racism

THE GREEN BOOK
What Do 2 Unlikely Travel Companions Teach Each Other
About Life & Friendship & Love?

February 3, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Peter Farrelly’s The Green Book poses a challenging question: what do 2 unlikely road companions possibly have to teach each other? A lot … even about friendship and love. But, with all their obvious differences, it’s an emotionally rocky road trip to get there. One of the 2 is Dr. Donald Shirley, a classically trained …

LEO HURWITZ
STRANGE VICTORY 1948
Hate: Its Tenacity and Its Purpose

November 13, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Leo Hurwitz’s powerful 1948 WWII documentary, with its ironic title Strange Victory (Watch Here), is just as timely today as it was then. Because the film explores the inescapable question: “If we won, why do we look as if we lost? And, if Hitler died, why does his voice still pursue us through the spaces …

CHARLESTON TRAGEDY
Psychotherapy Or Gun Control
For Violent Haters?

June 20, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Gun control versus mental health intervention for the risk of extreme violence like we saw recently in Charleston? Mental health services aren’t the answer. Therapy takes too long and someone like Dylan Roof would have to know the problem is his for therapy to be effective. Clearly, Dylan Roof has serious psychological problems. The obvious …

AMERICAN CRIME
What’s Made Barb The Racist She Is?

March 14, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Racism is a symptom in American Crime – a troubling and destructive one, to be sure. But, like any symptom, it has its personal roots. As a psychoanalyst, my work is to find the roots of any symptom brought into my office. And, with the multi-storied American Crime unfolding each week, the roots of Matt’s …

racism

THE GREEN BOOK What Do 2 Unlikely Travel Companions Teach Each Other About Life & Friendship & Love?

LEO HURWITZ STRANGE VICTORY 1948 Hate: Its Tenacity and Its Purpose

CHARLESTON TRAGEDYPsychotherapy Or Gun Control For Violent Haters?

AMERICAN CRIMEWhat’s Made Barb The Racist She Is?

THE GREEN BOOK
What Do 2 Unlikely Travel Companions Teach Each Other
About Life & Friendship & Love?

LEO HURWITZ
STRANGE VICTORY 1948
Hate: Its Tenacity and Its Purpose

CHARLESTON TRAGEDY
Psychotherapy Or Gun Control
For Violent Haters?

AMERICAN CRIME
What’s Made Barb The Racist She Is?