A Jungian Perspective on the Therapist-Patient Relationship in Film: Cinema As Our Therapist

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Ruth Netzer

A Jungian Perspective on the Therapist-Patient Relationship in Film

Cinema As Our Therapist

Ruth Netzer

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Media studies; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Analytical & Jungian psychology; Psychotherapy

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 therapy; 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.

By: Ruth Netzer
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 444g
ISBN: 9781032608372
ISBN 10: 1032608374
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Personal Introduction 1. Psychological Aspects of Cinema 2. Therapist-Patient Relationships: Love and Death 3. Archetypes Activated in the Therapist-Patient Relationships 4. Therapists as Mirrored in Cinema 5. Cinema as a “Chief Supervisor” for Therapists 6. Cinema, Madness, and Anti-psychiatry 7. Therapy and Redemption: Myth, Healing, and Religious Symbolism 8. Therapy in Cinema: The Wholeness of the Self, the Union of Opposites

Ruth Netzer is a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst (senior lecturer and supervisor), poet, and painter, and does research in literature and cinema. She has published 12 non-fiction books on Jungian psychology and 12 books of poetry (which have won 5 literary awards), as well as scores of professional articles. She teaches at the School of Jungian Psychotherapy in Seminar HaKibbutzim College in Israel.

Reviews for A Jungian Perspective on the Therapist-Patient Relationship in Film: Cinema As Our Therapist

'Ruth Netzer, Israel's leading Jungian psychologist, is someone who has journeyed with creativity and originality deep into the human psyche. In her translucent writings we see a multidisciplinary scientist exploring analytically the full range of conscious and unconscious human motivation. Ruth's books and articles have become basic reading for the teaching of psychotherapy and cinema in Israel.' Dr. Uri Yaron, Seminar HaKibbutzim College 'I am glad to recommend Ruth Netzer’s book about cinema. Ruth Netzer is a well-known and respected senior Jungian Analyst, prolific writer and poet, who has contributed to the width of Jungian writings in Israel.' Dr. Erel Shalit, Author of The Cycle of Life: Themes and Tales of the Journey