Jungian Perspective on the Therapist-Patient Relationship in Film

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>