What do you like about the show: “And just like that…”

Critics love to hate Carrie and the company. And they Sex and the city reboot, And like that… I get it: the show is on top. The fashion is great, but it looks more like an outfit than a piece of clothing. And the economics of their lives are very unrealistic. But it has always been true.

when Sex and the city When first aired, I was beginning to practice as a therapist. Like many, I was fascinated by the adventures of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. The series, in a way, has become mine. “Co-therapist.” Many of my clients at the time were young professionals in their 30s who don’t have children and instead were married straight away from college, navigating a romantic life that was different from that of my parents. Sex and the city I made the experience visible, cool, and even ambitious. At the time, the idea that being a single woman in her 30s was attractive seemed totally innovative. It’s a very pigeon Date Rather than providing the questions my client was asking, and answers, the characters did something more important. They examined and celebrated the journey.

It was fantastic and friendly. At 30, I’m probably living in the income of a freelance writer, but I never heard of Manolos before they saw the carry parade through a full closet. in And just like that… Her finances make more sense after her marriage It gets bigger, but the scale is still exaggerated. Every character’s lifestyle is shiny beyond recognition. Still, that’s not the point. The fantastic backgrounds make room for the real questions that the show has always asked.

Sex and the city Celebrating an important idea: the process of learning to become your own person and choose relationships from strength rather than despair. And like that… Continue that thread while adding another thread: the relationship (even a happy marriage) is never static. Like nature, people and relationships are constantly moving, growing and evolving. Couple members, family, or friendship You need to adapt – or risks that can get stuck or get outdated.

This is a heartfelt insight into systems theory. Systems Theory, a framework to inform most couples and families Treatmentpeople think it doesn’t work in a vacuum. We are shaped and shaped by the systems around us. Like a mobile hanging from the ceiling, when one part shifts, the rest reacts. Systems thinking helps you move from asking, “What’s wrong with me?” “What’s going on around me and how am I doing that?”

I saw it through this lens, And like that… There are plenty of systematic lessons. The newly wrapped season 3 is no exception.

• Charlotte and Harry You may think that happiness is the best. But they are not only hugging, but also struggling with children’s sex Exploring, they navigate the return to Charlotte’s a Career After years at home, they face Harry’s prostate cancer and the possibility of their loss sexual Life together.
• carry, The widow admits that she always imagined her to be with Big and Aidan throughout her adult life. However, she breaks up with Aidan and realizes that for the first time she is imagining herself indefinitely.
• Miranda Discover love with a woman and unexpectedly transform her family life into something beautiful. When life appears to be calm, she must adapt to her son Brady and prepare to let her child go out of unmarriedness.
• LTW, Lisa offers a realistic window into how a deeply happy marriage is vulnerable to problems and what it takes to prevent it.
• Sheema Ends the season facing her superficial veneer. With a vegan thanksgiving and deodorant-free gardener boyfriend, can Sheema still be Sheema? (For the sake of record, singing Adam’s “Bet Davis Eye” to Sheema was one of the most fun and unexpected TV moments I’ve seen in many years.)

Each of these arcs, like all systems, shows how relationships adapt to change. They remind us that relationships don’t end “after happiness.” They are living systems, constantly negotiating losses, transitions, new identities.

Full disclosure: In high school, I took a jazz dance class with Julie Rottenberg, the show’s incredible writer and producer (and sometimes director). We never kept in touch, but I admired her work through each incarnation of the show, and grasped her Intimate And the complexity of the relationship continues to impress me. Perhaps this random overlap and subsequent fandom of our Philadelphia childhood biases me in courtesy of the show. But I think many of the show’s critics have overlooked how deeply the characters in this show track the cultural conversations about intimacy and relationships.

Yes, I have an incredible wealth, surgery, Fantasy Wardrobe. But I also enjoy them. And I realized that I had moved too. This season ended with a reminder that we are all somewhat alone, regardless of the circumstances of our relationship. The essential survival trick is to have a genuine basis, whether you’re in or out of a relationship. It’s not just good television, it’s the system theory and it’s realized.