Cinematherapy can be useful in mental health treatment and recovery.

 

Do you use movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, etc. in your therapeutic work. If so, can you name such a film or video and how you use it?

Yesterday, I finished the Netflix TV series, (8 episodes) of Escape at Dannemora. I remember when this happened in 2015. This is a soap operish kind of story with a narrative that is predictable. What might be interesting is how manipulable people can be in institutional settings and how creative people can be in totalizing circumstances. 

I am not sure how I might use this series in therapy but Tilly demonstrates some of the signs and symptoms of what might be called "inadequate personality disorder." Her insecurities contribute to compulsive sexual behavior which gets her into criminal behavior with two of the inmates.

At any rate, do you have movies or TV shows that you refer to for therapeutic purposes in your work with clients?

If you have been a mental health patient, are there movies, novels, TV shows that have helped you resolve and transcend the mental health problems which have challenged you/