A Jungian Perspective on the Therapist-Patient Relationship in Film
Ruth Netzer, B0CZB11BVM, 1032608374, 103260834X, 9781032608372, 9781032608341, 9781003460688, 978-1032608372, 978-1032608341, 978-1003460688, 978-1-032-60837-2, 978-1-032-60834-1, 978-1-003-46068-8
Within this book, Ruth Netzer explores the archetypal components of therapist-patient relations in cinema from the perspective of Jungian archetypal symbolism, and within the context of myth and ritual.
Film is a medium that is attracted to the extremes of this specific relationship, depicting the collapse of the accepted boundaries of therapyp; though on the other hand, cinema also loves the fantasy of therapy as intimacy. Through the medium of film, and employing examples from over 45 well-known films, the author analyzes the successes and failures of therapists within film, and reviews the concepts of transference and counter-transference and their therapeutic and redemptive powers, in contrast to their potential for destruction and exploitation within the context of a patient-therapist relationship.
This book will be a fascinating read for Jungian analysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists with an interest in the link between cinema and therapy, as well as filmmakers and students and teachers of film studies.