How Connecting Heals Trauma – Max from STRANGER THINGS

From Cinema Therapy.

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How do you make healthy connections when you’ve never had them?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Max’s hero journey from Stranger Things. They talk about avoidant attachment as a trauma response and how to work through that, like music therapy. We’re going to miss Stranger Things – put your Stranger Things requests in the comments!

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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright, Alan Seawright, and Corinne Demyanovich
Edited by: David Sant
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English Transcription by: Anna Preis
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