06 Jun 2002
The Irresistible One - The Thousand Lies of Gert Postel
Impudence wins! The cheeky impostor with a secondary school diploma pretends to be "successful" as a court expert and senior physician. TV-docudrama featuring Uwe Bohm
Three Approaches to Psychotherapy
An actual patient, Gloria Szymanski, allowed herself to be filmed while engaged in therapy with three different therapists, distinguished by their different orientations but sharing their therapeutic endeavors. Poster illustration by Kati Szilágyi.
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Gloria Szymanski Self (the patient)
Carl Rogers Self
Frederick Perls Self
Albert Ellis Self
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