What do you do when you and your parent just don't connect? When they're critical, and you just want comfort?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the relationship between Sarah Connor (the RIPPED Linda Hamilton) and her son John Connor (the intensely 90's-haired Eddie Furlong) in Terminator 2. They talk about Sarah's PTSD, her harsh treatment of her son in an attempt to keep him safe, and John's need for connection (which leads to a friendship with robot Arnold Schwarzenegger) and coming to terms with who his mother is. Alan opens up about how this relates to his own relationship with his mother, and Jonathan shares thoughts on how to deal with difficult parent-child relationships in healthy ways.

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Cinema Therapy is:
Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright & Alan Seawright
Edited by: Jenna Schaeling
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
English Transcription by: Anna Preis