CAST JAYNE ATKINSON (Marianne Loewe) MARY LOUISE WILSON (Dr. Anya Zurmer) SCOTT COHEN (Nick Zurmer) ALVIN EPSTEIN (Mr. Otto Zurmer) PRODUCTION STAFF ELLEN NOVACK - Director, Co-screenwriter, Co-Producer, Casting Director MAGGIE BURKE SNYDER - Co-writer, Co-Producer MARK SCHWARTZBARD - Director of Photography ELIZABETH SWADOS - Composer ANGELO CORRAO - A.C.E.Film Editor AMY BLOOM - Author ELLEN NOVACK Director, Co-screenwriter, Co-Producer, Casting Director A producer, casting director, director, coach and teacher, Ellen Novack has been in the entertainment business for over 25 years. She began her career as an actress and then moved into casting, working for five years with Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival where she cast over 25 major projects. She has been Casting Director for the daytime drama “Another World” and, more recently, “One Life to Live” for which she won two Artios Awards for Best Soap Casting. She cast the show for four years, then became Coordinating Producer and then Producer. Between her soap opera assignments, Ellen ran her own casting office where she cast TV pilots, independent films and worked for most of the larger regional theatres in the country. She was also the Managing Director of the Classic Stage Company in New York City. She is the co-founder of ActorLaunch, a consultation service for actors moving to New York City or Los Angeles to further their careers. She also continues to cast, produces films independently, is writing a book about the process and history of casting and teaches at The Juilliard School and the American Conservatory Theatre. “Psychoanalysis Changed My Life” is the first film she has directed. She is a member of NYWIFT.