Characters on the Couch
Film & Television Blog
by Dr. Sandra Cohen
CHARLESTON TRAGEDY
Psychotherapy Or Gun Control
For Violent Haters?
Gun control versus mental health intervention for the risk of extreme violence like we saw recently in Charleston? Mental health services aren’t the answer. Therapy takes too long and someone like Dylan Roof would have to know the problem is his for therapy to be effective. Clearly, Dylan Roof has serious psychological problems. The obvious…
WOMEN BEWARE
“The Narcissist Next Door”
by Jeffrey Kluger
Women Beware. Of the Narcissist. That face that begs for love.* I know. It seems like love. The two of you are amazingly in sync. You’ve found your soul mate. Suddenly, things change. What happened? He’s wonderful, right? There must be something wrong with you. There’s not. A Narcissist is a master at the beginning…
WAYWARD PINES
A Mind Of Your Own?
Think Again.
We’re being led astray in The Truth, just like the people in Wayward Pines. The big reveal seems far from the real story. Otherwise, why was Dr. Jenkins (Toby Jones) AKA David Pilcher in Seattle telling Ethan’s boss (who wanted to call it off), “It’s been done, Adam? Nothing for you to worry about.” Why did…
