Thinking clinically with and about film

  • Stephen Appel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2004.02

Abstract

This article presents a commonplace clinical event plus a curiosity from the film The Piano. It demonstrates how psychoanalysis (the therapy and the concepts) and film analysis can be brought to bear on each other in such a way that new thinking is generated about both. Along the way an overarching theory of communication is presented.

Author Biography

Stephen Appel

As recorded in 2004.

Stephen Appel is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. He is also associate professor of psychotherapy at Auckland University ofTechnology. His publications include Positioning Subjects and the edited volume Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy. stephen.appel@aut.ac.nz

Published
2004-08-30
How to Cite
Appel, S. (2004). Thinking clinically with and about film. Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand, 10(1), 6-18. https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2004.02
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2004): Forum: The Journal of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (Inc.)
Section
Articles