{"id":539,"date":"2019-11-18T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T04:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/?p=539"},"modified":"2020-10-10T17:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:19:34","slug":"the-bright-sessions-episode-11-and-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/2019\/11\/18\/the-bright-sessions-episode-11-and-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bright Sessions – Episode 11 and 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For this podcast, I\ndecided to listen in to two podcasts in the second season of The Bright Sessions. <\/em>I chose two specific\nepisodes involving one character that I had listened to before, and the other\nin a new format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first episode I\nlistened to (Season 2 Episode 2), was another session with high school football\nplayer, Caleb, and his ability to feel others’ emotions. When therapist Dr.\nBright and Caleb were discussing the past couple of weeks, Caleb mentioned a certain\nhomeless guy and his symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. With feelings\nso strong and unusual to Caleb, he, at first, had difficulty processing the\nman’s situation but then quickly began to sympathize. As listeners, this is the\nfirst time we see the troubled patient reflecting on the situation and\nacknowledging that their problems with their “powers” may not compare\nto what other people have to face. He states that “\u2026it would be nice to\nhelp people like him someday. Like, use my ability for something good.”\nNot only is this the first time we see positive thoughts towards the patient’s\nown supernatural ability, we also see positive emotion. In this case, Caleb\nsteers away from his power and more about his relationships with other people.\nThis specific podcast definitely appealed to pathos more than the others as we\nsee how the patient feels about himself and towards other people. This case is\nunique in that Caleb is able to feel others’ emotions but now he’s focusing on\nhis own and his emotions towards a boy named Adam, who he feels strongly for.\nThis serves as a shift in the sessions, moving from an interview style session\nto a more intimate style conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second episode I chose to listen to was a “mini episode” and instead of a session with a patient, this podcast represented the voicemail of therapist Dr. Bright. Using sound effects, we are indirectly told that this podcast includes 5 voicemails left by 5 different patients. After hearing through the first few, I began to understand that this was a “weekly check-in” for any important updates or news. I think this served as a very important piece to include to The Bright Sessions for author Lauren Shippen because it expanded these sessions to outside of the therapy room setting and more into the lives of the patients. It allows us to hear their self-reflection and how they believe they’re progressing since their previous session. This shows a more vulnerable side to each of the patients as these voicemails are not necessarily required by Dr. Bright. Some of these patients use the voicemails as a place where they can rant and adds a new perspective as a listener to this podcast. Again, the end of the podcast leaves us with a cliff-hanger, as did the last few podcasts I listened to. We get no insight from Dr. Joan Bright and I believe this was an intentional choice by Lauren Shippen to really put us in the shoes of Dr. Joan Bright listening to her voicemail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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