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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Where Trauma Driven Obsession
Takes You & It’s Not Healing

May 8, 2021 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Cassie lost her very best friend (and only true soulmate) to suicide. Why? A violent and repeated rape seriously traumatized Nina and she couldn’t go on. And, no one listened. No one saw the rape as rape and no one blamed the rapist. It makes sense, doesn’t it, that Cassie can now think of nothing …

Read morePROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Where Trauma Driven Obsession
Takes You & It’s Not Healing

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Think Hope Is Dangerous?
Think Again
7 Reasons to Watch This Film

January 20, 2021 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Dr. Sandra Cohen, Beverly Hills psychoanalyst, writes about Shawshank Redemption, a film to watch during COVID-19, hope, & holding on to who you are & were.

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Think Hope Is Dangerous?
Think Again
7 Reasons to Watch This Film

Inspiration

“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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