Dr. Eric Bender

And even Matt Damon, you could see him laughing genuinely there in the movie.

And another couple of things that he did, he improvised,

psychiatry and therapy is kind of like improvisation too.

And I think people respond to that movie because it felt so genuine.

Robin Williams was so genuine in that movie.

And that is what a good therapy can look like.

You have a genuine provider, genuinely concerned about this person.

I found that I always laugh at the scene where Will Hunting is meeting all these psychiatrists and therapists and kind of poking at them all and getting them to say, yeah, I'm not going to work with you.

He makes a comment about the artwork Sean has in the office that his wife has done.

And he realizes, oh, here's a soft spot.

And so Robin Williams' character grabs him almost by the neck, puts his hands on him.

That wouldn't happen in therapy.

In fact, there are probably legal consequences.

There were probably all kinds of things.

But what I like is in the next session when they do come, Robin Williams, he apologizes.

And often I'll talk to patients, my therapist will talk to me about this in life.

When I see people and they have big issues with their kids or other people, there's gonna be rupture in your life, it's about the repair.

And Robin Williams did a really good job of this is the repair.

I'm sorry, that shouldn't have happened.

So I really like those moments.