Bat Therapy: Psychology of Batman and other Comic Superheroes Dr. Emilia Brown and Keeden Hopkins

We talk about our season highlights from Season 5: Heroes in Training.

You have done your best on your own, but even superheroes need help sometimes. You finally decide to reach out for mental health treatment. Still, when you start to try and schedule the appointment it brings on some overwhelming thoughts and feelings. So you pause and use the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Grounding Technique to help you

We explore some big barriers to mental health treatment that superheroes are likely to experience, such as finding the time, confidentiality and building trust, and being willing to be vulnerable.

A lot of thoughts and feelings can happen when going into a therapy session. We practice being Batman while he waits in the waiting room before his first therapy session, using mindfulness to prepare for what comes next.

Even the most capable of superheroes need someone to talk to from time to time. We talk about what Batman might want to talk about during therapy and what theoretical orientations and therapeutic styles he would find most helpful in his therapist.

Rejection. And it’s from one of your oldest and dearest friends, granted, this friend is a hammer…but still. You have been trying to figure out who you are after people were brought back from “the snap”. You are Thor but you have decided not to be a ruler, so who are you? When you see Mjølnir in battle, you feel relief. Until Mjølnir is almost within reach and Mighty Thor calls the hammer back.