Therapist reacts to the Psychology of Wednesday Addams | Episode 1

Therapist Dr. Courtney reacts to Netflix's Wednesday Ep 1: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe. When a deliciously wicked prank gets Wednesday expelled, her parents ship her off to Nevermore Academy, the boarding school where they fell in love.

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00:00 - 00:28 - Intro
00:28 - 01:31 - Sadism & Emotion as weakness
01:31 - 02:55 - Wednesday doesn't want to become her parents
02:55 - 05:32 - 'Dark empathy' and the types of empathy
05:32 - 07:08 - Wednesday & her mother's relationship
07:08 - 08:59 - Stereotypes & Schemas
08:59 - 10:02 - Wednesday gets rattled
10:02 - 11:13 - Wednesday IS sensitive
11:13 - 13:27 - Wednesday's therapy session
13:27 - 14:30 - How the world perceives Wednesday
14:30 - 15:32 - Transactional relationships
15:32 - 16:37 - The plot thickens
16:37 - 17:36 - The part of the brain she feels safe in
17:36 - 20:14 - Why she doesn't cry anymore
20:14 - 22:13 - Wednesday might be opening up (a little)
22:13 - 23:22 - Where I've been & what's coming next!


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Dr. Courtney Tracy, known as The Truth Doctor, discusses the world through a mental health lens using pop culture and the media as her medium.

The goal of this show is to provide psychological perspectives on topics, themes, characters, and, at times, real people as they are presented in mass media. The outcomes we hope for are increased understanding and compassion for the human condition and increased awareness of how the mind and body work.

Dr. Courtney is a licensed clinical social worker and a doctor of clinical psychology. She holds a LCSW license in the state of California and has specialized in substance use and co-occurring disorders throughout her career.

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