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‘Couples Therapy’ Star Orna Guralnik Is the Jewish TV Healer We Need Right Now

JL;DR SUMMARY Orna Guralnik, the Israeli American therapist starring in Showtime's 'Couples Therapy,' has become a pivotal figure in modern television's portrayal of therapeutic healing. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityHealingCultural HeritageTherapyShowtimeTelevisionCouples TherapyIsraeli AmericanInterpersonal RelationsOrna Guralnik

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Shot in a studio in Brooklyn that genuinely feels like a therapist's office, Guralnik meets with patients for around 20 hours of therapy that is broken up over the course of nine television episodes."
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"She was born in Washington D.C, and raised in Atlanta and Israel by two Israeli American parents, who she once wrote were the first couple she ever helped work things out."
Lebanon
"In the season, filmed mostly before October 7, Guralnik treats a queer couple, Palestinian American Christine and Lebanese American Nadine."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"She was born in Washington D.C, and raised in Atlanta and Israel by two Israeli American parents, who she once wrote were the first couple she ever helped work things out."
Israel
"She was born in Washington D.C, and raised in Atlanta and Israel by two Israeli American parents, who she once wrote were the first couple she ever helped work things out."
Palestinian Territories
"Nadine wants to open the relationship, Christine does not, and the two have very complicated relationships with trauma and their families that leak into the relationship."

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