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January 24th, 2025

Cinema Therapy: Raising Los Angeles Up_OrdinaryWorld

The devastating fires in Los Angeles have left lasting psychosocial and Trauma-related impacts on the community. In response, the novel program Raising Los Angeles Up aims to support individuals and families in their healing journey through Cinema Therapy—an innovative, sensory-based approach that uses movies to foster personal Growth and resilience. This program will feature the Pixar movie Up, analyzed through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, to help participants process trauma, find meaning, and build psychological well-being. Participants are welcome to come to the classes as they’re recorded on Zoom or watch them on their own time via our website and YouTube channel. There is no charge for this class.

Please leave comments, questions and, if you’re up to it, your writing samples below. You can find out more at our website, www.yesandexercise.org.

Research links on the value of the Hero’s Journey:

The hero’s journey: New psychology research reveals a pathway to greater life meaning


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36972106/
https://time.com/6304708/heros-journey-psychology/

Robert Cochrane, PhD Yes, And...eXercise!

Dr. Robert Cochrane is a graduate of UNLV's Integrated Health Sciences department. He's researching the effect of improvisation and storytelling on Parkinson’s disease. He received grants from the Parkinson's Foundation and support from the Davis Phinney Foundation along the way. He is a popular, unique and high energy Keynote speaker, bringing joy, optimism and practical tools for people in the PD community to thrive today.

He has a background in filmmaking, with the Artisan Entertainment release, The Playaz Court, and two Stephen King-based short films among his credits. His father, Dan, was diagnosed with PD in 2001, which shifted Robert’s artistic lens to health. He made his first documentary, the award-winning Boys of Summer in 2004. There are two follow up films in the series with the fourth film coming in 2023.

He moved his family back to Walnut Creek, CA, where he grew up. He lives there with his beautiful wife, two teenagers who are, indeed, "all that" and is a proud care partner for his amazing parents.

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