cinematherapy
English
Etymology
cinema + therapy
Noun
cinematherapy (uncountable)
- The viewing of thought-provoking or inspiring films as a form of therapy.
- 2006, Barbara Klinger, Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home
- Cinematherapy combines a strategic mix of pop feminism (which presumes female independence and “girl power”) and stereotypes, then, as a primary method of appealing to female audiences.
- 2010, Victoria Tischler, Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook, Radcliffe Publishing (2010), →ISBN, page 31:
- Cinematherapy is an innovative way of working with couples and clients.
- 2012, Skip Dine Young, Psychology at the Movies, Wiley-Blackwell (2012), →ISBN, page 157:
- Cinematherapy should be thought of a[sic] technique for therapy, not a unique type of therapy.
- 2014, Ryan M. Niemiec & Danny Wedding, Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths, Hogrefe Publishing (2014), →ISBN, page 23:
- While the quantity of controlled research studies on cinematherapy is limited, it is clear that psychologists value the use of movies in clinical practice (Lampropoulos, Kazantzis, & Deane, 2004).
- 2006, Barbara Klinger, Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home