A Character Study of Norman Bates From the Perspective of Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Abstract

The contribution of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides the patient with the construction of adaptive thinking. As a psychological approach, it also helps the patient to identify how a traumatic episode can impact on global aspects of life, and how the patient must face a certain event resulting from a trauma. In view of the above, the aim was to carry out a theoretical-reflective study in relation to the character Norman from the Bates Motel series from the perspective of Cognitive - Behavioral Psychology. Therefore, this is a theoretical-reflective study, based on the Bates Motel series. The series was shown in the United States of America by A&E and premiered on March 18, 2013 and ended on April 24, 2017. In Brazil, the copyright was acquired by Netflix and was later renewed by streaming. from Globoplay. In total, the series is contemplated with five seasons with 50 episodes. In view of the analysis elaborated from the character's behavior and his family nucleus, it was verified that childhood trauma is the primordial factor for the evolution of dissociative identity disorder (DID). In conclusion, psychotherapy requires continuity, and in cases of post-traumatic situations it is essential that the patient seek help from psychologists and psychiatrists so that their psychological condition does not worsen. CBT is an approach that aims at the present, based on that, it establishes communication between therapist and patient so that there is a rescue of thoughts that can make it impossible and generate negative impacts on mental health. Interventions applied in CBT are based on tasks that the patient can perform in everyday life and that generate well-being and improvements for the complaints raised during psychotherapy.