THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
The Signs of Separation Trauma?
This Film Tells Us A Lot

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | July 26, 2018 |

Tim Wardle’s documentary, Three Identical Strangers, is a timely and disturbing account of the trauma of early separation. As a psychoanalyst who specializes in separation trauma, I left the theater shaken and troubled. Children aren’t for using. They aren’t for self-serving studies, proving points, or punishing parents (yes, Trump and your cronies, that’s you.) The…

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TRAINWRECK
What Makes Amy Run?

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | July 21, 2015

How is a little girl destined to live her life when her father gives her this reason for leaving her Mom: “Monogamy isn’t realistic … What if that’s the only doll you’ll ever get to play with your whole life? You wouldn’t want just one doll, would you? That’s why Mom and I are getting…

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