Watch the movie Ordinary People. You will write an academic paper (6-8 pages, with references APA style) that addresses the experience of the movie and the following themes:
1) What does psychodynamic psychotherapy give Conrad?
2) What does psychodynamic psychotherapy teach Cal?
3) What are some of Conrad’s ego strengths?
4) What other psychodynamic theories/orientations do you see in this movie?
5) What does psychodynamic psychotherapy help Conrad free himself from?
6) What, in the end, does psychodynamic psychotherapy provide this family?
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