Using Movies in Therapy (#265)

Religion on the Mind

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this mid-week episode (full version is available on Patreon!) I am joined by Jenny Hamilton, a licensed therapist and senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln in the UK, talking about her peer-reviewed movie therapy method. We discussed how films can provide a unique form of escapism while also helping foster empathy by allowing viewers to experience the world through someone else's perspective. Jenny emphasized the importance of tailoring selections to each individual client's interests, issues, and comfort level. We also touched on the value of using well-known films as a common reference point, which can help build rapport and facilitate deeper conversations. Should I find a guest or two who wants to try out the MOVIE Method, perhaps for a Patreon episode? We would watch a well-known movie and then talk through some journaling/response “homework” based on Jenny’s approach? Let me know! Jenny's Website: https://jennyhamiltoncounselling.wordpress.com/ Jenny's Podcast "The Movie Method": https://open.spotify.com/show/3hx4QmEz4LfQOoxqScwEU8?si=a4c8760608624958 The conversation article: https://theconversation.com/watching-movies-could-be-good-for-your-mental-health-214325 Jenny's Twitter @JennyHa0216 ___________________________________________ Get Tickets for Theology Beer Camp 2024 Use Code ReturnofYHP for $50 off your ticket! ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everybody, to You Have Permission, the show that aims to take both Christianity
0:08.9	and the modern world of science and culture very seriously. My name's Dan Koch. I'm a licensed
0:14.7	therapist and a post-evangelical liberal Christian, just trying to understand myself in any way I can. And this week,
0:23.3	I'm doing that through the movies. I am joined today by Jenny Hamilton, licensed therapist,
0:29.7	and senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln across the pond in
0:35.2	the UK. Jenny, thanks for being here.
0:38.0	Hi, Dan.
0:39.7	Thanks so much for inviting me on.
0:42.5	I'm really, really thrilled to be joining you today.
0:50.4	And Jenny, you are here because you have developed a peer-reviewed method for using films with therapy clients.
0:52.6	The listeners who know me, I don't know, maybe the 50th percentile and up know immediately
0:58.5	why you're here and understand why I'm so interested in that.
1:01.8	But when did you first realize that you cared about movies?
1:08.1	Oh, well, I've always loved movies.
1:12.9	I can't remember a time when I didn't.
1:20.2	Same. I mean, they're just amazing. I think that for me, they just can really take you somewhere different into another other worlds, different experiences, different cultures and help you to connect with lots of different kinds of people.
1:31.0	I think the first time I remember going to the movies was my dad took me to see Star Wars, which is obviously an amazing movie.
1:39.7	I'd never seen anything like it before because, you know, this was a time because I'm probably kind of owed. You saw, you're saying you saw a New Hope, the first one in theaters. Yeah. Okay, seven, is that 71, 70? I forget the year that came out. Not then, probably a little bit later. No, oh, you saw it then later. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Like a re-release.
2:01.6	Yeah.
2:02.6	Yeah, I think so.
2:04.6	But I hadn't seen it before and we didn't go to the movies very often then, you know,
2:09.6	it was more of a treat and so for me it was just this amazing experience, you know, because
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