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In season two, Paul has moved his practice to Brooklyn, following his divorce from his wife Kate. Rebuilding his practice while wrestling with some of the demons he left behind. Paul commutes back to Maryland every Friday to see his children and to continue his own sessions with Dr. Gina Toll (Emmy®/Oscar® winner Dianne Wiest).
His new clients include Mia, April, Oliver (and sometimes his divorcing parents) and Walter. Stepping inside the tangled mind of a man who counsels others for a living, 'In Treatment' renders an intricate portrayal of the experts we rely on for perspective.
What would you like to see happen in Season 2?
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 29, 2009 12:56 PM
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> I never could stomach how misguided and lost and
> infantile he could reveal himself to be with gina..he
> was simply too good a therapist to have such a lame
> "rudder" of his own...I sort of disregarded his
> idiocy in these episodes.
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> This is too black and white. There are plenty of
> therapists who can't get their shit together just as
> there are nurses, lawyers.....school tranining does
> not make you perfect or give you the ability to
> change.
Could not have said it better myself. At our core, we are all very human, no matter our profession or training has made us into. Scarier to consider in certain professions, i.e., surgeons, pilots, anyone who carries a gun...
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 28, 2009 9:48 AM
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Cloud.......I have no idea what you're referring to......
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 28, 2009 3:09 AM
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Rubyitcat, that last one was for you. I hit reply to your post, but I can't see any direct to you.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 28, 2009 3:07 AM
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I'm in total agreement with you.
It was nauseatingly juvenile. What a huge baby Paul was with Gina! He dumped so much and so often on her (one has to wonder why she put up with it; I suspect more's going on). I loved it when she finally lost it. Unfortunately it only happened once. Lol! I honestly think Paul would respect Gina more if she banged him around a bit, figuratively speaking. He likes, prefers, strong or controlling women.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 28, 2009 3:01 AM
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Sigh...What a big disappointment the end of the season and finale turned out to be for me. It's odd cuz it feels like the exact opposite of last season where the storylines were so sharp and consistent but Paul was the dead weight. Now he's come alive and I dig seeing him fight for his patients' well being. But now the storylines are meh. I mean they turned meh. The whole thing with Mia...Puhleeze. Everything with her drags around in circles with all the cliche daddy issues until this last ep and a light goes on. Mmhmm, right. Sure. Okay. I have no problem believing an epiphany, but this one was too rusty in its journey for my taste. So...
With Walter, whom I loved in the beginning, I do like that he's going to continue with therapy. Cool. Awesome. But he was acting like such a baby towards the end and it was so unbecoming. It was also disingenuous for his character. Walter spent his life putting on a facade and mask of being in control. I think he cared very much what people thought of him. That's why I still don't buy someone like that risking the "taint" of suicide on their rep. What about the shame? The scandal! If not for himself he seemed fiercely protective of his wife. So, no, for me it would be something else for Walter. Not suicide. And please God that childish whining. No, that's not Walter either. That's a disservice to the great character he was.
In a perfect world my ending for Walter would involve him having an epiphany about what his actions cost Natalie. I was crossing my fingers and hoping he'd say something to Paul about finally understanding her work and feeling terrible for asking her leave and then finally - if indirectly - forcing her to come home after his suicide attempt. I wanted him to tell Paul he bought her a return ticket back to Africa and that she asked him to think about joining her in the near future. That maybe she would ask him to use his business smarts to help with starting some grant programs for the villagers. It just seemed like the perfect ready made ending, didn't it? Sigh.
As for Gina I loved her sexy, gold pumps. Rowr, girl! Yeah, I admit I was waiting for her to confess her love for Paul. I can't say I'm certain of it, but I've always detected much more between them - at least on her end. There's a lot going on behind those eyes. Gina needs and deserves her moment, whatever that is. I hope she gets it!
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May 27, 2009 4:06 PM
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I'd say overall, besides loving In Treatment for the acting/writing, I love that it opened my mind just that little bit more to the idea of therapy. Every episode is cathartic in some way, which i adore as well.
Good for you; I hope you try therapy and are helped by it.
I used to have agoraphobia really bad, I know exactly how frightening that is.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 26, 2009 10:56 PM
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I still love the show and I am still a big fan of Mr. Byrne's. I watch it with no expectations and no judgements. It's art and I will let the artists hold the brushes. I hope there will be season III - I must say I will miss Diane Weist I always look forward to Gina and Paul. Perhaps they can just be friends and Paul can have a visit now and then. Mr. Byrne enjoy your time off until next season, perhaps we'll see you in a movie? To the actors, you all did a super job!
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 26, 2009 5:14 PM
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About this in general; not that I'm offended by your post but to put another perspective to it that is completely different from yours:
How i get out the door daily? 4 pills. i have Anxiety & ADD, but my uncle is an absolute lunatic (just because he has NEVER been treated, not necessarily by a therapist but by anyone), and I'm sure if he'd have had access at a younger age to therapy and/or psychiatry, his leg wouldn't be rotting off today/wouldn't be institutionalized for the rest of his life.
No-one else in my family has ever been to a therapist or psychiatrist, they mostly think that stuff is bullshit like you, they've just never needed it, but their minds changed once I was diagnosed & they realized that these are problems that you CAN'T JUST "SUCK UP". The inability to go to work, to wake up, to talk to people, because your brain is misfiring chemicals, is pretty crippling. You become a different version of yourself and as my boyfriend has told me a few times to "snap out of it", it's not a possibility in that situation. I'm an outgoing/happy person, on medication and properly treated you would never guess I had any problems whatsoever.
Before watching In Treatment, i'd always been a bit freaked out by therapy, finding it clinical & telling all your secrets to a stranger..just weird.
But after watching the show, and obviously things are embellished being that it is a show, i've been considering the idea of therapy more & more, because simply having an unbiased view on you/your problems, etc, is huge.
I've always had a lot of guilt & secrets, and coincidentally while I was getting into In Treatment, my psychiatrist suggested I see her for free therapy because I simply need to vent to someone that bad, without judgment or shame. (to those who might say.."couldn't you tell that to a friend?". Sometimes you want your affair to be private, completely private, but you still have to talk about it if you're ever going to get over it!)
I'd say overall, besides loving In Treatment for the acting/writing, I love that it opened my mind just that little bit more to the idea of therapy. Every episode is cathartic in some way, which i adore as well.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 26, 2009 1:54 PM
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Nice to know that there are a few who understand and respect where I am coming from as opposed to just attacking. We will do alright in this world JOLIE10.
Now let's get going on bottling it up and selling it...hell...I'll give it away. All I can do is lead by example.
I know where you're coming from, but it was the attitude and tone of your posts that were off putting, not so much the content
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May 26, 2009 1:52 PM
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I never could stomach how misguided and lost and infantile he could reveal himself to be with gina..he was simply too good a therapist to have such a lame "rudder" of his own...I sort of disregarded his idiocy in these episodes.
This is too black and white. There are plenty of therapists who can't get their shit together just as there are nurses, lawyers.....school tranining does not make you perfect or give you the ability to change.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 26, 2009 12:04 PM
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Upon reflection..the areas of this season which disturbed me...even almost prompted me to call "Foul!"...were the abrupt about -faces of Paul with Gina...I never could stomach how misguided and lost and infantile he could reveal himself to be with gina..he was simply too good a therapist to have such a lame "rudder" of his own...I sort of disregarded his idiocy in these episodes.
of course i gave him latitude as he was realizing the depths of his father relationship distortion and death et al and the lawsuit and the divorce etc yeah yeah..paul find your own vision.unite the advice and wisdom you give to your own arc of growth. DUH
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May 25, 2009 9:59 PM
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Nice to know that there are a few who understand and respect where I am coming from as opposed to just attacking. We will do alright in this world JOLIE10.
Now let's get going on bottling it up and selling it...hell...I'll give it away. All I can do is lead by example.
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 25, 2009 4:43 PM
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My motto on
> this matter is not reflected in my family upbringing.
> I did not leave the nest with a dispairing look on
> therapy. I left the nest with no impressions of it at
> all. None of my family has even been to therapy. OH
> NO a super family! the horror.
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> If there was a problem where I could not handle the
> distress myself I would turn to family first, then to
> a therapist if I could find no resolve.
RoDann: The background with my family is very similar. I witnessed my parents being positive, even under troublesome conditions. They never told us to "suck it up" in so many words because we learned from their lead. Two years ago, that ability to "look for the silver lining" temporarily deserted me because I became so angry at another person that I scared myself. I needed different tools to fight that off so I sought help from a therapist. I came away after just a few sessions with a new perspective on how to handle a really bad situation. I thank God that most of the time I can talk to myself to work out problems. I can kick myself in the butt or pat myself on the back, so I understand totally how you do the same. It's too bad that ability can't be bottled up and given to people so they can fight off their own demons. ( I live with someone...16 years now... who tends to see the glass as half empty, and even though he gets irritated at times with my "cheeriness", he continues to invite more positives into his attitude.)
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 24, 2009 1:34 PM
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Rodann,
Your reflection seems very reasonable and honest. I admit that therapists are no different than you and I, of course, they are human. Occasionally, a person needs the insight, understanding, and compassion they receive through therapy because, unfortunately, they can not receive it through other means. Some people just do not have the family dynamics that you received growing up.
I think, Rodann, you ARE a sensitive person. I find your thoughtfulness in extending thanks, honesty, and affirmations of the poster's questions....to be very genuine!!
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Re: About In Treatment Season 2
May 24, 2009 12:38 PM
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The humor on here at times is pretty rich.
Those with mental distress over my philosophy may need to see a shrink since they are developing a neurosis over simple forum postings. How do you ever get out the door of the house daily?
To answer Precious Things- a nice question yet to be asked ; also hard to answer. My motto on this matter is not reflected in my family upbringing. I did not leave the nest with a dispairing look on therapy. I left the nest with no impressions of it at all. None of my family has even been to therapy. OH NO a super family! the horror.
If there was a problem where I could not handle the distress myself I would turn to family first, then to a therapist if I could find no resolve. It would be a difficult process deciding who I would see and take several sessions to convince me that I was not sitting across from someone who is no better than I and could give me objective and substantial advice. But, then who am I kidding, I would probably never go at all. And it would be because I would be confident in knowing that I could cope without I am guessing.
Thank you for making me search and think a bit on that. I didn't answer well, but it is honest.
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