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Private Sessions is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Pressman with Mike Farrell
Private Sessions (1985)
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Add to a movie listPrivate Sessions is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Pressman. Starring Mike Farrell as a New York therapist, and Kelly McGillis & Tom Bosley as two of his patients with different problems, the film was originally a television pilot, that failed to impress the audience and was never picked up.
Synopsis
Dr. Joe Braden (Farrell) is a therapist living and working in Manhattan, who also gives advice on the radio. His wife Claire (Walker) has divorced him six months earlier, and he still has not progressed the emotional impact this has had on him. When their teenaged daughter Millie (Tanner) learns that Claire is dating a new man, a goofy writer named Quentin Byrd (Genest), Millie neglects her school work in order to set up her father with a woman. She encourages him to allow his gym buddy Jerry Sharma (Garber) to set him up a blind date with a woman named Tippi (Malick). Even though they both like each other, Joe soon concludes that he is not ready to date again, and cannot keep his mind from Millie. At his work, Joe is eventually bothered by Millie's guidance counselor Susan Prescott (Dowling), whom he agrees to date; announcing that he is finally ready to move on, going even as far as meeting Quentin.Actors
Mike Farrell
(Dr. Joe Braden)
Kelly McGillis
(Jennifer Coles)
Tom Bosley
(Harry O'Reilly)
Maureen Stapleton
(Dr. Liz Bolger)
Denise Miller
(Angie)
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