Making sense of life, one blockbuster at a time.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and professional filmmaker Alan Seawright break down your favorite movies, searching the characters, themes and plots to find things you can use to improve your mental health, your life, your looks? and your cardiovascular fitness (nope.)
Join them and their guests as they try to improve life, laugh at each other, and keep Alan from crying over everything.
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From Cinema Therapy. We put a ton of work and love into our Patreon, Cinema Therapy Studios, to make bonus content for you like extended, ad-free director’s cuts; bloopers, sketch comedy, behind-the-scenes videos; deep dives on therapy and filmmaking topics; and much more! Join our Patreon today: https://www.patreon.com/c/CinemaTherapy What do you do when you realize…
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