''BeTipul'' ( he, בטיפול; lit. ''In Therapy'') is an Israeli

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revolving around the personal and professional life of an Israeli psychologist, Reuven Dagan, played by

Assi Dayan Assaf "Assi" Dayan ( he, אסף "אסי" דיין; 23 November 1945 – 1 May 2014) was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. Life Dayan was the youngest son of Israeli general and defense minister Moshe Dayan and peace a ...

. The series portrays a psychologist who treats patients at his clinic five days a week and then seeks psychological treatment for himself.HBO orders 40 episodes of Israeli series 'Betipul'
/ref> Filmmaker

Ori Sivan Ori Sivan ( Hebrew: אורי סיון) (born July 30, 1963 in San Francisco, California) is an Israeli film and television director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, he covered feature films, TV drama, TV movies, and docume ...

served as the head writer of the series.

Overview

As of 2009, two seasons have been produced, with co-creators

Hagai Levi Hagai Levi ( he, חגי לוי; born on 2 July 1963) is an Israeli television creator, writer, director, and producer. Early life and education Levi was born in Sha'alvim, Israel in 1963. He studied psychology at Bar-Ilan University but left t ...

, and

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working on a spin-off program in a format similar to the ''Up'' series. The program has been adapted for audiences in the United States, Argentina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova, Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Russia, Italy, Brazil and

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. In the first season, the cast included Assi Dayan as Dagan,

Gila Almagor Gila Almagor Agmon ( he, גילה אלמגור אגמון; born Gila Alexandrowitz; July 22, 1939) is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre". Biography Gila Alexandrowitz (A ...

as Dagan's own therapist and mentor, Meirav Gruber as his wife, and

Ayelet Zurer Ayelet Zurer ( he, איילת זורר; born ) is an Israeli actress. She was nominated for awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Israeli Academy Awards and the Israeli Television Academy Awards. She won Best Actress awards for her roles i ...

Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi ( he, ליאור אשכנזי; born 28 December 1968) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter. Biography Lior Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood. His ...

Maya Maron Maya Maron ( he, מאיה מרון; born ) is an Israeli actress, an Ophir Award winner. Early life Maron was raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the youngest of four siblings. Her mother, an office manager, was born in Siberia, where her family ...

Alma Zack Alma Zack ( he, עלמה זק, born 21 November 1970) is an Israeli actress. Biography Zack was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1970 and grew up in Ramat Aviv. Her father is pianist Yonatan Zack and her mother is Adi Etzion, an actress and singer. ...

and

Rami Heuberger Rami Heuberger (Hebrew: רמי הויברגר; born October 12, 1963) is an Israeli director, actor and entertainer. Biography Career in the theater After his army service, Heuberger studied acting at Nissan Nativ's acting studio in Tel Aviv. A ...

as his patients. The first season was directed by Nir Bergman,

, and Uzi Weill. Scriptwriters were

Ari Folman Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...

, and . In the second season, which began in January 2008, a female therapist was considered for the leading role, but the idea was dropped. Dagan remained the main character. Zack, Heuberger and Almagor continued in their roles from the previous season. Other actors joining the cast were

Moni Moshonov Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov ( he, שלמה "מוני" מושונוב; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director. Early and personal life Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family that immigrated ...

Asi Levi Osnat "Asi" Levi ( he, אסי לוי; born September 28, 1969) is an Israeli Film Academy Award winning actress. Career Levi attended and graduated the Yoram Levinstein School of Acting in southern Tel Aviv. Levi's early appearances include f ...

, Niv Zilberberg, and Tali Sharon.

Awards and nominations

''BeTipul'' in its first season won all the Israeli Academy Awards for a drama series, including Best Drama Series, Best Actor, and Best Actress given to Dayan and Zurer, Best Script, and Best Directing. Maron and Zack were also nominated for Best Actress. In its second season, it was nominated for Best Drama, along with 7 other nominations. Dayan won again the Best Actor award, and Levi and Zack both won the Best Actress award. Season 2 also won the Best Script award.

Adaptations

North America

United States

An American adaptation entitled ''In Treatment'' premiered January 28, 2008 on the American cable network

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to critical and audience acclaim. Seasons 1-3 of the show star

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as Dr. Paul Weston, the equivalent character to Reuven Dagan and

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as Gina, Paul's own therapist. After an 11-year hiatus, the show returned for season 4, starring

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as Dr. Brooke Taylor. Hagai Levi, co-creator of the original show, is one of the executive producers on the American version.

Canada

The U.S. version was shown in Canada from 5 April 2009. A

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adaptation, titled '' En thérapie'', aired on

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in 2012.

South America

Argentina

In May 2012, Argentina's public television network, TV Pública, started airing the local adaptation of the show. Titled ''En terapia'' (literally "In therapy"), it's starred by local renowned actor (and a former psychiatrist himself)

Diego Peretti Diego Peretti (born 10 February 1963) is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and former psychiatrist. Peretti was born in Buenos Aires, and practiced as a psychiatrist for fourteen years. He took part in several movies and TV series, including ...

as Guillermo Montes, the equivalent character to Reuven Dagan, and

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(Season 1 and 2) as Lucía Aranda, Guillermo's own therapist. It aired Mondays to Thursdays around 10:30 p.m. The third and last season was released in 2014.

Brazil

The Brazilian adaptation of ''BeTipul'' premiered on October 1, 2012, on

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, under the title ''

Sessão de Terapia ''Sessão de Terapia'' (English: ''Therapy Session'') is a Brazilian television series written and directed by actor Selton Mello and based on the Israeli series ''BeTipul'', created by Israeli psychologist Hagai Levi. It is also based on the Ameri ...

'' ("Therapy Session"). Actor is cast in the role of Theo Ceccato, the protagonist, and

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playing Theo's wife Clarice. Veteran actress stars as Dora Aguiar, Theo's mentor. Patients are played by

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, Sérgio Guizé, Bianca Muller,

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, and André Frateschi. The series is directed by the Brazilian TV actor

Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...

Europe

Central Europe

In April 2009, HBO's Central Europe division acquired format rights for ''BeTipul'' from

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. It was announced that HBO would produce local versions of the series in Poland, Hungary, the

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and

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, for transmission on its channels throughout the region, and that

would serve as its executive producer. *The Romanian version was the first to be produced. With

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in the title role and under the name of '' În derivă'' ("Adrift"), it premiered on December 6, 2009, on HBO. *The Czech version aired on Czech HBO in 2011 under the name ''

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'' ("Therapy"), starring

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as therapist Marek Pošta in the main role. *The Polish version premiered on October 17, 2011, on HBO under the title '' Bez tajemnic'' ("Without Secrets"), starring

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in the main role and with three seasons having aired as of 2013. *The Hungarian version, titled '' Terápia'' ("Therapy"), starring

Pál Mácsai Pál Mácsai (born 1961) is a Hungarian actor, director, managing director. A member of Pinceszínház (Cellar Theatre) during his secondary school years in Budapest, he earned diplomas from the acting and directing departments of the Academy of ...

, Erika Marozsán premiered on October 22, 2012.

Serbia

' is the title of the

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n adaptation. It premiered on October 19, 2009 on

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. The main actor is Predrag Miki Manojlović as Dr. Ljubomir. The cast also includes: Snežana Bogdanović,

Sergej Trifunović Sergej Trifunović ( sr-cyr, Сергеј Трифуновић, ; born 2 September 1972) is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.

, Nenad Jezdić, Tamara Vučković,

Nataša Janjić Nataša Janjić-Medančić (born 27 November 1981) is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. Personal life Nataša Janjić was born in Split on 27 November 1981. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theatre in Split. After finishing schoo ...

and Dragana Dabović as his patients and Branka Cvitković as Ljubomir's own therapist.

Netherlands

The title of the

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adaptation is ''

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''. It premiered on July 26, 2010. The director is Alain de Levita. The therapist is played by

Jacob Derwig Jacob Derwig (The Hague, 15 July 1969) is a Dutch actor. Film and television He recently played roles in box-office hit Family Way (2012) (for which he won a Golden Calf), The Dinner (2013), Public Works (2015), and in the highly popular Dutc ...

. The other characters are played by

Carice van Houten Carice Anouk van Houten () is a Dutch actress and singer (born 5 September 1976 in Leiderdorp). Her first leading role in the television film '' Suzy Q'' (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she ...

, Elsie de Brauw,

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, Dragan Bakema,

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, Frederik Brom, and

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(Derwig's real life wife). The second season of the series aired on July 25, 2011 with Paul as a patient instead of the psychologist, who is played by

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Slovenia

is also the title of the

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n version. It premiered on September 26, 2011 on

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. The main actor is Igor Samobor as Dr. Roman. The cast also includes: Maša (Jana Župančič), Matej (Marko Mandić), Zarja (Nika Mansevski), Dana (Maša Drganc), Aleš (Dejan Spasič), and Silva Čušin as his patients, and Ema as Roman's own therapist.

Portugal

The Portuguese adaptation of ''BeTipul'' premiered on January 4, 2016, on

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, under the title '' Terapia'' ("Therapy"). Actor is cast in the role of Mário Magalhães, the protagonist and equivalent character to Reuven Dagan, and Veteran actress

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as Graça Ribeiro, Mário's own therapist and mentor.

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plays Theo's wife Catarina Magalhães. Patients are played by Catarina Rebelo, playing Sofia Cruz a 16 year old victim of a car accident,

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playing Alexandre Gomes, a SWAT Operative,

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as Laura Dias a Nurse about to get engaged but in love with someone else, and finally Filipe Duarte and as Jorge and Ana Velez, a couple living an obsessive marriage. The series is directed by

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Italy

''In Treatment'' is also the title of the Italian version. It premiered on April 1, 2013 on

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, starring

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as Dr. Giovanni Mari. The cast includes: Sara (

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), Dario (Guido Caprino), Alice (Irene Casagrande), Lea (Barbora Bobulova) and Pietro (

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) as Dr. Mari's patients, Eleonora (

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) as his Wife and Anna (

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) as Mari's own therapist.

Croatia

The

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n version, titled , premiered on September 16, 2013 on

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. The main actor is Elvis Bošnjak as therapist Tomislav Vukov. The cast also includes Ana Karić,

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Goran Bogdan Goran Bogdan (born 2 October 1980) is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2005. He has appeared in some American and English films and TV series such as the 2012 film ''Goltzius and the Pelican Company'', and the thir ...

Dijana Vidušin Dijana Vidušin (born 12 February 1982) is a Croatian film, theatre and television actress. She won a Golden Arena for Best Actress at the Pula Film Festival. Filmography Television roles *''Luda kuća'' as Plamenka (2009) *''Moja 3 zida'' ...

, Iva Babić,

Nina Violić Nina Violić (born 15 March 1972) is a Croatian actress. Violić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1994. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1993. She also hosted the Croatian version of the quiz show ''The Weakest ...

, Žarko Savić, Frane Mašković, Suzana Nikolić and Katarina Strahinić. The screenplay was adapted by

Lada Kaštelan Lada Kaštelan (born 2 May 1961) is a Croatian dramatist and screenwriter. Between 1987 and 2007, Kaštelan worked as a dramaturge at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Since 2007, she works as a professor at the Academy of Dramatic Art, Un ...

North Macedonia

The Macedonian version, titled '' На терапија'', premiered on September 18, 2017 on Sitel (TV channel). The main actor is

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as therapist Viktor Terziev. The cast also includes

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, Tony Naumovski, Angela Dimitrova, Visar Vishka, Dragana Kostadinovska, Bedija Begovska, Amernis Noksikji, Dejan Lilic and others. The screenplay was adapted by Darko Mitrevski, Ognen Georgievski, Eleonora Veninova i Sasho Kokalanov.

France

The French version, titled '' En thérapie'' was directed by

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and set after the Bataclan attack in November 2015. Starring

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, the series premiered on January 28, 2021 on

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. The series was subtitled and aired in Australia on

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under the title ''In Therapy'' in November 2021. A second season was aired from April 2022, with each series comprising 35 episodes.

Asia and the Pacific

Russia

Channel One premiered the Russian adaptation in 2012, titled ''Без свидетелей'' (''Bez Svideteley'') or "Without Witnesses". The first and so far only season consists of 45 episodes of 26 minutes each. While very closely tracking the original ''BeTipul'' script, the Russian version features a female in the leading role, played by Ksenia Kutepova as the psychotherapist.

Japan

''Shinryouchuu -in the Room-'' (

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: '' 心療中-in the Room-''; lit. "Now visiting -in the Room-") is the title of the Japanese adaptation. It premiered on January 12, 2013 on

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. The main actor is

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as psychologist Ryou Tenma. The main difference from the original show is that Dr. Tenma specialises in treating high school students.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0466345, BeTipul 2005 Israeli television series debuts 2008 Israeli television series endings Israeli drama television series Serial drama television series Films about psychoanalysis 2000s Israeli television series Psychotherapy in fiction