Analysis of the film "Lord of the Tides" from the point of view of professional ethics in the work of a psychologist. Today, from the point of view of professional ethics, I would like to consider the film "Lord of the Tides" 1991. The film looks quite easy, telling a romantic storyline between Tom, a simple football coach, and Susan, his sister's psychiatrist/psychotherapist. But during the analysis of this film, I experienced mixed feelings, since at the beginning of the film it was difficult for me to understand who Tom is for Susan - a patient or her patient’s brother. To begin with, I will consider the relationship between a psychotherapist/psychiatrist and a patient between Susan and Tom’s sister Savannah. A case of an attempt suicide gives Susan the go-ahead to divulge some points from the patient’s treatment history, since there was a threat to her life. Also, Susan's desire to find out detailed information about the patient from her relatives is not a violation of ethics for me. However, the moment of meetings between Tom and Susan, which the latter called sessions, and at the same time their “random”1 meetings outside her office is unclear. It seems that at this moment Susan began to have confusion between who Tom is for her: the patient’s brother, the patient or ordinary acquaintances. It was noticeable how Susan, during their sessions with Tom, took the story of their childhood with Savvana very close to her heart: she sat next to him, took Tom by the hand, and hugged him. On the one hand, this could be considered as “empathy on the part of the attending physician”2, but on the other hand, with each subsequent minute of the film, their closer communication was also clear outside the sessions, which implied a violation of the Principle of Avoiding Conflicts of Interest, since Susan did not she simply found out information about her patient Savannah, and entered into a close and intimate relationship with her brother. At the moment when Tom was present at a party thrown by Suzanne and her husband, Suzanne's husband, in front of all the guests, hinted that Tom knew who, dropping the phrase: "I think you know a thing or two about madness, Tom." This episode tells us that Suzanne violated the Principle of Confidentiality by telling her husband about the details of her work with specific patients. I’m scared to think what else she could have told him... Violation of the Principle of Confidentiality and violation of the Principle of Avoiding Conflicts of Interest subsequently leads to violation of other principles, such as:• The principle of impartiality: since the psychotherapist’s objective assessment of the situation is distorted.• The principle of Client self-determination: since The case of Savannah's therapist's relationship with her brother leads to the fact that the patient reluctantly becomes drawn into this relationship and it seems as if it is not possible to freely end this relationship. There is also a confusion of roles in therapy and there can no longer be psychotherapy as such.• The principle of competence: Suzanne, having violated the basic rules, having become confused in her relationships with patients, already shows herself as an incompetent specialist who does not know the professional principles of a psychologist/psychotherapist.• The principle of professional development: in the film, Suzanne never asks questions of ethics in her work.• The principle of responsibility: Suzanne did not think about the damage she was doing to the psyche of her patient Savannah by entering into a close relationship with her brother. This can undermine the patient's trust and belief in a "cure."• The Honesty Principle and the Directness and Openness Principle: Here it seems to me that Suzanne was not only honest with her patient, but also with herself about what was happening in her work. She did not understand the limits of her personal and professional capabilities, and also did not inform the patient that she would discuss the patient's history with her loved ones and with the patient's loved ones.3 Let's move on to the relationship between Suzanne and Tom. Throughout the film, I had a feeling that that between Suzanne and Tom there is not just communication, but psychotherapy. The designation of the time of the sessions, Suzanne’s questions and interpretations, her desire for Tom to call her not by name, but by Dr. Lowenstein may indirectly mean that he appeared to her!