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Mad Men Season 7 Finale It's The Real Thing 4 Ways We'd See A Changed Don

MAD MEN Season 7 Finale
It’s The Real Thing
4 Ways We’d See A Changed Don

June 2, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

We’re left to wonder: what will become of Don Draper (Jon Hamm)? As Coca Cola’s hilltop jingle ends Mad Men Season 7 Finale, we have questions that don’t have answers. Has Don changed? Or, is he just the quintessential ad man – a man who escapes into his stories because they’re better than his personal …

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It’s The Real Thing
4 Ways We’d See A Changed Don
Mad Men Season 7 Finale

MAD MEN Season 7 Finale
Sally & Her Brothers
Children Who Can’t Grieve

May 30, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

We’re all still talking about Mad Men Season 7 Finale. And, yes, I agree – the characters often hit close to home with many of life’s painful realities. Yet, I have to say that the tongue-in-cheek jingle at Mad Men’Season 7 Finale was a bit too disturbing. Leaving Sally (Kiernan Shipka) doing dishes in the …

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Sally & Her Brothers
Children Who Can’t Grieve
Mad Men Season 7 Finale Is Therapy For Don Esalen Style Enough?

MAD MEN Season 7 Finale
Therapy For Don Esalen Style
Is It Enough?

May 19, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Mad Men Season 7 Finale takes Don Draper (Jon Hamm) to the ultimate darkness of the soul, only to end up … Where? It seems a tragic cosmic joke to leave the Draper – Francis family the only ones with loose ends. Don might be back on his game, conjuring up the world’s greatest Coca-Cola …

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Therapy For Don Esalen Style
Is It Enough?
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 10 4 Clues Don Draper Just Might Make It

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 10
4 Clues Why Don Draper
Just Might Make It

April 21, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is finally beginning to face how much his past lives inside him in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 10. Plus, all the mistakes he’s made and the ways he’s sabotaged love because of it. At least it sure seems that way. When he says to Johnny Mathis in episode 10, Forecast: “Take responsibility …

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4 Clues Why Don Draper
Just Might Make It

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