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LOLITA PATHOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO LOSS INABILITY TO GRIEVE GRIEF

LOLITA
Humbert & Lolita?
Pathological Reactions To Loss

May 8, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

We’ve all been intrigued with Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita since the classic film arrived on the scene in 1962. But, isn’t the burning question: Is there more to understand about Humbert and Lolita beyond, “he’s a pedophile and she’s a troubled 14-year-old seductress?” The answer is yes, there’s plenty. Believe it or not, both have pathological …

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Humbert & Lolita?
Pathological Reactions To Loss
The Wife Why Some Women Sell Their Souls Loving A Narcisist

THE WIFE
Why Do Some Women
Sell Their Souls Loving A Narcissist?

August 26, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

*Spoiler Alert: Don’t Read Until You’ve Seen This Film* The Wife slowly and disturbingly reveals many things about Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) and her marriage to 1992 Nobel Prize Winner, Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). She’s lived a lie, loving a narcissist. Allowed it. She’s become merely “the wife.” But, when Joe asks her, as she …

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Why Do Some Women
Sell Their Souls Loving A Narcissist?
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3 About Those Gumdrops

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
About Those Gumdrops…

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

It could have been the perfect day in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3. For the first time in his young life, Bobby has his mom along for a field trip and he couldn’t be more excited.  It’s all going so well, too. “Me and my mom are having a conversation,” Bobby tells his teacher …

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About Those Gumdrops…
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3 Lies & Misunderstandings

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
Love, Lies, and Misunderstandings
Do Don and Megan Have a Chance?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Do Don and Megan have a chance in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3? Good relationships take trust and trust allows relationships to strengthen over time. As we’ve watched Don Draper over the years, we know he’s lied to people in his life for complicated reasons. After suffering a series of humiliating defeats in Mad …

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Love, Lies, and Misunderstandings
Do Don and Megan Have a Chance?

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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