It can be seen from the movie that Will still likes mathematics seminars very much. Seeing the joyful mood of Will and Professor Lamb after solving difficult problems again and again, he is really happy for Will. He has a person who appreciates him. Bole, a professional mentor who is also a teacher and a friend. Will was very resistant to the psychotherapy arranged by Lambo. He used his genius-like keen sense and profound theoretical knowledge to put one by one psychotherapists (all of them were psychoanalytically oriented therapists, when psychoanalysis was a The therapy world dominates) and fled in humiliation, embarrassed. These experts had previously concluded that Will was insane and hopeless. Later, Rambo had to ask his former college roommate, Sean, to treat Will. When Sean treated Will for the first time, Will borrowed pictures to point out Sean's inner pain and insult Sean's wife. Shaun grabbed Will's neck in anger and warned him not to insult his wife. All the experts have been humiliated by Will. It should be said that this is Will's resistance to treatment and resistance to Rambo's control of his life. This is also a test to test whether the psychotherapist is a real person people, not a "blank screen" behind the scenes. Because for Will, an empty theory is ineffective. After all, with Will's talent, it is easy to learn any theory. The experts in front of Sean are all psychotherapists who are piled up with theories. For Will, they don't have sincerity, unconditional positive attention, and empathy, they're just a "blank screen" with no emotion for Will. From this point of view, the film can be said to be a critique of psychoanalysis and its "blank screen" concept, which requires the therapist to be a rational analytical therapist behind a reclining chair. There are too many emotional expressions. Psychoanalytic therapists at that time did not pay attention to emotional interaction, and even if it involved mutual interaction, it was only an analysis of transference and countertransference. These "blank screen" experts are doomed to fail in the face of the smart and sensitive Will. Sean is a real person to Will because Sean can express his anger and still heal him after it. This sets an example for Will that anger can be expressed in relationships, and that expressing anger doesn't mean the end of the relationship. Many times, the reason why human beings have psychological problems is that they cannot express their emotions properly, but suppress their emotions. Repression and psychological conflict lead to neurosis, which is Freud's theory.
Sean first appeared on the screen in the classroom. He was explaining to students the role of trust in psychotherapy. Trust plays an important role in breaking through the client's defenses in therapy. This conversation demonstrated the importance of establishing a trusting therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client in the psychotherapy relationship, which was a great advance in the psychotherapy community at the time. In the classroom, Sean's speech was actually a propaganda and promotion of humanism in the psychotherapy field. This is not the only place where the admiration of humanism is reflected in the film. Later, Sean's treatment of Weir in the whole treatment It is also humanistically oriented, with sincerity and consistency, unconditional positive attention, and empathy. It is also for this reason that many people see the film as a humanistic critique of psychoanalysis. The first time I saw this movie, I also thought so, but now I feel that it is not just criticism itself, but more of an advocacy, advocating that in the process of psychotherapy, both the therapist and the client must trust each other and be sincere and consistent. , grow together, and believe in the potential of human self-realization (Shann never gave up Will, always believed that he would grow and find his own direction).
There is a classic saying in the movie, "Abandon others before they abandon him". Sean said that this is a kind of defensive mentality. Because he is afraid of being abandoned by others, he abandons others first, so that he will feel better psychologically, because It was I who abandoned you, not you who abandoned me. Defensive psychology, the correct term should be self-defense mechanism, is a term of psychoanalysis, which was proposed by Freud and expanded and perfected by his daughter, Anna Freud. "Abandon others before they abandon him", which belongs to the reverse formation mechanism in the self-defense mechanism. Reverse formation means that an unacceptable idea or emotion in the heart is expressed in the opposite attitude and behavior. Will in the movie has difficulty accepting the fear of being abandoned in his heart, so he adopts the opposite behavior - abandoning others first to protect himself from harm (according to the thinking of ordinary people, people who are afraid of being abandoned should hold on to the other party tightly , rather than abandoning others first).
Why is there such a defense mechanism? This is because Will suffered serious psychological damage when he was a child, and was hurt by people close to him. People have the potential to protect themselves. The self-defense mechanism exists to protect the self from harm, but if this defense mechanism is used excessively hinders personal growth. Will in the movie was repeatedly physically abused by his adoptive father when he was a child. In order to protect his weak self, Will formed many immature defense mechanisms, such as fantasy, isolation, reverse and so on. Fantasy, which embodies Will telling his girlfriend Skylan that he has a big happy family with many siblings. Many people think that Will deliberately deceived Skylan. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. Will is not just to deceive his girlfriend, but more of an expression of his inner desire. He fantasizes that he has a big happy family. There are many brothers and sisters who are in love with each other, and he is actually deceiving himself. Isolation is reflected in Will's separation of reason and emotion. Will has a lot of theoretical knowledge, history, law, politics, philosophy, mathematics... But Will lacks emotion that is unified with reason. This is a kind of Quarantine, and moreover, Will dared not face his true feelings.
The object relations theory in psychoanalytic school emphasizes that the pattern of our early relationship with our parents will affect the pattern of our later interactions with people, especially the establishment of intimacy with people. We are cared for and cared for by our parents in the early days, and we develop a close and harmonious attachment relationship with our parents, which plays an important role in promoting the healthy development of our psychology in the future. In an atmosphere of love, we can grow up healthy, trust the society, improve our personalities, and establish close relationships with others more easily. On the contrary, in an atmosphere of trauma and pain, our psychological development will be hindered, we will be full of anger and distrust of society, our personality will be easily distorted, and it will be difficult to establish intimate relationships with people. Will in the movie was abused by his stepfather since he was a child, and his mother remarried several times, which means not being loved by his parents and being abandoned by his parents. Therefore, Will is particularly afraid of being feared by the people he loves. In Will's relationship with his girlfriend, as long as his girlfriend has dissatisfaction or concerns, he will choose to escape. The way to escape is to abandon his girlfriend first. Although he knew his girlfriend loved her, he couldn't control himself, the family had left a painful mark on him, and he couldn't fight the ill effects of early injuries on his own personal strength. Fortunately, he has a few best friends, and he also met Rumble and Sean, the love and care given to the Will brothers by the best friends; Rumble admires his talent and genuinely cares for him, although in the wrong way (Rumble's way does not. The rivalry stems from the same way that Rumble's father treats Rumble, who agrees with his father's way of love, albeit a bit authoritarian); Sean, as a therapist, can open himself up, accept Will's provocation, respect Will's inner choice also regards Will as a child who is injured but can get better. Rambo and Sean make up for the lack of Will's fatherly love. These are important for the growth and transformation of Will's mind.
In the movie, the most classic clips are several clips during the treatment of Sean and Will, including Will's analysis of Sean's paintings, Sean's self-exposure of his wife's small flaws and giving up watching games for his wife, Sean's relationship with Will and the last episode of accepting and forgiving yourself (it's not your fault, Sean used words like this to get Will to accept himself), these episodes are dramatic, but still a lot to learn from The concepts and techniques of psychotherapy are worthy of consideration and understanding by students majoring in psychology. Another point is that in the process of psychotherapy, the client and the therapist grow up together. Not only Will, but also Sean's therapist, grow up in the film. Sean said he was going to travel when he finished the treatment and bet on his life, indicating that he also benefited a lot from the treatment. Will's provocation made him face some of his own problems and grow in the face. . The relationship of psychotherapy is an extremely intimate relationship. In a small area of one party, the intimacy of the relationship far exceeds the intimacy of the client and the relatives and lovers. Any healthy and intimate relationship can promote the relationship between the two. Growth of members, including therapists. Judging from my personal experience in therapy, although the therapy with many clients will face a lot of pain, the overall gain is greater than the effort. This gain is the growth of ideology, spirit and personality. As a therapist, I accompany clients through critical moments in their lives, watching them grow in a spiral of pain and happiness step by step, I can feel the tenacity of life and find the value of my own existence. Owen Yalong regards the psychotherapy process as a journey shared by the therapist and the client. The therapist and the client are journey partners, enjoying the beautiful scenery, facing setbacks and growing together during the journey. This idea of his has a great influence on me. I used to like the feeling of being a doctor, so I tended to treat the client as a patient. Influenced by Owen Yalong's thought, now I am more inclined to treat the client as a travel partner, Healing is also growing with each other.
The title of the film is "Good Will Hunting", and the mainland translation is "Good Will Hunting", which is in line with the English title, but I prefer the Hong Kong translation of "The Sun Is Like Me". Like the sun, the sun is like me. May the sun illuminate the darkness of the soul and free the wounded soul
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