Projects like “Singularity Watch” and the Peer Mental Health initiatives help demonstrate how Film/Video-Based Therapy operates in practice beyond traditional psychotherapy models. These projects are not simply about making films for entertainment or generic storytelling. They demonstrate how media creation, collaborative production, symbolic narrative, technology, and community engagement can function as transformative processes. The framework examines how people: - construct meaning through media, - process identity through narrative, - engage emotionally and socially through collaborative filmmaking, - use symbolic storytelling to explore trauma and growth, - and develop purpose, connection, communication skills, vocational direction, and social reintegration through participatory media experiences. Peer Mental Health was important because it showed how filmmaking and media participation could intersect with: - peer support, - recovery-oriented systems, - social connection, - workforce development, - identity reconstruction, - and community-based mental health approaches. The emphasis was not merely “therapy” in the narrow clinical sense. The work explored how media participation itself could become part of: - human development, - empowerment, - education, - rehabilitation, - social engagement, - and post-traumatic growth. “Singularity Watch” also reflected broader themes in Film/Video-Based Therapy involving: - media psychology, - human-technology interaction, - AI, - virtual reality, - symbolic futures, - identity, - and the psychological impact of emerging media systems on society. The projects helped illustrate that Film/Video-Based Therapy is an interdisciplinary media-psychology framework examining how audiovisual media and participatory storytelling processes affect: - cognition, - emotion, - behavior, - identity, - embodiment, - community, - and cultural meaning-making. This differs substantially from simply labeling the work as “digital storytelling therapy” or reducing it to expressive arts techniques alone.

Interview with Lisa Regina

Hi everyone, I want to share an important update about this Skool community. This group has moved away from a free model for new members, so I’ve introduced a monthly membership fee for people who join in the future. I want to be very clear: If you are already here, you are fully grandfathered in. You will not be charged, and your access remains exactly the same. You are the founding members of this community, and that matters to me. For new members, the monthly fee will go directly toward sustaining and growing this platform, covering Skool, tools, production, and the ongoing creation of lectures, resources, and new content. My goal is to make this more than just a place where I talk. I want it to be a collaborative teaching and learning space. If you’re interested in contributing, there are a few ways you can get involved: - Leading a lecture based on a chapter from one of the books that you wrote. - Teaching a topic related to film/video-based therapy, trauma, media, or practice - Facilitating a discussion or specialized session for the community If you’d like to explore this, please reach out to me directly. We can discuss your idea and, if it’s a good fit, set up an independent contractor agreement so you can be compensated for your work. Thank you for being here from the beginning and for helping build this community. Your presence is what makes it possible to sustain and expand this work. Joshua

I'll be live on Facebook and LinkedIn at 4:00 pm Pacific time tomorrow with Lisa Regina, where we'll discuss the new app Reel Healing, which helps streamline Film/Video-Based Therapy.