A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.
- Sigmund Freud
Dave and I saw the movie, "A Dangerous Method" a while back. Don't feel bad if you have heard of it. It's not a mainstream movie.
It's basically about early days of psychoanalysis and the love/hate relationship between Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud.
The definition of psychoanalysis involves mental health issues that develop out of unmet or traumatic sexual issues - and some other stuff.
It also involves the analyst facing away from the patient rather than facing the patient.
Carl Jung has an interesting way of treating his most famous female patient. It involves a long term, weird, kinky, violent sexual relationship.
But I liked the movie. It wasn't boring. And I learned some things. For instance, I learned that only the very wealthy were recognized as being worthy of treatment. Jung didn't even acknowledge those who were there to serve him. As far as I could see, neither Freud no Jung showed the slightest compassion.
Michael Fassbender plays the wildly uptight Carl Jung. Viggo Mortenson plays the wildly insecure Sigmund Freud. Keira Knightly plays the crazy patient who becomes Jung's crazy mistress and, later on, a therapist.
Vincent Cassel plays Otto Gross, a crazy therapist turned patient turned therapist - who could have coined the phrase "If it feels good, do it."
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- Sigmund Freud
Dave and I saw the movie, "A Dangerous Method" a while back. Don't feel bad if you have heard of it. It's not a mainstream movie.
It's basically about early days of psychoanalysis and the love/hate relationship between Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud.
The definition of psychoanalysis involves mental health issues that develop out of unmet or traumatic sexual issues - and some other stuff.
It also involves the analyst facing away from the patient rather than facing the patient.
Carl Jung has an interesting way of treating his most famous female patient. It involves a long term, weird, kinky, violent sexual relationship.
But I liked the movie. It wasn't boring. And I learned some things. For instance, I learned that only the very wealthy were recognized as being worthy of treatment. Jung didn't even acknowledge those who were there to serve him. As far as I could see, neither Freud no Jung showed the slightest compassion.
Michael Fassbender plays the wildly uptight Carl Jung. Viggo Mortenson plays the wildly insecure Sigmund Freud. Keira Knightly plays the crazy patient who becomes Jung's crazy mistress and, later on, a therapist.
Vincent Cassel plays Otto Gross, a crazy therapist turned patient turned therapist - who could have coined the phrase "If it feels good, do it."
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