the early days of psychotherapy.

I watched this film with the intention of learning more about Nietzsche. I don't think this film did that for me, but I did find it interesting to see the beginnings of psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapy has progressed far from the early days of psychoanalysis. Freud is often portrayed in films/TV (and even by college professors) as a comical character nowadays, despite his historical fame. But he was portrayed favorably here, and seemed to be the most grounded of his peers.

I started watching this film soon after watching a few episodes of the HBO series In Treatment, and I was struck by one similarity. They both involved a therapist seeing his own therapist. This practice was strongly encouraged by Freud's school of psychoanalysis, and is apparently still practiced today.






... are in bloom again