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Jan 21

I Expect Special Treatment

By Jay Slupesky
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Young Couple, Serious GuyI see that HBO has a new five-part series about a psychotherapist. It will be on every weeknight next week (Monday, January 28 through Friday, February 1). The series is called In Treatment and it’s produced by Mark Wahlberg. Each episode is only 30 minutes long and each one has the therapist working with a different client. Apparently the Thursday night episode is a marriage therapy session, but the other episodes are all individual therapy.

As much as I enjoyed The Sopranos (except for the final episode), I never felt the therapy scenes with Tony and Dr. Melfi were very realistic. She was so cold and aloof, so Freudian. I suppose there still are a few therapists like that, but I don’t think there are too many of them.

The short-lived HBO series Tell Me You Love Me did a much better job of showing how therapy really is, in my opinion. And the fact that it was marriage therapy kept me really interested throughout the brief lifespan of the show. I liked the focus on the three couples; their relationships and problems felt authentic to me. The sex scenes were gratuitous, though.

I’ll be tuned in to HBO next week to see how well In Treatment does in presenting therapy.

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pm and is filed under About Marriage Therapy.

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