At the end of the day, the client’s well-being would be affected, thus defeating the purpose of therapy itself. If we become a part of the client’s life outside of therapy, we automatically become subject matter for the next session, and are likely to be less objective in our approach. Unfortunately, the profession does not permit us to maintain social interactions with clients outside of therapy, and often for a very valid reason. Even at the end of the movie, at Kaira’s short film screening, we do not see the presence of the therapist. The termination of sessions was handled well in the movie, with Kaira making attempts to retain some interaction with Dr Khan. Over the period of treatment, we empathise with clients invest ourselves emotionally and cognitively and want some assurance that we’ve done a decent enough job for the client to be able to venture into the big, bad world and mend themselves when the need arises. Termination of therapy is difficult - not just for clients, but for therapists as well. On account of Dear Zindagi being a feature film, therapy had to end (unlike how weekly sessions continue in HBO’s In Treatment). And that relationship is unique in itself. Dr Khan doesn’t cross the therapist-client line, and is very clear that he isn’t Kaira’s teacher, tutor, parental figure, or romantic figure, but is her therapist. He uses his own examples constructively for Kaira’s benefit for instance, when at the beach he reveals that he has a son and is divorced, it enables Kaira to narrate familial experiences that were difficult for her. The therapist uses his own stories to further sessions, not to refocus the attention onto himself. He is non-judgmental, doesn’t get drawn into arguments with his client, is patient, listens, gives homework (!), and allows the client to express herself freely. Therapist skills have been researched and depicted well too, and Shah Rukh Khan does justice to most attributes expected of a good therapist.
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The movie is well-researched - there is a very interesting reference to Dunbar’s number (150), which is the number of persons you are likely to interact with consistently and maintain relationships. Dear Zindagi has helped communicate that the therapist is a catalyst for the client, not an all-knowing solution-finder and -giver. The notion of therapists giving “advice” and clients being unable to function without consulting their therapists for every decision is a myth. Psychotherapists help clients help themselves get up. With the session’s time being up, he playfully peddles away, and Kaira helps herself up, albeit a little distraught. Toward the end of the scene, Kaira falls off her bicycle, and Dr Khan doesn’t help Kaira up. Building rapport in a fun, yet relevant way through stories and examples helped the client “open up.” One of the most important depictions of a therapist-client relationship is when Dr Khan decides to hold an outdoor session: He and Kaira hop on their bicycles and take a ride along a scenic route in Goa. The unsaid “rules” of therapy are adhered to, and though Dr Jahangir Khan’s methods were unconventional (such as taking sessions with an adult client on a beach), there were several aspects of therapy that were communicated in subtle, yet powerful ways.įor instance, in the initial session, building a safe environment for the client is paramount, else clients are less likely to continue treatment. Using the assistance of several metaphors, the movie does justice to this intimate and unique relationship. This is not a movie review, but a commentary on how well psychotherapy and the therapist-client relationship was portrayed in the movie, without resorting to scary clinical diagnostic terms. Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt in a still from 'Dear Zindagi'
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