Sixteen Films to Teach Trauma and Trauma Recovery

A curriculum for therapists

Peter Pruyn
Published in
9 min readOct 31, 2021

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). (Photo credit: Miramax Films / www.imdb.com)

Content warning: the following contains references to diverse forms of trauma.

As a trauma therapist as well as a life-long fan of film, I’ve always wanted to teach a trauma course to other therapists using films as the curriculum. As I’ve watched movies over the years, I kept track of films that depicted…

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Peter Pruyn

I am an EMDR trauma therapist who writes about women's health, gender equality, and film.