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Therapists Review Disney Relationships, from ‘Frozen’ to ‘The Little Mermaid’ | Vanity Fair

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6 years ago

April 29, 2020

Relationship therapists Laura Heck and Zach Brittle discuss the relationship tropes and themes seen in Disney movies like ‘Frozen,’ ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘The Incredibles’ and explore ideas like “be who you are’ and “love at first sight.”

Laura Heck and Zach Brittle are certified Gottman therapists and relationship experts. As public speakers and authors, respectively, their insights on therapy have reached the masses. Check out the institute they’re a part of and their Marriage Therapy podcast at the links below:

https://www.gottman.com/

https://marriagetherapyradio.com/about/

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25 Comments

Bella Hogg__

April 29, 2020 at 4:03 pm

Hii

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Feline Jungle

April 29, 2020 at 4:06 pm

My childhood memories!

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Hamster I love

April 29, 2020 at 4:06 pm

Ello

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Just A Dio Who's A Hero For Fun

April 29, 2020 at 4:07 pm

Ah yes, deciding which Disney character is a Simp or Thot

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holysh*t its me

April 29, 2020 at 4:08 pm

ever thought of having prison wardens review prison movies Stir crazy !

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- Chancelord
  
  April 29, 2020 at 4:12 pm
  
  Prisoners AND the warden should review them together from their perspectives. It’d be SO awkward????
  
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Silvia González

April 29, 2020 at 4:15 pm

She looks like a Disney princess!!

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Colleine Montenegro

April 29, 2020 at 4:26 pm

I so need this right now.

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Olavi Knaapila

April 29, 2020 at 4:28 pm

My Music Channel. ????????
https://youtu.be/BciOjRmX4Kg

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Kamila Salinas

April 29, 2020 at 4:34 pm

thats pretty cool

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jrjoanes

April 29, 2020 at 4:34 pm

I would have been curious to see your interpretations on disney’s take on platonic friendships between men and women, mainly in Moana and Hunchback of Notre Dame

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yoni the poni

April 29, 2020 at 4:40 pm

I mean lets be real, Anna & Hans was not really gonna last long if they had the most spontaneous love connection out of any Disney couples before

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Madisen Rodriguez

April 29, 2020 at 4:42 pm

That was cool

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Shabab Haider

April 29, 2020 at 4:56 pm

The fact that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is almost 100 years old is kind of breaking my brain a little bit

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Julie Jodoin

April 29, 2020 at 5:16 pm

I’ve been arguing against the idea that beauty and the beast is an example of Stockholm syndrome for a while now, I’m glad I was validated by these pros! Better examples for SS are Rapunzel and The Hunchback of Notre Dame since the victims are being gaslit by their captors and have been convinced that they are imprisoned for their own safety. The moment Belle chooses to bring the beast back to the castle, she is no longer a prisoner imo, since she returns of her own accord.

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Kelsey Vandercoy

April 29, 2020 at 5:22 pm

One plus side is that at least Belle had time to get to know the Beast over time

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Nadja V J

April 29, 2020 at 5:27 pm

Please do more of these!

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Liz McCloskey

April 29, 2020 at 5:43 pm

She got cut off discussing polygamy!

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Hermes

April 29, 2020 at 5:44 pm

Would like them or some other experts to break down the original story of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and all of the Grimm brothers tales

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Brandon Torres

April 29, 2020 at 6:09 pm

If there is going to be an episode 2 please include Tangled

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The Morning Buns

April 29, 2020 at 6:23 pm

This video should be shown in high school classrooms! Loved it and Ms. Heck looks like a Disney princess herself 🙂

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Alannah Purslow

April 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm

This is so cool!!!

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Uhmuhh

April 29, 2020 at 7:18 pm

I just dissagree with the whole Ariel thing.

The disney version is all about how Ariel has been fasinated by the freedom of humans, and their world. And when she finally finds love and saves someone, she gets the motivation and takes the chance of true love. She doesn’t solely do it for Eric, Its just the push she needed!

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Kiku Keehl

April 29, 2020 at 7:28 pm

I’m appreciating the abridged versions of each story at the segment starts haha

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franny c

April 29, 2020 at 7:48 pm

Snow white is still a good movie though

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Inside WNBA Star A’ja Wilson’s Louis Vuitton Bag | In the Bag | Vogue

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13 hours ago

March 24, 2026

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