How do you deal with family members who just don't understand you? How can you build bridges and healthy relationships when you feel like you have nothing in common?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the absolutely spectacular weirdness of the Mitche...
2022-09-21 13:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you overcome greed and selfishness? Can compassion help someone who's been through and done things like Gollum has?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about some of the aspects of Gollum's personality and journey that could be seen as mental illness, wh...
2022-09-21 13:40:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Can someone actually get red out of their ledger? Can they repair their wrongs and find healing?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about Natasha Romanoff's (Black Widow's) journey to try to get red out of her ledger, as she moves from assassin to hero to h...
2022-09-21 13:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Silenzio Bruno!! How can you silence your doubts and fears? How can you be your authentic self?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explore these topics in Pixar's Luca, and how sharing who we are brings healthier relationships and helps us find joy and growth on...
2022-09-21 13:36:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Is Love Actually actually about love? Or is it more about infatuation?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright rank the relationships in Love, Actually to show which ones are the healthiest, and which ones seemed doomed for failure (or at least some pretty major prob...
2022-09-21 13:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
How can you navigate change, stress, or sadness? How can you be a good parent as your kids navigate those emotions?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright look to the absolutely delightful anime My Neighbor Totoro for some of the answers. This film is in many ways a...
2022-09-21 13:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
How can you find purpose and direction for your life? How can the choices you make help you find purpose and meaning?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright dive down the rabbit hole of the Matrix trilogy. They discuss the impacts of nature vs nurture on our lives, ...
2022-09-21 13:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonathan and Alan have almost reached the end of the Twilight saga. Can they make it through?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright break down what's wrong with the relationships in Breaking Dawn. There's some pretty toxic messaging about romantic relationships, wi...
2022-09-21 13:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Grief, trauma, parenting... these are all difficult to navigate under the best of circumstances, and nearly impossible during an apocalyptic monster invasion. Yet somehow John Krasinski and Emily Blunt face it all with strength and love in A Quiet Place.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker a...
2022-09-21 13:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you stay true to yourself, to your core values, when facing incredible challenges? How can you move forward and start to find healing after facing trauma?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire, from the Hunger Ga...
2022-09-21 13:23:32 +0000 UTC View Post
What can you do when you don't feel like you fit in? When you don't feel like you can fully be yourself?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright team up with psychiatrist Dr. Elliott Carthy to talk about acceptance -- of others, and of ourselves -- in Love, Simon. Th...
2022-09-21 13:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Coco shows how forgiveness and acceptance can bring healing, not just to one person, but to generations.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about intergenerational trauma, grief and loss, and what it takes to heal relationships as seen in Pixar's Coco. They...
2022-09-21 13:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
He's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and recently released from a psychiatric hospital. She's struggling to process the loss of her husband. Can they help each other heal?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are joined by actor Mason Davis as they talk about...
2022-09-21 13:18:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Morticia and Gomez might be obsessed with death, but they keep their romance very much alive!
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explain how Morticia and Gomez's relationship in the 1990's Barry Sonnenfeld version of The Addams Family illustrates the principles ...
2022-09-21 13:17:24 +0000 UTC View Post
How can you overcome childhood trauma? And how can facing a scary clown help you with that?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright discuss the journey of facing fears and confronting and overcoming trauma in the IT movies. They also talk about Jonathan's journey of ...
2022-09-21 13:12:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Why does trauma lead Picard to a place of rage? Why does Zefram Cochrane feel like an imposter in his success?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about Jean-Luc Picard's trauma response and journey of healing from PTSD from his encounter with the Borg and h...
2022-09-21 13:07:44 +0000 UTC View Post
James Bond might seem suave and debonair, but he's got some pretty toxic traits when it comes to relationships.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about all the reasons you definitely shouldn't model your life or relationships after the way James Bond appro...
2022-09-21 13:03:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Tale as old as time... girl becomes prisoner of terrifying beast, makes friends with his dishes and furniture, wears fancy ball gowns, falls in love...
But is it Stockholm syndrome? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about what Stockholm syndrome is (and is...
2022-09-21 12:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Why do Hiccup and Stoick struggle so much to connect with each other?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the father-son relationship in the How to Train Your Dragon movies. They talk about how Jay Baruchel's Hiccup and Gerard Butler's Stoick are so di...
2022-09-21 12:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
How can you overcome your own prejudices and biases? How can you learn to understand and love people with different life experiences than you?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright discuss seven tips to help you overcome prejudice, using examples from the film Phil...
2022-09-21 12:46:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright explore the themes of depression, the need for social connections, and more from the anime film A Silent Voice. They talk about the impacts of bullying, healing relationships, and finding forgiveness for ourselves and others.
2022-09-21 12:45:34 +0000 UTC View Post
What do you do when you and your parent just don't connect? When they're critical, and you just want comfort?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the relationship between Sarah Connor (the RIPPED Linda Hamilton) and her son John Connor (the intensely 9...
2022-09-21 12:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright continue the agony of watching the Twilight saga with Eclipse, and break down Edward and Jacob's terrible manipulation and control toward Bella. To Bella's credit, she actually stands up to them a few times, but they don't seem to le...
2022-09-21 12:41:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Anna is in many ways the opposite of her sister Elsa - she is open, trusting, warm, and loyal. This turns out to be both and strength and a weakness for Anna.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright discuss Anna's journey from anxious attachment to healthier relation...
2022-09-21 04:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
How does Robin Williams' portrayal of a therapist measure up to what therapy is like in real life?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Good Will Hunting to talk about the portrayals of therapy and therapists in this film. (Hint: he's Jonathan's fav...
2022-09-21 04:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We all know Regina George is a "mean girl" but she's definitely not the only one being manipulative and mean in Mean Girls.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are joined by Dr. Stephanie Sarkis to talk about Regina, Cady, Janis, and the toxic patterns of manipul...
2022-09-21 04:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Elsa shuts people out because she doesn't want to hurt the people she loves - especially her sister Anna. But shutting them out is what actually ends up hurting them.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Disney's iconic ice queen Elsa and her transf...
2022-09-21 04:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at what makes Indiana Jones such an iconic character - heroic, adventurous, barely escaping, punching nazis. Was it being created by George Lucas? Directed by Steven Spielberg? Portrayed perfectly by Harrison Ford? Why is...
2022-09-21 04:23:47 +0000 UTC View Post
How does this genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist overcome his arrogance, ego, guilt, and PTSD? Tony Stark can think his way out of almost any problem, but what happens when he can't? Or when he can't protect the people he cares about?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmak...
2022-09-21 04:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you ever feel like you're in a conversation but just talking right past each other? Merida and her mother frequently complain that the other just. won't. listen. At the start of the movie, their relationship is full of misunderstandings because they want to be understood, but don't try to unde...
2022-09-21 04:00:49 +0000 UTC View Post