Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by patients. They're either idealized or they're demonized or they love their patients. All they ever think about is their patients.
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I think shrinks are interesting to write about because you get to see what the character chooses to reveal, and what behaviors or stances the character tries out on the shrink that might not be part of the character's make-up outside of that room. It's an emotional test-kitchen.
I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.
It's a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems.
I write instead of going to the shrink!
I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.
Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'
And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.
I really admire medical people. They have a great sense of humour, and they just have to get on with it.
I saw a shrink because I though I suffered from fear of success.
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