In the scene where we are introduced to Sean he makes a joke to his class about Sigmund Freud while on the blackboard behind him the name, "Bowlby," is visible. This is a reference to British Psychologist John Bowlby who, like Freud, was one of the early pioneers of modern therapy and eventually created his own method called Attachment Theory which is very different from Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Later when Sean and Lambeau are arguing, Sean attempts to explain the reason behind Will's behavior to Lambeau who responds, "Don't give me that Freudian crap!" However, Sean's explanation that Will pushes people away as a defense mechanism to protect himself from what he sees as their inevitable abandonment of him (owing to the struggles he had growing up as an orphan) is actually much more in line with Bowlby's treatment methods than Freud's.

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