Characters on the Couch
Film & Television Blog
by Dr. Sandra Cohen
AMY SCHUMER
Not A Trainwreck
A Women’s Self-Esteem Advocate
Amy Schumer just might be the most vocal supporter and spokeswoman for twenty and thirty-something women. They all need her for their all-too-common struggles with self-esteem, body image, sexuality, and doubts about their lovability. We all do at whatever age. Thankfully, Amy likes “tackling the stuff nobody else talks about, like the darkest, most serious…
LOVE AND MERCY
4 Signs Of A Bad Therapist
& How You Could Get Hooked
Take a musical genius and sensitive boy. Say that boy hears musical notes and whole ensembles in his head. Add a jealous and demeaning father. What’s the result? Critical voices in that boy’s head fighting with the songs and the self that are trying to come alive. Mix in drugs and alcohol to shut those…
OBAMA’S EULOGY
FOR REVEREND PINCKNEY
A Way To Solve Hate
I’ve been thinking about something President Obama said in his heartfelt eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney at the AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 26, 2015. If we, as a nation, can do what he suggests, we just might put another piece in the puzzle of solving hate’s violence. Yes, Barack…
