The goal of this project is to examine the psychiatry - film relationship from several different angles. These include analyzing film from psychiatric perspectives (filmonalysis), using specific films as a starting points for a more general discussion about psychological growth (filmosophy), detailing different ways that filming, filmmaking and references to film can be used in psychotherapy (filmtherpy) and finally touching on the cognitive neuroscience of film (neurocinematics). As time goes on I hope to add more about how filmmaking can actually be used as a therapeutic tool (NSTAC). 

If there is an overarching theme, it’s the centrality of narrative or story to our understanding of the world and ourselves. Stories are an essential element of being human with story making being a rooted in humans as homing is to migratory birds. It’s what we do.  A word about the inherent grandiosity in the use of  “academy”. First, the essays here are short. Second, it’s just me. Third, a little grandiosity can be a good thing!

If you’d like to drop me a note, do so at:

info@academyfilmpsych.com