Endless TV shows about heroic, idealized portrayals of physicians. Why none about psychologists? Grinds my gears a bit.....

[psych.meout]

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They did SGM related research (I think lol?), of course they're going to look cool.

But the other subfields need some rebels.

Also everyone knows that counseling psych is clinical's cooler sibling.

 

[PsyDr]

We need some young psychologist representation! Someone with cool hair + tats who uses a retinol.

I would argue that most people want a paternal or maternal figure in psychotherapy. It's why they confuse “old” with “experienced”.

 

[Sanman]

They did SGM related research (I think lol?), of course they're going to look cool.

But the other subfields need some rebels.

Also everyone knows that counseling psych is clinical's cooler sibling.

 

[borne_before]

School psychology is their cousin that's kinda weird.

 

[The Cinnabon]

I would argue that most people want a paternal or maternal figure in psychotherapy. It's why they confuse “old” with “experienced”.

Careful, the young geropsychologists may mob if you if preach this too loud.

 

[Sanman]

Careful, the young geropsychologists may mob if you if preach this too loud.

Not really, truth is that it is largely a captive audience in geropsych and forensics. Now, whether one wants to acknowledge that...

 

[R. Matey]

Anyone else watching this season of Shrinking? I'm simultaneously entertained and appalled.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Isn't that new show Cross about a psychologist? I haven't seen enough to know for sure, but it seems like it.

 

[psych.meout]

Isn't that new show Cross about a psychologist? I haven't seen enough to know for sure, but it seems like it.

It's about Alex Cross, the character from James Patterson's novels. He's a forensic psychologist and consultant to the police and FBI. Morgan Freeman played the character in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, and Tyler Perry played him Alex Cross.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

It's about Alex Cross, the character from James Patterson's novels. He's a forensic psychologist and consultant to the police and FBI. Morgan Freeman played the character in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, and Tyler Perry played him Alex Cross.

Ahh, makes sense. I'm obviously not up on my contemporary fiction.

 

[BuckeyeLove]

e's a forensic psychologist

I always felt like James Patterson never once actually talked with a real life forensic psychologist. I'd find that show way more interesting (...just some dude laboring over records for hours on end).

 

[AcronymAllergy]

I always felt like James Patterson never once actually talked with a real life forensic psychologist. I'd find that show way more interesting (...just some dude laboring over records for hours on end).

Obviously with an overlay of techno music in the background. And probably some superfluous computer code thrown in there somewhere.

 

[MCParent]

I just read a horror novel (that I would not recommend) in which the main character was a part time masters level counselor. He and his teacher wife made enough money to buy a big ranch property (that was possessed). So, more humor than horror I guess. But the description of work tasks was accurate at least (no prescribing, etc.).

 

[R. Matey]

Also recently watched Miracle on 34th Street (the oldest one) where the villain of the story is a psychologist, which was probably more akin to a master's level psychometrist than to what we do. Still, it was interesting that one of his great crimes was essentially impersonating a psychiatrist doing psychoanalysis.

My how the field has changed.

 

[cara susanna]

Oh man, you guys want an amusingly awful depiction of our field? Watch Sex/Life on Netflix. My favorite scene is the one where the female lead, who is a psychology grad student or professor or whatever, I can't quite remember (the real life person who wrote the book is a Masters-level school psychologist), is praised by her dept for publishing an article in Psychology Today.

 

[The Cinnabon]

I always felt like James Patterson never once actually talked with a real life forensic psychologist. I'd find that show way more interesting (...just some dude laboring over records for hours on end).

Tangitally related, or another example of forensic psych"y" stuff in media, but I do wonder if Mindhunter (on Netflix) was building up to pulling the rug under the show's premise (profiling).

It just seemed too self-aware and was already throwing out the lack of a true empirical backing in profiling.

 

[psych.meout]

Tangitally related, or another example of forensic psych"y" stuff in media, but I do wonder if Mindhunter (on Netflix) was building up to pulling the rug under the show's premise (profiling).

It just seemed too self-aware and was already throwing out the lack of a true empirical backing in profiling.

I'm not sure what you mean by "building up to it." The critique of profiling is a fundamental part of the entire show. That's why scenes of Dennis Rader are intercut in every episode, including the very first one. It's a core part of the story and the interpersonal conflict.

 

[Sanman]

I just read a horror novel (that I would not recommend) in which the main character was a part time masters level counselor. He and his teacher wife made enough money to buy a big ranch property (that was possessed). So, more humor than horror I guess. But the description of work tasks was accurate at least (no prescribing, etc.).

I found the fictional part...I guess this means the possession part must be true. In reality it was just a one bedroom walk up.

 

[cara susanna]

I'm not sure what you mean by "building up to it." The critique of profiling is a fundamental part of the entire show. That's why scenes of Dennis Rader are intercut in every episode, including the very first one. It's a core part of the story and the interpersonal conflict.

I'm suddenly reminded of how sad I am that it was cancelled. I'm fascinated by Dennis Rader.

 

[psych.meout]

I'm suddenly reminded of how sad I am that it was cancelled. I'm fascinated by Dennis Rader.

Same. I really like Fincher in general and the way that the series was constructed. It was engaging without being overbearing and was subtle in the framing of the criticism of profiling of the FBI and profiling without being a polemic or heavyhanded.

 

[borne_before]

Same. I really like Fincher in general and the way that the series was constructed. It was engaging without being overbearing and was subtle in the framing of the criticism of profiling of the FBI and profiling without being a polemic or heavyhanded.

I think his daughter has a book about him.

 

[psych.meout]

I think his daughter has a book about him.

Interesting. I hadn't heard about this.

 

[cara susanna]

I may or may not have made my entire family watch his trial when we were renting a beach house on vacation.

 

[The Cinnabon]

I may or may not have made my entire family watch his trial when we were renting a beach house on vacation.

His trial was very interesting. Just seeing how flat his tone was, he used the same candor in describing his crimes as I would about my commute to work.

 

[cara susanna]

His trial was very interesting. Just seeing how flat his tone was, he used the same candor in describing his crimes as I would about my commute to work.

Right, and when he talked about his victims serving him in heaven - in front of their families? I was so fascinated.

 

[PsyDr]

1) Mental-US series that was supposed to be "House MD" but for psychiatry. It was bad.
2) Mental/Sekasin- the French and Finnish series . Pretty bad.
3) 3lbs- Stanley Tucci is a neurosurgeon, and his ex-wife is a psychologist. He rips into her all the time. Not bad, not good.
4) Psi- despite being in Portuguese, it is a decent show that follows themes of the protagonist's sessions. It is unclear if the protagonist is a psychiatrist or psychologist.
5) Cracker- UK series of a criminal psychologist who profiles violent crimes in Manchester. Fun series that won some award.
6) Dr. Foster- UK series that was decent for the first season (if you like that entire trope of psychologists going insane) and then went to hell.

 

[The Cinnabon]

1) Mental-US series that was supposed to be "House MD" but for psychiatry. It was bad.
2) Mental/Sekasin- the French and Finnish series . Pretty bad.
3) 3lbs- Stanley Tucci is a neurosurgeon, and his ex-wife is a psychologist. He rips into her all the time. Not bad, not good.
4) Psi- despite being in Portuguese, it is a decent show that follows themes of the protagonist's sessions. It is unclear if the protagonist is a psychiatrist or psychologist.
5) Cracker- UK series of a criminal psychologist who profiles violent crimes in Manchester. Fun series that won some award.
6) Dr. Foster- UK series that was decent for the first season (if you like that entire trope of psychologists going insane) and then went to hell.

The psychologist going insane trope isn't used nearly enough, at least effectively.

I think the trope makes the insanity too obvious or not from the perspective of the protagonist. Obviously not how schizophrenia actually is, but it was cool to see this trope used effectively in a beautiful mind.

I'm also not entirely over Hank from breaking bad having some of the most well-done representation of what PTSD actually looks like without spelling it out.