Episode 59: Lets watch Stutz and talk about the Jonah Hill texts

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We’re back to our regular programming with a fun debate between a future psychiatrist and a psychologist, as Michael Watson joins Steph to talk Stutz, the Netflix documentary “about” Dr Phil Stutz created by Jonah Hill. Steph & Michael discuss how the unique revolutionary techniques Stutz employs aren’t quite so unique or revolutionary, and what Jonah was trying and succeeding to portray from this film. BUTTT OF COURSE within the context of the wild and gross texts that Jonah’s ex Sarah Brady shared from the actor in July this year. What do the texts say about how effective the therapy portrayed in Stutz actually is? And what actually IS a boundary? 

 

Special thanks to Laura Packer for sound editing <3

 

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of emotional abuse, coercive control, body shaming, death of a sibling (very brief)

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REFERENCES:

• SKEPTIC’s REVIEW: “Stutz” (2022) | NETFLIX Documentary | Movie Analysis - PSYCHOLOGY CORNER
• Film Review: The Therapeutic Relationship in "Stutz" | Psychology Today Australia
• Review: Stutz | View from the shrink's couch (reelgood.com.au)
• Stutz Review: Jonah Hill’s Cagey Netflix Doc About His Psychiatrist – IndieWire
• Let’s Call Jonah Hill’s Alleged Text Messages What They Are: Misogynistic | Vogue
• Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (apa.org)
• Netflix psychiatrist Phil Stutz says 85% of early therapy gains are down to lifestyle changes. Is he right? (theconversation.com)

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