Therapy Reality vs Therapy TV

Really, sunrise? Which one? None of them seemed borderline to me. Do you mean Laura, the one who was in love with him? Or Sophie, the suicidal teen?

This show does sometimes trigger me in that none of them seem as messed up as me.. but it's still good television.

This was great! I posted to it and ended up with a new thread...sorry about that

Jexa, I only saw the first few weeks that were free, and I don't remember her name. I could be making the wrong conclusion since I only saw the 2-3 weeks. It was a woman with brown hair. On her first episode I remember she came in very disheveled, and told Paul how she had just come from having sex with a stranger in a restroom somewhere. She was very dramatic and kept coming on to Paul. I really liked the teenage girl who was a gymnast, although watching was a little triggery for me. I would like to see season 1 to see how they all turned out. I tried to find this season for free once on the Internet but was unsuccessful.

$12.99 HBO on Directv. I don't know what it costs on cable or Dish Network. You can cancel at any time on Directv if that is what you have.

I just ordered HBO for the sole reason that I want to watch the current Season 3 (I'm not willing to illegal download with Bit Torrent or anything). People that have subscribed to HBO on Comcast can sometimes stream it online for free though.

You can watch the whole 1st and 2nd seasons online streaming for rent or download on Amazon.com. There is also Netflix of course, but if your more into instant gratification like I am , you might want to just go to Amazon.com in the On Demand section and stream them for $1.39 each. You can choose all the Sophie episodes (the young gymnast) or whatever. On Netflix you can't stream them you have to have them mailed to you. Perhaps a Redbox would have them, I don't know.

Don't worry-- the gymnast turned out fine. I hope I didn't spoiler you..
Sophie was triggery for me too btw. But, I also found it therapeutic to watch. Also, in a way like watching a car wreck...and you can't turn away.

Her style may be rather blunt, perhaps even harsh, but is certainly thought provoking.

I like how she cuts to the heart of the matter with Paul and forces him to look at himself.

I do wonder if my therapist had been like that how my therapy would have progressed. Would I have quit? Been less afraid? Been more open to the probing questions?

I don't know. She is definitely in control of the session.

i like her also

My T doesn't control the conversation quite as much as Byrne's character does. But, he does ask "What are you thinking about?" all the time. Sometimes, I can't watch because it triggers me. But, I love the show! Helps that I'm just in love with Gabriel Byrne. LOL.

This last episode with Adele was pretty intense! Paul's reaction -- the confrontation at the end -- wow! I think Paul needed a therapist like her. Gina didn't see him, did you notice that in the last seasons? I think as his therapist Gina was incredibly blind and did not confront him on his biggest issues, nor did she help him identify his strengths and move forward. Adele is PERFECT. I wish she was my T! Or.. well, maybe not. She is kinda cold.

Yes, I thought the last episode was quite intense. I was wondering too if I would want Adele to be my T. In fact, I think she does remind me a little bit of my T - her style. But I am afraid if my T ever responds to me the way she reacted to Paul in that last episode, it will send me running for the door. Not that I haven't provoked her before.

just wondering if anyone saw in treatment this week, and what they thought of the paul/adele session..

i'm kind of shocked she's pregnant! and that she called him, from her home!!

i was shocked also but i think she truely was supose to be worried about his client.i dont think she has a thing for him

Yeah, things are getting intense between those two. Too bad there's only 1 or 2 episodes left in the season. I don't get the preggo thing at all...I guess they have to "HBO it up" to make it good entertainment. Also, I find Paul to be a bit of a jerk in his sessions with Adele...but therapy is an intense thing and he's got a lot of pain and demons to sort out.

interesting point granite, i didn't think about it that way. i think she definitely has something for him, just not sure what yet. that's just my opinion though.

withorwithoutyou, yeah, it is HBO, i guess there's gotta be some drama in there! so you think he's being a jerk? i'll have to keep that in mind next time i watch it.

I haven't watched the episode yet but from my experience - a pregnant therapist is not "HBO[ing] it up". My therapist is pregnant right now so it's pretty darn real to me. A therapist's pregnancy brings up lots of client issues so I can imagine that it will indeed make for good television that they couldn't have otherwise done without a young female therapist in the cast. I'm interested to watch how it unfolds

it was a joke. Don't take it so seriously.

Just the way he was so exasperated with her when he arrived a half hour late to his visit and she wouldn't give him anymore time. He got up on his F-ing high horse. It's your fault and you screwed up, bucko. lol

I agree, most definitely with that. I was pretty surprised.

This last session, though, I thought his anger was justified. I honestly think Adele is screwing up. She was the one who said she didn't want to be his supervisor. Now Paul is calling her out on blurring those boundaries, which she DEFINITELY is. If I were Adele's client, I would start to distrust her right now. She went back on her word. I actually think Paul is handling the Sunil situation exactly as he should, with subtlety and precision. I think calling Julia and telling her she is in danger without warning Sunil that he would do this is a very, very bad move and is sure to RUIN their therapeutic alliance! Sunil will never trust a therapist again!

Who is Adele to supervise Paul, to accuse him of acting unethically?

She IS indulging his fantasy. And, she is participating in it herself -- has clearly imagined herself in it and added her own details! (The glass of red wine). You see earlier in the week that she lives alone. Alone, pregnant, and seeing an older, attractive male therapist in treatment who is experiencing erotic transference. It makes sense that she would entertain the fantasy, but this last episode showed me that it is affecting her work with Paul and she is losing her footing.

I am quite disappointed with Adele. I thought she had more poise.

You're right. I'm disappointed with her too...I thought she was unflappable.

was jusy saying...

ok.

Yeah Paul acted out rather immaturely, but I think Adele wasn't handling the session very well at all. I think the point is that Paul was in a very vulnerable place and she didn't pull through for him as he wanted her to.

Adele is rather judgmental and not being very therapeutic with Paul at the moment. I had high hopes for Adele too but I think she is failing Paul in a few ways (although she MIGHT be helping in other ways). Overall though her approach is not a very therapeutic one at the moment.

I suppose next weeks session with Sunil will show if Paul's approach to Sunil is a good one or not. I'm not sure what my T would do if I ever handed him a handgun or a bat or weapon of some kind. I think it depends on what was going on with me and my life. Paul is right to have concerns about the therapeutic alliance being broken if he takes steps to notify authorities or takes other action to treat him as if he is dangerous to others (especially since he might really be, no way of knowing for sure either way). Interesting however how he had some doubt about Sunil's story of his ex-lover's suicide; or was this perhaps a technique to attempt to ascertain Sunil's true state of mind regarding violent tendencies? Paul wants guarantees to feel as if he is making the right decision.

What was Adele's thing against the pro-bono sessions about anyway? Seems to be an odd concern to be taking up therapy time with, especially for the therapist who didn't want to supervise.

It is an interesting plot twist going on with Adele's indulging Paul's fantasy and indicates to me that Adele is just as ****ed up as Paul can be at times too lol

I did like how Paul called her a "Freudian Ice Queen"

Agreed!

Boy! Am I glad I don't get that show on my selection of channels...