See You in September
Dawn Frost
SW 241
In the movie See You in September, Lindsey was seeing a counselor for therapy to try to understand why she always has a hard time committing to a relationship. She felt so confused but was starting to see a pattern in her previous actions that might help her recognize what her real problem is. At the end of the session her counselor explained that she was leaving for a month so the next appointment would have to be in September. Mentally, Lindsey started to freak out and lose control. She felt abandoned and panicked at the same time. She didn’t act out on her feelings but she felt totally miserable when she left.
Lindsey found out that it was mandatory that all psychologists take the same month off every year. She came up with an idea to form a group of people who were feeling the same way as her, feeling like they still needed therapy, even without their counselor. She figured that this would be a great way to explore her emotions where her regular counselor left off. She placed an ad in the newspaper to start screening people. When she came up with nine people to be in the group, herself included, they met at her friend’s apartment. Her friend Monica made it a point that she is not one of the people who needed group therapy.
The first group therapy meeting beings with a hold up at gunpoint before everybody meets. That put a lot of undue stress that changed the nature of how they were able to form a group. This actually helped set the stage of self-disclosure without the fear of acceptance that usually occurs at this stage. There was more pressing outside dynamics that made the situation seem less important. What was most significant that came of this meeting was everyone boldly evaluated themselves which allowed them to confront their own fears directly. Being tied up prompted everybody to face their own fears of the unknown. Each person tried to justify why they wanted to join the group and what kind of outcome they were expecting. Most of
SW 241
In the movie See You in September, Lindsey was seeing a counselor for therapy to try to understand why she always has a hard time committing to a relationship. She felt so confused but was starting to see a pattern in her previous actions that might help her recognize what her real problem is. At the end of the session her counselor explained that she was leaving for a month so the next appointment would have to be in September. Mentally, Lindsey started to freak out and lose control. She felt abandoned and panicked at the same time. She didn’t act out on her feelings but she felt totally miserable when she left.
Lindsey found out that it was mandatory that all psychologists take the same month off every year. She came up with an idea to form a group of people who were feeling the same way as her, feeling like they still needed therapy, even without their counselor. She figured that this would be a great way to explore her emotions where her regular counselor left off. She placed an ad in the newspaper to start screening people. When she came up with nine people to be in the group, herself included, they met at her friend’s apartment. Her friend Monica made it a point that she is not one of the people who needed group therapy.
The first group therapy meeting beings with a hold up at gunpoint before everybody meets. That put a lot of undue stress that changed the nature of how they were able to form a group. This actually helped set the stage of self-disclosure without the fear of acceptance that usually occurs at this stage. There was more pressing outside dynamics that made the situation seem less important. What was most significant that came of this meeting was everyone boldly evaluated themselves which allowed them to confront their own fears directly. Being tied up prompted everybody to face their own fears of the unknown. Each person tried to justify why they wanted to join the group and what kind of outcome they were expecting. Most of