Therapeutic material: Cinema therapy

Using movies for healing and growth. It provoke conversation about important life lessons like respecting each other, opening your mind to possibilities, keeping the romance alive in a relationship, believing in soul mates and destiny, love at all ages, and being true to yourself as an individual. They may not be ordinary stories, but who wants an ordinary story? Let yourself be inspired. Find hope, clarification, strength and reinforcement with a trip to the video store and a bowl of popcorn.

Whether you and your partner are struggling right now or you couldn’t be better, cuddling up for a relationship-building movie can promote an even deeper level of intimacy. Discuss your thoughts about it afterward, and you'll find yourself gaining insight into your lover’s psyche that you didn’t have before, being reminded of something you love about your partner, and feeling hopeful for the future.
Here are some of my favorites:

The Story of Us
Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer play a couple married for 14 years, who decide to separate while the kids are at summer camp. The movie takes you back to when they fell in love and when they fell apart. See yourself in their shoes, unsure whether the love they shared is lost or just hidden under a mountain of regret.


The Notebook
This incredibly romantic film covers the story of a young love and an old love and the unshakeable connection they have. They fall in love in spite of their different worlds. Allie’s mother interferes and just when it’s about to be too late, fate puts them back into each other’s arms. Rachel McAdams’ and Ryan Gosling’s (Noah and Allie) honest portrayals of emotions will break your heart while their undying commitment to each other will inspire you to love with everything you’ve got.

A Walk to Remeber
Mandy Moore and Shane West do a phenomenal job interpreting Nicolas Sparks’ characters in this story of a powerful young love. A boy is changed by a young girl who doesn’t fit the mold. She challenges his mind and heart in every way, flipping his superficial life upside-down. They find abundant joy in giving more to each other than they thought they had in them to give. They learn that living with open hands instead of hording what you’re afraid to lose will ensure you will always have more than enough.


50 First Dates
Adam Sandler plays a commitment-phobic zoo worker who falls for a girl with a head injury that causes her to wake up every morning without a memory of the day before. They find ways to make their relationship work that will make you laugh out loud while putting your relatively easy relationship into perspective.




Some are happy ending and some are not. Though played by Hollywood celebrities, yet we can see ourselves in their roles. It’s just that there are some twist as their movies goes on unlike what is in the real life. So what’s your most favorite one?









"Life is not the amount of breaths you make; it's the moments that take your breath away."
From the movie, "Hitch"

serendipity - they believe they will still meet again after they only exchange thier names.

nothing hill - julia roberts choosed to be a wife of hugh grant instead of fame.

sweet....