1.0 link 155446 <![CDATA[The Male Therapist, Hollywood-Style]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-palumbo/the-male-therapist-hollyw_b_155446.html Two iconic images, from two classic films: in Now, Voyager, kindly therapist Claude Rains walks in the garden with troubled patient Bette Davis. He's paternal, insightful and obviously knows what's good for her.

In The Three Faces of Eve, Lee J. Cobb helps Joanne Woodward parse out the three distinct personalities tormenting her. Like Claude Rains before him, he's a model of the patriarchal culture, a therapist of unquestionable motives and unimpeachable authority. One of the good guys.

Which begs the question:...

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