They have a harder time showing good therapy. They are on track when they show Dr. Bowen in several good cutaway therapy sessions with other patients. Get well soon. The card was simultaneously sincere and the bearer of perfectly pointed irony. True, this forbidden love happens, and because we like these characters, we empathize with them but the storyline is too conventional.
Therapists sit, listen, and talk with moderation.
Therapy sessions have their own unique drama but they seldom look dramatic, and I think it's for this reason that filmmakers give therapists big offices, more props, and plenty of permission to move around, a freedom that most good therapists don't claim. Optimistically, I think it is possible to make a good psychological drama with a credible good therapist who is emotionally compelling. Unfortunately, no one has done it. Sessions , a half hour dramatic comedy about therapy produced by Billy Crystal, had a short run on HBO and probably came closer than anything to capturing the intelligence, complexity, and drama of therapy on film. Unfortunately, it didn't last.