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Everything Everywhere All At Once Breaking Out of Someone Else's Box

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
ALL AT ONCE
Breaking Out Of Someone Else’s Box

March 13, 2023 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Who chooses what’s “right” for you? In the best of worlds, you do. But, if you’re afraid to trust your own voice, it can be very hard to believe that. Especially when there are people in your life, and other voices inside, who tell you they know the right answers. And, so, in Everything Everywhere …

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ALL AT ONCE
Breaking Out Of Someone Else’s Box
Writers Need Help With A Character Get It A Therapist

WRITERS
NEED HELP WITH A CHARACTER?
Get It A Therapist

October 25, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

I’m a therapist and a writer. As a writer, one of the things I do is write this blog called Characters On The Couch where I play therapist to your favorite Film & TV characters. As a writer, I also know that some writing flows more easily than others. Developing psychologically complex characters can be particularly challenging. …

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NEED HELP WITH A CHARACTER?
Get It A Therapist
Busyness Are you blocking something out?

BUSYNESS
Are You Blocking Something Out?

September 26, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Stuart Whatley of the Huffington Post headlines his 9/25/15 article called The Myth Of Busyness in this way: “We in the West aren’t as freed up as we should be, but we also aren’t as busy as we’re constantly told.”  I found it interesting to read his detailed article on realities and fantasies about our …

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Are You Blocking Something Out?
Jessie Rosen & Therapy Shame Don't Let These 3 Reasons Stop You From Getting Help

‘THERAPY SHAME’
Don’t Let These 3 Reasons
Stop You From Getting Help

September 19, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

It’s hard to admit you need help. Everyone knows that therapy is out there, but as soon as you consider it, a voice in your head tells you all the shameful reasons NOT to go. Don’t let that voice stop you. Therapy Shame is real. But, listen to what Jessie Rosen says instead.  She’s been …

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Don’t Let These 3 Reasons
Stop You From Getting Help
Stage Fright If You're Terrified To Perform There's An Answer

STAGE FRIGHT
If You’re Terrified To Perform
There’s An Answer

July 30, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Joan Acocella’s comprehensive New Yorker piece (August 3, 2015) “I Can’t Go On!” concludes: “There seems to be no cure for stage fright.” That’s not true. For stage fright to be cured or at the very least tolerably minimized, a deeply personal understanding must be found for each person’s fears. I’m a psychoanalyst who treats …

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If You’re Terrified To Perform
There’s An Answer

OBAMA’S EULOGY
FOR REVEREND PINCKNEY
A Way To Solve Hate

July 7, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

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 …

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FOR REVEREND PINCKNEY
A Way To Solve Hate
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“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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