Introduction

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Standard Standard

Introduction. / Huskinson, L.A.; Huskinson, L.; Waddell, T.
Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014. ed. Routledge, 2014. p. 1-12.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

HarvardHarvard

Huskinson, LA, Huskinson, L & Waddell, T 2014, Introduction. in Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014 edn, Routledge, pp. 1-12.

APA

Huskinson, L. A., Huskinson, L., & Waddell, T. (2014). Introduction. In Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television (2014 ed., pp. 1-12). Routledge.

CBE

Huskinson LA, Huskinson L, Waddell T. 2014. Introduction. In Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014 ed. Routledge. pp. 1-12.

MLA

Huskinson, L.A., L. Huskinson and T. Waddell "Introduction". Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014 udg., Routledge. 2014, 1-12.

VancouverVancouver

Huskinson LA, Huskinson L, Waddell T. Introduction. In Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014 ed. Routledge. 2014. p. 1-12

Author

Huskinson, L.A. ; Huskinson, L. ; Waddell, T. / Introduction. Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. 2014. ed. Routledge, 2014. pp. 1-12

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Introduction

AU - Huskinson, L.A.

AU - Huskinson, L.

AU - Waddell, T.

PY - 2014/12/3

Y1 - 2014/12/3

N2 - 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. The book evaluates the potential mismatch between the onscreen psychotherapist, whose raison d’être is to entertain and engage global audiences, and the professional, real-life counterpart, who becomes intimately involved with the dramas of their patients. 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 demonstrates the importance of psychotherapy and psychotherapists on-screen in assisting us to wrestle with the discomfort – and humour - of our lives. Offering a unique insight into perceptions of psychotherapy, Eavesdropping will be essential and insightful reading for analytical psychologists, psychoanalysts, academics and students of depth psychology, film and television studies, media studies and literature, as well as filmmakers.

AB - 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. The book evaluates the potential mismatch between the onscreen psychotherapist, whose raison d’être is to entertain and engage global audiences, and the professional, real-life counterpart, who becomes intimately involved with the dramas of their patients. 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 demonstrates the importance of psychotherapy and psychotherapists on-screen in assisting us to wrestle with the discomfort – and humour - of our lives. Offering a unique insight into perceptions of psychotherapy, Eavesdropping will be essential and insightful reading for analytical psychologists, psychoanalysts, academics and students of depth psychology, film and television studies, media studies and literature, as well as filmmakers.

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780415814102

SP - 1

EP - 12

BT - Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television

PB - Routledge

ER -