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How does Robin Williams' portrayal of a therapist measure up to what therapy is like in real life?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Good Will Hunting to talk about the portrayals of therapy and therapists in this film. (Hint: he's Jonathan's favorite movie therapist.) They also talk about Matt Damon's character's journey, moving from pushing people away to facing his past trauma and learning to be vulnerable.

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North

"That's the her that only I got to see." I want to be able to say that about someone eventually. It's also one of the sweetest things I've ever heard

Arielle Bejar

Love this. I watched this recently and wanted to see your analysis. Great as always, your thoughts on Robin's accent were very interesting, truly things I hadn't considered, so that's cool. But I'd always thought that Robin leaned into the accent more with Will as another form of joining because sometimes it has been my experience that people are more willing to take information from someone who looks and sounds like us because it allows us to be comfortable enough to be vulnerable to get to something important.

SaucyJTD

This episode is fantastic, no doubt about that. I had watched the YouTube version already, and I love seeing the commentary that doesn't make it to the final cut because there are some comments that make me raise an eyebrow and wonder haha. You guys are great! I fully believe that if Robin Williams were with us today, he would have been interested in being on this show.