tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post2373769796535476611..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: In TreatmentNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-74722017302975525742009-05-31T22:42:19.131-07:002009-05-31T22:42:19.131-07:00I get the feeling that the prosaic realism of ever...I get the feeling that the prosaic realism of everyday psychotherapy has been whitewahsed with the melodrama of the characters' glamourous untidiness and various dysfunctions; but that's not necessarily a bad thing since it is a tv drama afterall. Still engaging, if not a little cringe-worthy at times. I didn't care much for the characters in the first episode, but became a little more sympathetic as the show progressed - out of habit, deeper insight into their troubles or maybe identification?.. I don't know. Interesting enough to watch the 2nd season.<br /><br />Yes, I prefer House's unwavering cynicism. Paul makes me nervous with his half-hearted doubting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-4887314016775142382009-05-30T18:40:04.120-07:002009-05-30T18:40:04.120-07:00"Where I come from, passive aggression works just ..."Where I come from, passive aggression works just fine--why work yourself into a tizzy when you can just lapse into sullen silence or fail to show up for your next appointment? But that sort of thing takes precious time on screen, and doesn't get the blood pumping."<br /><br />This fabulous line had me grinning. I can assure you that in exciting old New York City, at least in my 10 years of therapy here, there hasn't been too much tizzy-working, neither in my own therapy experience, nor in that of my others I know. <br /><br />But the next time I find myself irritated by my psychiatrist-therapist, I will think of your line and have to smile. <br /><br />Thanks!michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-38329377545087997782009-05-30T18:15:57.297-07:002009-05-30T18:15:57.297-07:00Only saw the first 15 (free) episodes when they we...Only saw the first 15 (free) episodes when they were on ITunes last year. Entertaining but leave one with the idea that insight is attained in 15 minutes, that patients are mostly YAVIS and merely neurotic as opposed to suffering from intractable illness or addiction or worse...Sceptics of the value of therapy would be reinforced in their view that it is a luxury for the self-absorbed and frivolous and badly behaved. Even a sexually exploited kid is so pretty and appealing that one doesn't feel as much sympathy as one might to a real life one. <br /><br />I enjoy the show, but it's to real therapy as chocolate bars are to a boring but nutritious home-made dinner....<br /><br />House is better. I don't want to smack him upside his face as often as I find myself irritated by Paul. House is a rascal, but more self-aware. As you note, Paul is so clueless about himself that it's a wonder he can understand his patients so well....Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.com