5 Films That Track the Evolution of the Movie Therapist
Psychology Today | 13.07.2026 04:23
In these films, spanning the 1950s to the 2020s, we can see an evolution of the film therapist as an archetype. Fears, anxieties, and fantasies about how we view therapists, in relation to what is going on in our society and culture, project themselves onto the screen. From paternal, rational expert to the unreliable, traumatized therapist, we can see a total inversion of the therapist portrayal.
