Comments on: #145 – A Psychoanalyst’s View of HBO’s “In Treatment” http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/ All the psychology you need to know and just enough to make you dangerous Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: ACT http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-610 ACT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:18 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/#comment-610 Great show! I haven't been able to watch 'In Treatment' yet, but do have a few waiting for me on Tivo. I can't wait to watch! PS - You and Dr. Cohen make a great podcasting team - you should definitely do more shows together! :) Great show! I haven’t been able to watch ‘In Treatment’ yet, but do have a few waiting for me on Tivo. I can’t wait to watch!

PS – You and Dr. Cohen make a great podcasting team – you should definitely do more shows together! :)

]]> By: honeyrococo http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-505 honeyrococo Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:22:27 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/#comment-505 Oh...I guess there is something called "Flash Fiction" too -- that is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction So I hope the original writer won't be bothered that I took the discussion somewhere else entirely! Alas! Oh…I guess there is something called “Flash Fiction” too — that is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction

So I hope the original writer won’t be bothered that I took the discussion somewhere else entirely! Alas!

]]> By: honeyrococo http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-504 honeyrococo Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:29:25 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/#comment-504 To clarify, I meant that I was through with the free episodes of "In Treatment" -- not (hopefully) with the free episodes of "Shrink Rap Radio"! Oops! To clarify, I meant that I was through with the free episodes of “In Treatment” — not (hopefully) with the free episodes of “Shrink Rap Radio”! Oops!

]]> By: honeyrococo http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-503 honeyrococo Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:27:52 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/#comment-503 Hi! No time to write, just to say "Great Show", (although I am already through with the free episodes and have no access to the new ones, alas) Also to mention that it is always disturbing to remember that I sound like a 12 year old when I speak! And finally, to wonder if that person whose letter you read said "Slash fiction" instead of "Flash fiction"? I at least have heard of Slash fiction which is where people write romantic / erotic sexual stories wherein fictional characters from popular fiction are re-cast into stories foregrounding same-sex relationships. Some popular ones are, for example, stories of the romantic / erotic love between Kirk and Spock, or Scully and Seven of Nine, or Buffy and Willow, or Mulder and Skinner, etc. The "Slash" is the "/" that is usually placed between these names e.g. "Kirk/Spock" or "K/S" ...You can find examples online as there are lots of Fan Fiction sites that feature/publish these stories. I first learned of this in the book "NASA/TREK: Popular Science and Sex in America" by Constance Penley... http://books.google.com/books?id=oBEWH97mGVsC&dq=nasa+trek&pg=PP1&ots=b3BE5q-efd&sig=Wi--CpRXRva-q-FadFtLYKDc6vU&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?q=nasa+trek&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPP1,M1 She used to teach (and maybe she still does?" in the Film & Media Studies program at UC Santa Barbara. More soon! Hi! No time to write, just to say “Great Show”, (although I am already through with the free episodes and have no access to the new ones, alas)

Also to mention that it is always disturbing to remember that I sound like a 12 year old when I speak!

And finally, to wonder if that person whose letter you read said “Slash fiction” instead of “Flash fiction”? I at least have heard of Slash fiction which is where people write romantic / erotic sexual stories wherein fictional characters from popular fiction are re-cast into stories foregrounding same-sex relationships. Some popular ones are, for example, stories of the romantic / erotic love between Kirk and Spock, or Scully and Seven of Nine, or Buffy and Willow, or Mulder and Skinner, etc. The “Slash” is the “/” that is usually placed between these names e.g. “Kirk/Spock” or “K/S” …You can find examples online as there are lots of Fan Fiction sites that feature/publish these stories. I first learned of this in the book “NASA/TREK: Popular Science and Sex in America” by Constance Penley…

http://books.google.com/books?id=oBEWH97mGVsC&dq=nasa+trek&pg=PP1&ots=b3BE5q-efd&sig=Wi–CpRXRva-q-FadFtLYKDc6vU&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?q=nasa+trek&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPP1,M1

She used to teach (and maybe she still does?” in the Film & Media Studies program at UC Santa Barbara.

More soon!

]]> By: Marc Kessler http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Marc Kessler Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:26:38 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/03/28/145-a-psychoanalysts-view-of-hbos-in-treatment/#comment-475 I agree with your view of In Treatment. I think it is the best depiction of therapy that I have ever seen. A couple of points, first Mitchell is referred to in one or two of Paul's sessions with Gina, so perhaps the "Institute" was Interpersonal. Second, having served on a licensing board, I am less optimistic than Dr. Cohen about the influence of training on therapist acting out. Unfortunately, the data don't support the hope that more training will protect the therapist. Supervision may not protect either, but perhaps it might help to head off counter-transference acting out. Thanks for the thoughtful discussion. Marc Kessler, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Vermont I agree with your view of In Treatment. I think it is the best depiction of therapy that I have ever seen.

A couple of points, first Mitchell is referred to in one or two of Paul’s sessions with Gina, so perhaps the “Institute” was Interpersonal.

Second, having served on a licensing board, I am less optimistic than Dr. Cohen about the influence of training on therapist acting out. Unfortunately, the data don’t support the hope that more training will protect the therapist.
Supervision may not protect either, but perhaps it might help to head off counter-transference acting out.

Thanks for the thoughtful discussion.

Marc Kessler, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Vermont

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