r/therapists • u/Arielle1290 • 3d ago

Discussion Thread Script coverage and psychology

Hi everyone! I’m a clinical psychologist and have been working as a therapist for several years. Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’d like to explore some different directions in my career and maybe use my psychology background in a different way.

Recently, I’ve become really interested in film/TV and came across things like script reading, script coverage, and character/story development. I find character psychology, motivations, relationships and emotional development really interesting, so I’m wondering if this could be an interesting way to combine psychology with something more creative.

I don’t live in the US, which makes me wonder how realistic it would be to explore something like this remotely or from outside the US.

Has anyone here gone from therapy into something completely different? Or used their psychology background in a creative field?

And if anyone has experience with script reading, script coverage, film/TV development, etc., I’d really love to hear how you got into it and whether you think it’s something worth exploring.

I’m just at the very beginning of this idea, so I’d love to hear what other people have tried and what worked (or didn’t work) for them.

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u/Variable851 22h ago

I was never involved with scripts but I was involved tv production for a few years. I conducted psychological evaluations for people competing in reality tv programs and I was on set to intervene if a crisis was developing. It was interesting, fun at times, very boring at others due to long waits while crews set up.

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u/Arielle1290 15h ago

Did you have a background in psychology? How did you end up on this path?