The Nation's #1 Cinematherapy Program
As featured on ABC's Good Morning America
Use Hollywood Movies About Addiction, Recovery and Mental Health in Group Sessions to Generate Powerful Moments That Can Lead to Lasting Therapeutic Results
Dynamic and impactful meeting curriculums designed to spark deep, compassionate conversations around life’s toughest challenges—and to inspire real, lasting change. Our award-winning, internationally recognized movie-based mutual support sessions help individuals tap into their inner strength and insight, fostering powerful shifts in thinking that lead to healthier, more purposeful behaviors and more fulfilling lives.
Each of our plug-and-play Programs include a complete curriculum with dozens of thoughtfully curated movie-based exercises, detailed Facilitator Manuals, a 2-hour online training, comprehensive onboarding, and valuable bonus resources—all for a low, one-time perpetual license fee.
PROGRAM LICENSES AVAILABLE
BACKED BY 50 YEARS OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH
- Demonstrated to generate increased participant engagement & interaction, and foster deep self-reevaluation
- Successfully implemented in hundreds of treatment centers across the U.S. and Canada
- Totally customizable and easy to integrate into your current schedule with minimal staff training (included at no cost)
- Great for Residential IP / PHP / IOP / Recovery Community Organizations
- Mental Health Edition Available
- Meetings can be billable to insurance
- Teen & Young Adult Version also available
- Licensing all Correctional Institutions (Local / State / Federal / General / Women's / Juvenile)
- Family Program also available
Advisory Committee
Claudia Black, Ph.D.
Clinical Architect, The Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows
Carlo DiClemente, PhD, ABPP
Creator of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMM)
Dr. Mark Rapaport
CEO Huntsman Mental Health Institute
John F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Joe Gerstein, MD, FACP
Harvard Medical School
Co-Founder of SMART Recovery USA
Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, Dr. HHL, BSW, NCAC II, SUDP
Former Executive Director of NAADAC
Vice President, Wisdom Traditions Counseling Services, LLC
President, Romancing the Brain, LLC
John De Miranda, Ed.M
Former Executive Director, NAAD CEO, Peninsula Health Concepts
A. Tom Horvath, PhD, ABPP
Co-Founder and former President, SMART Recovery USA
Dr. Judith Landau, MD
Co-Founder of the International Recovery Institute
Molly Magill, PhD
Associate Professor, Brown University School of Public Health
Dr. Brandi Jordan, Ph.D., LMFT, LAADC, ICAADC
Chief Operating Officer, Pinnacle Health Group Network
Rev. Jan Brown
Founding Executive Director SpiritWorks Foundation
Register for your Free Info Kit to Help You Start RECOVERY MOVIE MEET-UPs Meetings at Your Organization
INCLUDES:
- Sample Workbooks fully-branded with your facility logos and colors
- A free movie from our Program delivered to you on Amazon Video
- Workbook exercise for the movie you pick
- Discounted Program License Fee
"As far as experiential therapies go,
these programs nail it..."
- Executive Director
WINNER
2025 Recovery Innovation Award
As Featured on ABCs GOOD MORNING AMERICA
ABOUT RECOVERY MOVIE MEETUPS
Where Hollywood Storytelling Meets Evidence-Based Recovery
At Recovery Movie Meet-Ups, we believe in the transformative power of movie storytelling. We bridge the gap between entertainment and healing by utilizing movies viewed in groups to explore the complexities of addiction, recovery, and mental health.
By curating a selection of powerful Hollywood films, we create a safe, engaging environment where stories on the screen spark breakthroughs in real life. Our mission is to help you turn our winning programs into a catalyst for growth, generating profound teachable moments within mutual support meetings at your facilities.
Our Approach: More Than Just a Movie
Your clients won’t just watch movies; you will help them analyze them through a therapeutic lens. The meetings leverage the emotional impact of cinema to illustrate complex psychological concepts, making them easier to understand and apply to daily life.
Your discussions will be grounded in established evidence-based treatment modalities, seamlessly integrating them into accessible, peer-supported conversations.
The Framework
Your clients will analyze character arcs and plot points using principles from leading therapeutic models:
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Motivational Interviewing (MI): Your clients will explore characters' ambivalence toward change and identify their internal motivations, helping participants reflect on their own readiness for recovery.
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Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT): Your clients will identify the irrational beliefs held by protagonists and discuss how disputing those beliefs leads to emotional well-being.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Your clients will pinpoint cognitive distortions and negative thought patterns on screen, allowing group members to recognize similar patterns in their own thinking.
Why Cinema Therapy Works
Stories bypass a person’s natural defenses. When your clients watch a character struggle with addiction or mental health challenges on screen, they can view the situation objectively before applying the lesson subjectively.
Recovery Movie Meet-Ups creates a dynamic feedback loop where participants can:
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Identify with the characters' struggles and triumphs.
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Process emotions in a safe, third-party context.
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Practice new coping strategies derived from the film's resolution.
Reach out via phone or email and speak with one of our community engagement specialists