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DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

How do you deal with family members who just don't understand you? How can you build bridges and healthy relationships when you feel like you have nothing in common?

Licensed therapist Jonath...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Villain Therapy: Gollum, Smeagol, and Dissociative Identity Disorder

Can you overcome greed and selfishness? Can compassion help someone who's been through and done things like Gollum has?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk ab...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: BLACK WIDOW

Can someone actually get red out of their ledger? Can they repair their wrongs and find healing?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about Natasha Romanoff's ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to LUCA

Silenzio Bruno!! How can you silence your doubts and fears? How can you be your authentic self?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explore these topics in Pixar's...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Ranking the Relationships in LOVE ACTUALLY

Is Love Actually actually about love? Or is it more about infatuation?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright rank the relationships in Love, Actually to show which o...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

How can you navigate change, stress, or sadness? How can you be a good parent as your kids navigate those emotions?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright look to the...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Is THE MATRIX TRILOGY a Philosophy 210 course?

How can you find purpose and direction for your life? How can the choices you make help you find purpose and meaning?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright dive down...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to BREAKING DAWN

Jonathan and Alan have almost reached the end of the Twilight saga. Can they make it through?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright break down what's wrong with the ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to A QUIET PLACE

Grief, trauma, parenting... these are all difficult to navigate under the best of circumstances, and nearly impossible during an apocalyptic monster invasion. Yet somehow John Krasinski and Emily B...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: Katniss Everdeen

How do you stay true to yourself, to your core values, when facing incredible challenges? How can you move forward and start to find healing after facing trauma?

Licensed therapist Jonathan D...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapists React to LOVE, SIMON with guest Dr. Elliott Carthy

What can you do when you don't feel like you fit in? When you don't feel like you can fully be yourself?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright team up with psychiatr...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to COCO

Coco shows how forgiveness and acceptance can bring healing, not just to one person, but to generations.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about intergenera...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Bipolar Romance in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK with guest Mason Davis

He's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and recently released from a psychiatric hospital. She's struggling to process the loss of her husband. Can they help each other heal?

Licensed thera...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: 7 Tips from THE ADDAMS FAMILY to Keep Your Marriage Alive

Morticia and Gomez might be obsessed with death, but they keep their romance very much alive!

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explain how Morticia and Gomez's ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to IT and Childhood Trauma

How can you overcome childhood trauma? And how can facing a scary clown help you with that?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright discuss the journey of facing fears...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT

Why does trauma lead Picard to a place of rage? Why does Zefram Cochrane feel like an imposter in his success?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about Jean-...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: 007 Dating Advice from a Relationship Therapist

James Bond might seem suave and debonair, but he's got some pretty toxic traits when it comes to relationships.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about all ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Animated)

Tale as old as time... girl becomes prisoner of terrifying beast, makes friends with his dishes and furniture, wears fancy ball gowns, falls in love...

But is it Stockholm syndrome? Licensed ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Why do Hiccup and Stoick struggle so much to connect with each other?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the father-son relationship in the How to Trai...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: 7 Keys to Overcoming Prejudice in PHILADELPHIA

How can you overcome your own prejudices and biases? How can you learn to understand and love people with different life experiences than you?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to A SILENT VOICE

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explore the themes of depression, the need for social connections, and more from the anime film A Silent Voice. They talk about the i...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: TERMINATOR 2 and Difficult Parents

What do you do when you and your parent just don't connect? When they're critical, and you just want comfort?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the re...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright continue the agony of watching the Twilight saga with Eclipse, and break down Edward and Jacob's terrible manipulation and control to...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: ANNA

Anna is in many ways the opposite of her sister Elsa - she is open, trusting, warm, and loyal. This turns out to be both and strength and a weakness for Anna.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Deck...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to Movie Therapist: GOOD WILL HUNTING

How does Robin Williams' portrayal of a therapist measure up to what therapy is like in real life?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Good Will Hun...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Who's the Meanest? Therapists React to MEAN GIRLS with Guest Dr. Stephanie Sarkis

We all know Regina George is a "mean girl" but she's definitely not the only one being manipulative and mean in Mean Girls.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: ELSA

Elsa shuts people out because she doesn't want to hurt the people she loves - especially her sister Anna. But shutting them out is what actually ends up hurting them.

Licensed therapist Jonat...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at what makes Indiana Jones such an iconic character - heroic, adventurous, barely escaping, punching nazis. Was it being...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: TONY STARK

How does this genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist overcome his arrogance, ego, guilt, and PTSD? Tony Stark can think his way out of almost any problem, but what happens when he can't? Or w...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to BRAVE

Do you ever feel like you're in a conversation but just talking right past each other? Merida and her mother frequently complain that the other just. won't. listen. At the start of the movie, their...