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## 🎬 Reel Healing: Learning to Produce Therapeutic Media Through the Four Tiers

In this group, I'll talk about producing by introducing a new app I designed called Reel Healing. The app is based on my work in Film/Video-Based Therapyâ„¢, a method that bridges filmmaking, psychology, and storytelling as tools for post-traumatic growth. I'm inviting you to preview the app, learn, grow, and laugh while building resilience, and share healing stories.
In this session, I'll be presenting Reel Healing as a Tier 1 producer, the starting level in a four-tier model of film development.

I’ll be leading as a Tier 1 producer at the beginning level of the producing pathway, which means I’m not very experienced. Tier 1 is about learning to think like an architect: defining the vision, organizing ideas, and experimenting with free AI-powered tools such as Google Docs/Sheets, Trello, and Notion. As we move through the tiers, we’ll see how each level expands creative control and technical mastery:

  • Tier 1 – Free AI Tools: foundational planning and idea development using Google Docs, Trello, and Notion.

  • Tier 2 – Partner Platforms: hands-on production management with StudioBinder, Yamdu, and Celtx.

  • Tier 3 – Professional NLEs: editing workflows in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, and budgeting with Movie Magic or Gorilla.

  • Tier 4 – Pro Extras: advanced creative environments such as Unreal Engine, VFX, and virtual production.

We’ll walk through the app together, discuss how producing overlaps with therapy, and gather live feedback to improve the beta.
This is a shared learning space where producers, editors, students, therapists, and coaches can all teach one another as we explore the evolving language of healing through film and story.

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