Psychological analysis of “The Woodsman” movie

Authors

  • Manuel Arboccó de los Heros Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2013.v18n2.971

Keywords:

Disorder, pedophilia, child sexuality, psychotherapy

Abstract

The following article is an attempt to present the psychological analysis of a film by Nicole
Kassell, director of cinema of the United States, entitled “The Woodsman” or “The lumberjack”,
a movie that is the story of Walter, a former inmate who spends twelve years in prison for sexual
crimes committed to girls and after completing his sentence, released from prison to enter in
a society which is not located which does not feel belong and which remind continuously the
pathological of his being. From what is shown in the film, the particularities in the experience of
the protagonist, the diagnosis of pedophilia, will review possibilities of his childhood psychosexual
development, its link with a colleague and the role of the society in similar cases.

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Author Biography

Manuel Arboccó de los Heros, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Licenciado de Psicología. Estudios concluidos
de Maestría en Psicología en la U.N.M.S.M. Profesor Universitario. Docente en la
Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón (UNIFÉ). Docente en la Facultad de
Psicología y Trabajo Social de la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV). Docente
en la Universidad Científica del Sur (UCSUR). Miembro del Colegio de Psicólogos del
Perú. Con Formación Psicoterapéutica como Analista Transaccional. Cursa estudios
en Psicoterapia Gestáltica. Autor de artículos de Psicología y Humanidades en revistas
de la especialidad.

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Published

2013-06-01

How to Cite

Arboccó de los Heros, M. (2013). Psychological analysis of “The Woodsman” movie. Consensus, 18(2), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2013.v18n2.971

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2013): Consensus

Section

Artículos