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Jon Hamm Wins Emmy Early Losses Not To Be Forgotten

EMMY’S 2015
Jon Hamm Wins!
Early Losses Not To Be Forgotten

September 22, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

I’ve been rooting for Jon Hamm. As a Mad Men enthusiast and psychoanalyst, I’ve written a number of pieces on the effects of Don Draper’s early trauma. Not only that, I’ve long admired the way Hamm brings Don’s very real struggles to life. Little did I know that his own early history, in some critical …

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Jon Hamm Wins!
Early Losses Not To Be Forgotten
An Emmy for Jon Hamm? Yes! For Playing A Traumatized Man

EMMY FOR JON HAMM?
Yes! For Portraying
A Traumatized Man

August 14, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jon Hamm deserves an Emmy for Don Draper. I agree with Variety’s Debra Birnbaum about that. But, I find it unfortunate that voters would only now consider awarding him that Emmy. As Birnbaum wrote, Jon Hamm likely hasn’t won in the past since “Don Draper … was a cheating husband, a neglectful father, an unapologetic …

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Yes! For Portraying
A Traumatized Man
Girls OCD #2 Dr. Rice's Failure

GIRLS
OCD#2 Dr. Rice’s Failure
4 Ways Not To Talk About OCD

May 11, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Have you ever wondered what’s on a psychologist’s “don’t do” list for a session with a patient? Go to Girls, Season 2, Episode 8, “It’s Back”, and re-watch Hannah’s (Lena Dunham) consultation with Dr. Rice (Bob Balaban). I know this is a comedy. But, in this post on Girls OCD #2 Dr. Rice’s Failure I …

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OCD#2 Dr. Rice’s Failure
4 Ways Not To Talk About OCD
Girls & Hannah's OCD

GIRLS
OCD # 1 Hannah’s Counting
Why The Number 8?

May 4, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

This is the first in a series of 4 Posts. What’s in Girls & Hannah’s OCD? The word OCD is tossed around too casually in our contemporary culture – as in “I’m so OCD” to mean “I’m a perfectionist.” Or “I like to have things organized and controlled.” Sure, those things can be true of people who …

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OCD # 1 Hannah’s Counting
Why The Number 8?

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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