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  1. Couples Therapy
  2. Good Will Hunting
  3. In Treatment
  4. Journey into Self
  5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  6. Ordinary People
  7. Stutz
  8. Three Approaches (Gloria)

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Every source used in the entries, grouped by work.

There are 20 entries in this list, 20 checked and 0 marked Source to be added. A source marked in this way is a gap that still needs filling. The text it would support should be read with caution.

Couples Therapy

  1. Wikipedia contributors. Couples Therapy (2019 TV series).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: 2019 premiere, 20-week session structure, hidden one-way mirror camera setup, consultation with Virginia Goldner and Kirkland Vaughans, and the rule against in-depth discussions of non-consenting children.

  2. Brown, J. (2024). The relational heart of Couples Therapy: In conversation with Dr Orna Guralnik. Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, 14(2), 121–132.

    peer-reviewed · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Peer-reviewed psychoanalytic journal interview record with Orna Guralnik on the relational psychoanalytic approach depicted in the series. Bibliographic record verified through Crossref.

Good Will Hunting

  1. Miramax. Good Will Hunting (film record).

    other · Checked 3 November 2026

    Supports: Title, year, director and writers as listed by the distributor.

  2. Psychiatric Times. (1998). Psychiatry and mental illness: Are they mass media targets?

    other · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Reports psychiatrist Glen Gabbard’s 1998 comments on sympathetic therapist portrayals in Ordinary People and Good Will Hunting, and his criticism of the therapy shown in the latter. This is an individual assessment, not a consensus or empirical study.

  3. American Film Institute. AFI Catalog: Good Will Hunting (1997).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Year, director, writers and 126-minute running time in the AFI record. Running times can vary between editions.

In Treatment

  1. Peabody Awards. In Treatment (2008 award profile).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Broadcaster, producers, directors and description of the half-hour episode format in which the therapist sees clients and then meets his own therapist.

  2. Wikipedia contributors. In Treatment (American TV series).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Adaptation from the Israeli series BeTipul (created by Hagai Levi, Ori Sivan and Nir Bergman), 2008 debut date, five-night weekly structure and four-season history.

Journey into Self

  1. American Film Institute. AFI Catalog: Journey into Self (1968).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: 1968 release year, director and producer Bill McGaw, 47-minute running time and participation of Carl Rogers and Richard Farson.

  2. Wikipedia contributors. Journey into Self.

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Description of the 16-hour group session with eight strangers led by Carl Rogers and Richard Farson and introduced by Stanley Kramer.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  1. American Film Institute. AFI Catalog: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: 1975 release year, director Miloš Forman, adaptation from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, filming at Oregon State Hospital and 133-minute running time.

  2. Wikipedia contributors. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Plot summary, characters, production history at Oregon State Hospital and reception as a general reference account.

Ordinary People

  1. Wikipedia contributors. Ordinary People (film).

    reference-work · Checked 3 November 2026

    Supports: The film’s story, therapist character and release information as described in a general reference article.

  2. American Film Institute. AFI Catalog: Ordinary People (1980).

    reference-work · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Year, director, screenwriter, source novel and 124-minute running time as recorded by AFI.

  3. Psychiatric Times. (1998). Psychiatry and mental illness: Are they mass media targets?

    other · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Reports psychiatrist Glen Gabbard’s 1998 comments on sympathetic therapist portrayals in Ordinary People and Good Will Hunting, and his criticism of the therapy shown in the latter. This is an individual assessment, not a consensus or empirical study.

Stutz

  1. Netflix Tudum. Stutz (film record).

    other · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Netflix lists the year as 2022 and the running time as 1:36:24; it describes the filmed conversations. The film itself was not viewed.

  2. Richards, A. (2022). Meet Stutz, Jonah Hill’s documentary about his therapist. Netflix Tudum.

    other · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Netflix promotional description of the documentary and its distinction from a recording of ordinary therapy appointments.

  3. Sharma, R. (2022). What an actual therapist thinks of Jonah Hill’s Netflix doc. VICE.

    other · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Psychotherapist James Davies’s stated opinion of the film and its limits. His comments are a personal professional view.

Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (the Gloria films)

  1. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Three approaches to psychotherapy I. Part 1 (catalogue record).

    other · Checked 3 November 2026

    Supports: Year, country, producer and director, running time of Part 1 and a description of the Rogers session.

  2. Martin, J. (2026). The 1965 “Gloria Films,” then and now. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 62(3), e70062.

    peer-reviewed · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: Historical account of the three sessions, filming in 1964 and release in 1965; also reports Shostrom’s and Burry’s later accounts of distribution. The original release and Burry’s book were not examined for this entry.

  3. Thomas-Anttila, K. (2015). Confidentiality and consent issues in psychotherapy case reports: The Wolf Man, Gloria and Jeremy. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 31(3), 360–375.

    peer-reviewed · Checked 4 November 2026

    Supports: The author’s discussion of consent, the therapist–client relationship, and future use of the Gloria films; not the original agreement.

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