The Healing Movie Book (Precious Images: The Healing Use of Cinema in Psychotherapy)

This exciting book: 1. Removes the mystery of psychotherapy, explaining in clear, lively prose, what it’s for, how it works, and why it works. 2. Shows how pivotal scenes from commercially available movies, spanning more than 70 years can facilitate the positive outcome of a psychotherapy. 3. Includes plot outlines and analyses of 169 movies from a unique Psychiatric viewpoint that makes classic films fresh for even the most seasoned movie-lover. 4. Informs and entertains with anecdotes and poignant clinical tales peppered throughout the text.