The Therapeutic Possibilities of Cinema for Adolescents
The Therapeutic Possibilities of Cinema for Adolescents

Summary/Abstract: Life stressors at school or at home increase the risk of anxiety and depression among adolescents. Through cinematherapy or filmmaking therapy a healing process could be created. The field of filmmaking therapy could be especially suitable for adolescents dealing with behavioural disorders, thanks to their familiarity with the means of digital media. The present study aims towards understanding filmmaking therapy through studying the psychanalytical and artistic processes that are involved, and understanding how they could be applied to offer adolescents, which represent a vulnerable category of individuals due to their developmental challenges, a better insight over their transition from children to adults.

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