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A still from Ken Roach's latest film, I, Daniel Blake.

Pop Psych: ‘I, Daniel Blake’ and the Trauma of Disconnection in the Modern World

Have you ever felt lonely in the middle of a crowd?  As our world gets more populated and the land recedes into the ocean, we all find ourselves jostling for space and recognition. 
By James Cole Abrams
Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff in Wizard of Lies.

Pop Psych: Bernie Madoff, ‘Wizard of Lies’ and the Power of Corrective Experience

At the heart of HBO’s The Wizard of Lies is a simple, old story, about a powerful and adored old man forgetting the point of power and adoration. 
By James Cole Abrams
Tim Baltz in Seeso's new series, Shrink.

Pop Psych: Boundaries That ‘Shrink’

Shrink is a master class in showing not just the dangers of bad boundaries but also the allure of keeping them that way.
By James Cole Abrams
Pete Holmes in Crashing.

Pop Psych: ‘Crashing’ Into Adulthood

By James Cole Abrams
Sense8.

Pop Psych: ‘Sense8’ Knows How to Sink and Swim

By James Cole Abrams
Jovan Adepo and Denzel Washington in Fences.

Pop Psych: Building ‘Fences’ Between Generations

By James Cole Abrams
Samira Wiley as Justina.

Pop Psych: The Best (And Worst) TV Therapists of 2016

By James Cole Abrams
Felicity Jones as Jyn in Rogue One.

Pop Psych: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and the Paradox of Embodied Healing

By James Cole Abrams
Alia Shawkat as Dory and John Reynolds as Drew.

Pop Psych: ‘Search Party’ and the Perils of Codependency

By James Cole Abrams
Amy Adams as Louise Banks in Arrival.

Pop Psych: ‘Arrival’ Teaches Us What It Means to Be Human

By James Cole Abrams
Alex Hibbert and Mahershala Ali in Moonlight.

Pop Psych: Surviving and Thriving Underneath the ‘Moonlight’

By James Cole Abrams
I have no mouth but I must scream.

Pop Psych: The Cognitive Bias of ‘Westworld’

By James Cole Abrams
Ben Sinclair on High Maintenance.

Pop Psych: ‘High Maintenance’ Shows How Your Dealer is Raising Your Kids

By James Cole Abrams
Brian Tyree Henry as Alfred Miles and Donald Glover as Earnest Marks. CR: Guy D'Alema/FX

Pop Psych: ‘Atlanta’ Considers the Danger of Letting Others Tell Your Story

By James Cole Abrams
Portia Doubleday as Angela Moss.

Pop Psych: ‘Mr. Robot’ Shows the Wounded Nature of Humans in Transition

By James Cole Abrams
From Frank Ocean's "Nike"

Pop Psych: ‘Nikes’ Is a Lesson in Splitting Yourself in Two

By James Cole Abrams
Don't Think Twice.

Pop Psych: ‘Don’t Think Twice’ Teaches Us How to Build Boats, Destroy Friendships

By James Cole Abrams
Walton Goggins and Danny McBride in Vice Principals.

Pop Psych: ‘Vice Principals’ Reveals the (Kenny) Powers We Hide Behind Masks

By James Cole Abrams
Another round on Deadshot (Will Smith) in Suicide Squad.

Pop Psych: ‘Suicide Squad’ Finds Sanity at the Bottom of a Bottle

By James Cole Abrams
Missing kids and magic from Netflix's latest

Pop Psych: What Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Teaches Us About Childhood Trauma

By James Cole Abrams
(L-R) Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in Ghostbusters.

Pop Psych: ‘Ghostbusters’, Dreams and Why Bustin’ (Should) Make You Feel Good

By James Cole Abrams
Hitmonchan is my friend.

Pop Psych: ‘Pokemon Go’ Is a Delightfully Disruptive Social Phenomenon

By James Cole Abrams
Ian Colletti as Eugene "Arseface" Root.

Pop Psych: ‘Preacher’ Drags America’s Darkest Feelings Into the Light

By James Cole Abrams
Riz Ahmed.

Pop Psych: ‘The Night Of’ Teaches Us How to Go to Prison

By James Cole Abrams
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