{"product_id":"eavesdropping-hardback","title":"Eavesdropping - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat can depictions of psychotherapy on screen teach us about ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of contributions from internationally-based film consultants, practicing psychotherapists and interdisciplinary scholars investigate the curious dynamics that occur when films and television programmes attempt to portray the psychotherapist, and the complexities of psychotherapy, for popular audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book evaluates the potential mismatch between the onscreen psychotherapist, whose raison d’être is to entertain and engage global audiences, and the professional, real-life counterpart, who becomes intimately involved with the dramas of their patients. While several contributors conclude that actual psychotherapy, and the way psychotherapists and their clients grapple with notions of fantasy and reality, would make a rather poor show, \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the importance of psychotherapy and psychotherapists on-screen in assisting us to wrestle with the discomfort – and humour - of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Offering a unique insight into perceptions of psychotherapy, \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping \u003c\/i\u003ewill be essential and insightful reading for analytical psychologists, psychoanalysts, academics and students of depth psychology, film and television studies, media studies and literature, as well as filmmakers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599779291374,"sku":"9780415814096","price":294.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415814096.jpg?v=1721458615","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/eavesdropping-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}