m4mh

1. Movies for
Mental Health
Long Beach City College
November 13, 2019
@artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth

2. About Your Facilitator
Seth Pickens
Spiritual Leader
Educator
Counselor
IG: @drsethpickens

3. Brought to you by…
• Campus workshops
• Monthly short film competition
• Short film production grants
• Global community
• Mental Health Services Act (2004)
• 1% tax on people earning >$1m/year
• 20% to prevention and early intervention
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Individual Sponsor
Castlelight
Counseling

4. Here’s the Plan
• Quick Introduction
• Setting the scene together
• Mental Health
• Stigma
• Watch and discuss films
• Panel of students and resources
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5. Where were you right before
coming to the workshop?
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6. Heads Up
• Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
• Public space – no confidentiality
• It’s okay to feel!
• Films and conversations might be triggering
• Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
• If you don’t want your photo taken, please let us know
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7. Mental Health
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8. Mental Health
• Mental illness
• Mental wellness
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9. MH Across Languages and
Cultures
If English is not your first language, does your
language have words for mental health, mental
illness and mental wellness?
Do these concepts exist in your home culture?

10. Some movies and tv shows that
show mental illness…
Mr. Robot Goodwill Hunting
Shameless Iron Man 3
Steven Universe
Joker
Watch Men
One flew over the coo coos nest
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11. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
“Dangerous” Hopeless
“Crazy”
Bi-polar
Trouble
Helpless
Weird
Unstable
Drug Addicts
Criminal
Outcasts
Dependent
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12. Stigma vs.
Stereotype
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13. Stigma
•A judgment or stereotype that is:
• Always negative
• Always untrue
• Can be internalized
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14. How does stigma feel?
Hurtfull
Isolated
Claustrophibic
Lazy
Lonely
Resentful
Judgmental
Overwhelming
Self Pitty
Ashamed
Empty
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15. A to Z
by Fenny Wang
AWI WINNER, JULY 2017
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Content heads up: eating disorders

16. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
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17. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Straight to the point
Insightful
Impactful
Obsessive Thoughts
Creative Point of View
Feelings
Sympathy
Depressive
Hopeful
Educated
Positive
Sadness

18. How did the filmmaking
techniques help tell the story?
Stop Motion
Frame by frame
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19. Touch Me Don’t Touch Me
By Lucie Rachel
AWI Winner, October 2018
Content heads up: sexual assault
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20. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
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21. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Not knowing peoples past
Struggle
Narration
Push and pull support
Pride
Painful Memories
Boundaries
Feelings
Caught up in the moment
Anger
Fear
Frustration

22. Why don’t people get help?
Do not want to admit there is a problem
Do not want to be labled
Do not understand their feelings
Peer Pressure
Religious Reasons
Might not know it is abnormal
Unaware
Do not think they deserve what they need or
think they deserve what they are getting
Money
Fear they won’t be valid or believed
Not wanting to appear weak
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23. Little Elizabeth
By Elizabeth Ayiku
AWI Winner, February 2018
Content heads up: discussion of trauma
and childhood sexual assault
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24. Responses and Reactions?
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Felt Familiar
Shame
Childhood Pain
Acknowledging something to get past it
Understanding Internal voices
Self-awareness
Soothing and healing
Coming to terms with childhood
Self-love and worthiness

25. What can we do?
Talk to someone
Be honest with ourselves and the other person
Be aware of resources available
Meet people where they are
Help people get help
Take time to listen
Get involved and active on campus
Continue with counseling
Avoid toxic environments
Remain open minded and not judgmental
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26. Panel
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27. Meet the Panel
bit.ly/M4MH-LBCC
Kristofr Clement
LBCC Student, President, Active Minds
Olivia Pezo
LBCC Student, Vice-President, Active Minds
Daisy Cook, LCSW, MSW
Mental Health Clinician, Long Beach City College
Student Health Services, lbcc.edu
Sandra Rodriguez
Outreach & Training Coordinator, Didi Hirsch
Mental Health Services, didihirsch.org
Lisa Honsberger, ASW, PPSC
Manager of Community-Based Services, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service of Long Beach, jfcslongbeach.org

28. Stay in touch!
Don’t forget to leave your name
and email on the sign-up sheet!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
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