A second season begins tonight for the thoroughly absorbing “Couples Therapy” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), a simple depiction of actual therapy sessions that is made more complicated this time around by the coronavirus, as patients have to meet the therapist Dr. Orna Guralnik through video calls by the third episode.
It’s still compelling though, thanks to the work of Guralnik, who shows her talent in cutting through to the issue, being tough, but empathetic in almost each new case.
When it came time for my own video session with the doctor, I asked of showing her talents led to an uptick in the demand for her work.
“Well, yeah, I do get a lot of people asking to be treated,” she said, adding she had been in demand for a while anyway. “In my life outside the show, other than seeing couples, I’m an analyst. So, I see people for many, many years, and so my practice doesn’t really move much. but, yes, I do get a lot of people reaching out.”
Her talents are so obvious, I asked the show’s producers whether they decided to do a show about therapy and went to find the right doctor, or did they find her first and decide to build a show around her?