Making sense of life, one blockbuster at a time.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and professional filmmaker Alan Seawright break down your favorite movies, searching the characters, themes and plots to find things you can use to improve your mental health, your life, your looks? and your cardiovascular fitness (nope.)
Join them and their guests as they try to improve life, laugh at each other, and keep Alan from crying over everything.
From Cinema Therapy. What makes a marriage work? What are your favorite movie marriages? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are diving into great movie marriages and sharing the beautiful lessons they can teach us. They discuss seven movies and lessons in marriage: Julie & Julia, supporting dreams; Father of the Bride, showing…
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From Cinema Therapy. How do you respond when life gets tough? Who are your role models for healthy masculinity? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are breaking down 8 lessons for healthy masculinity through Rocky Balboa. Like Aragorn, he displays healthy masculinity, but he’s also humble, tender, strong, and teachable. They discuss how…
From Cinema Therapy. How do you know if a friendship is strong and everlasting? Do you put in the work to maintain your friendships? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are ranking Marvel bromances, brought to you by the healthiest bromance on the internet. They’re taking a look at ride and die besties…
From Cinema Therapy. What does your chosen family look like? Do you resonate with Lilo? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker, filmmaker Alan Seawright, and guest Rebecca Parham of @LetMeExplainStudios are reacting to the beloved Lilo and Stitch. It is Rebecca’s favorite movie, and it’s admired by so many for its portrayal of neurodivergent and autistic people.…
From Cinema Therapy. Prioritize your mental health. Get 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/cinematherapy How do you build healthy, compatible relationships? How do you find confidence and love yourself? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are serving up a Valentine’s Day special, weed rats… No, Shrek! It’s…
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From Cinema Therapy. If you haven’t watched MOONSTRUCK yet, watch it here first: https://youtu.be/O2Yea-nuoZs Then join ACTOR Jonathan Decker, ACTRESS Shona Kay, and WRITER/DIRECTOR Alan Seawright while they discuss the themes, and character motivations in Moonstruck, the short film they all made last year! MOONSTRUCK is a horror short about Alan’s fears about who he…
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From Cinema Therapy. Prioritize your mental health. Get 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/cinematherapy Why do we fear change? How do you differentiate good advice from bad? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are taking a look at The Lion King and talking about grief, guilt, and…
From Cinema Therapy. How do you make meaning out of your life and find joy when things are not getting better? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are watching a movie you dared us to watch, Grave of the Fireflies. In Jono’s words, this movie is inspiring, wholesome, and devastating all at the…
From Cinema Therapy. How do you set aside differences to work as a team? What makes a great team? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright go back in time to Cinema Therapy’s origin story when Jono and Alan bonded over Firefly. They discuss the eight principles for uniting a team as portrayed by…
From Cinema Therapy. Are the bad guys naturally bad or are they socialized that way? Have you ever been given a second chance? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Ocean’s Eleven for kids, The Bad Guys! They discuss why the bad guys never had a chance to be good but…
From Cinema Therapy. How do you handle pressure, expectations, and finding your sense of self? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker, filmmaker Alan Seawright, and Cinema Therapy producer Sophie Téllez are reacting to Miles Morales and his journey in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. They discuss how Miles struggles to grow into himself and his power. Jono notes…
From Cinema Therapy. When we first released this last year, we had a copyright hangup, and most people in Europe and a few other places couldn’t see this video, so Merry Christmas! We fixed it! Now everyone can see Jono take down these awful, awful relationships. Is Love Actually actually about love? Or is it…
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From Cinema Therapy. Get an extra $50 off on any Kamikoto purchase with discount code CINEMA50, on top of other special offers at https://kamikoto.com/CINEMA50 How can you be brave in the face of fear? What is the key to working through hardship? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are jumping into the fantastical…
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