At the core of Showtime’s documentary Couples Therapy is its mission to bring the curtain down on efforts to improve relationships.and variety At Rolling Stone’s Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Gralnik revealed that “truth is the essence of the show.”
“My job is to figure out what the truth is for each person,” Guralnik said of her role on the show, adding that the next step would be “how can I help them tolerate each other’s truth?” “Can we do it?” he added.
After three seasons, Guralnik spoke about the different definitions of “truth” he felt people held on the show. “There is a ‘truth’ that we all imagine,” Glarnik said. “We cannot function in full and direct contact with the truth all the time. [tend] It’s about sifting, choosing, and defending what should be allowed. ”
“There’s truth, there’s conscious reality: what we choose to pay attention to and what we don’t want to know,” she continued. “And there are all these defensive maneuvers that we all have to use to keep our lives under control.”
However, it is believed that Guralnik’s main focus in “Couples Therapy” is not only on the couples on the show, but also “in a sense, the audience.” The show has undoubtedly shed light on therapy, and one of her original hopes was that the series would “get people to understand what serious therapy really entails.” “That was it.
“In general, there is a lot of transfer through therapists,” Garnik explained, adding that her hope is to prove her profession is serious and provide “real care” to patients who need it. I repeated that.
Guarnik also revealed that the purpose of the series has changed over the three seasons. “Our ambition turned more to what’s going on in this country and to empowering people to have multiple perspectives,” he said, adding that the show’s evolution was “more ethical/political.” It has become a real challenge,” he said. Guarnik hopes that by working with patients, they will be able to “enjoy multiple perspectives on the truth. I wish we could do that in this country.” .
See the full conversation above.
