Bat Therapy: Mental Health through the Lens of Comics and Film

How do you define ‘personality’? And how do you find ways to measure personality traits? We use the live-action movie portrayals of Bruce Wayne to talk about the Big Five: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Negative Emotionality / Neuroticism, and Open-Mindedness.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/big-5-personality-traits

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/people-are-strange/201910/how-to-accurately-measure-your-personality

We compare the live action film portrayals of Bruce Wayne. Which younger version of Bruce Wayne do we think led to Ben Affleck’s? Whose Bruce Wayne is more of a façade? What makes some Bruce Waynes more likely to quit being the Batman? We answer these questions and more!

It’s been a long day. You just want to enjoy dinner with the family, but Dash and Violet will not stop bickering. You may have superpowers, but they don’t include super-patience. You use mindfulness to cope with the chaos.

We use The Incredibles to explore ways that having the job of a first responder (EMS, firefighter, police, superheroes, etc.) can affect family life.

Read More: “This is it…this is our normal” - the voices of family members and first responders experiencing duty-related trauma in Ireland - ScienceDirect

When a superhero is forced to retire, how can they still have meaning and purpose in life? With Elastigirl, we talk about how she puts her efforts into raising super-powered children. We compare Mr. Incredible’s struggle to the transition from being in the military or retiring as a professional athlete.

Time for a new season! Find out what we have planned, talking about alter egos and the everyday people behind the superhero masks.

Hello Bat Therapy Fans! While we prepare for Season 6, we cut some behind the scenes for you to listen to while you wait. This is from a conversation before we recorded episode 23: Fat Thor. Ironically, it's about Wonder Woman... not Thor... See you for Season 6, No Capes!

Hello Bat Therapy Fans! While we prepare for Season 6, we cut some behind the scenes for you to listen to while you wait. This is from a conversation before we recorded episode 10: Bruce Wayne. See you for Season 6, No Capes!

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