cinematherapy

English

Etymology

From cinema +‎ therapy.

Noun

cinematherapy (uncountable)

1. The viewing of thought-provoking or inspiring films as a form of therapy.
   • 2006, Barbara Klinger, Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home:

     Cinematherapy combines a strategic mix of pop feminism (which presumes female independence and “girl power”) and stereotypes, then, as a primary method of appealing to female audiences.

   • 2010, Victoria Tischler, Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook, Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 31:

     Cinematherapy is an innovative way of working with couples and clients.

   • 2012, Skip Dine Young, Psychology at the Movies, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 157:

     Cinematherapy should be thought of a^[sic] technique for therapy, not a unique type of therapy.

   • 2014, Ryan M. Niemiec, Danny Wedding, Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths, Hogrefe Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:

     While the quantity of controlled research studies on cinematherapy is limited, it is clear that psychologists value the use of movies in clinical practice (Lampropoulos, Kazantzis, & Deane, 2004).