In this episode of the Transactional Analysis Podcast, hosts James Longwell and Parul Arora speak with Lorena Adami (CTA-C), a Transactional Analyst in the counselling field based in Italy, about her integration of cinema, storytelling, and TA.

Lorena shares how her background in cinema and media led her to develop what she calls “CineCounselling”, sparked in part by noticing the shared language of script in both film and TA. 

Together, they explore how metaphor, scenes, characters, and shared cultural reference points can support clients and groups to find words, create distance when needed, and expand perception in the counselling context.

You’ll hear them explore:

• • How Lorena connects movie script and life script 
  • The concept of what Lorena calls “CineCounselling”
  • Why cinema can offer a symbolic language when a client can’t yet find words
  • Using film to create the right distance to speak about self through story
  • A group example using a movie to explore the free child, creativity, and expression with students
  • Lorena’s view of TA counselling as empowerment for the client
  • How movie scenes can make TA concepts more accessible
     

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