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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 2
Is There Hope for Don and Sally?

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | August 1, 2014

Is there hope for love in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2? Maybe between Don (Jon Ham) and Sally (Kiernan Shipka).  But, first of all, Don needs to stop lying – and, finally, in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2, he’s beginning to come clean. You see, Don’s lies catch up to him when Sally…

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MAD MEN Season 7 Preview
Don Draper’s Shame
The Toll of Living a Lie

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | August 1, 2014

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) has been running from his past through the last six seasons of Mad Men. At least, he’s tried his best – amidst flashbacks and his brother’s return. To me as a psychoanalyst, there’s no doubt he’s a traumatized man. A man using various methods, mostly affairs, and alcohol, to convince himself it’s…

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