more