Trigger Warning: Video may contain sensitive topics
GUIDED MENTAL HEALTH COMMENTARY
The identity of Eva’s beloved has been explicitly revealed - it is her therapist. There were clues scattered within the previous videos, like following a trail of crumbs.
Her explicit naming of him cast a light on her previous confessions, a theme that started near the very beginning of this journey.
Here, we see her idolisation & idealisation of the therapist. There is a sense that she is not exactly in love with the therapist himself, but with the image she has conjured of him.
We do not need to tell you this is problematic.
It would be best at this point for Eva to change therapists. The onus would also be on the therapist to pick up her attraction to him, and perhaps request for a transfer.
Her attraction to him could very well interfere with her reasoning in her recovery process, and thus the effectiveness of interventions suggested to her.
It is of course, not an easy task -- it should be handled sensitively, with care for her likely discomfort, but it is very important that this attraction is not taken further, on either side.
As we walk with you through Eva’s room, you will find “home” videos of Eva’s memories. Here, we have an actress playing Eva, reading out the words of excerpts of 4.48 Psychosis (a favourite text of ours).
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Her explicit naming of him cast a light on her previous confessions, a theme that started near the very beginning of this journey.
Here, we see her idolisation & idealisation of the therapist. There is a sense that she is not exactly in love with the therapist himself, but with the image she has conjured of him.
We do not need to tell you this is problematic.
It is of course, not an easy task -- it should be handled sensitively, with care for her likely discomfort, but it is very important that this attraction is not taken further, on either side.
Basic ethics demands it.