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26/12/2025•TV & Film Psychology
Heated Rivalry Ending Explained: Why Love Needs an Enemy (Season 2 Theories)
A therapist's analysis of the Heated Rivalry finale. Explore why Shane and Ilya's rivalry is a psychological defence and what it means for Season 2.
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28/11/2025•TV & Film Psychology
Stranger Things 'Sorcerer': Will Byers and the Wounded Healer
The sensitive kid never gets to be the hero. They feel too much, notice too much, carry everyone's anxiety in their body before a word is spoken...
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07/11/2025•TV & Film Psychology
Pluribus Episodes 1 & 2 Review: What the Show Gets Right About Emotional Avoidance (Spoilers)
There's a new show on Apple TV that accidentally nails something most therapy never addresses: what happens when happiness stops being a feeling and becomes a defence.
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30/10/2025•TV & Film Psychology
What The Roses Gets Wrong About Couples Therapy
The Roses opens in a couples therapy session. Ivy and Theo Rose are asked to name ten things they love about each other. What the film gets wrong is the therapist's response.
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12/03/2025•TV & Film Psychology
The Severance of Therapy
In Severance, workers undergo surgery to split their consciousness. It's meant as dystopian horror, but it captures something true about therapy: the peculiar separation that makes the work possible.
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