Mental Health is Horrifying

It’s officially summer, and now that school’s out, what better way to spend the summer than by going to camp? And how are we going to get to summer camp? Let’s take the hot mess express to Camp Arawak, aka Sleepaway Camp, where no one has ever heard of PTSD!
In this episode, I explore Sleepaway Camp (1983) and the importance of trauma-informed environments.
I talk about:
The complicated legacy of Sleepaway Camp with respect to gender and queer representation
Angela's SIGNIFICANT trauma
How to define trauma, and how it shows up
What being trauma-informed means
How Angela could have benefited from a trauma-informed summer camp experience
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada.
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Show Notes:
Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay
‘Sleepaway Camp’: The Elephant in the Room [Trapped By Gender] by Alice Collins for Bloody Disgusting
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain by Louis Cozolino

I am so very grateful that Forbidden Fruits exists, and that pink horror is becoming more popular, because pink horror is such a glorious, safe space to explore the horrors or womanhood, while also reclaiming the wounded parts of our girlie pop selves.
In this episode, I explore Forbidden Fruits (2026) and the therapeutic benefits of pink horror.
I talk about:
What pink horror is and why it's a safe space for women to explore their fears
The cool girl archetype and how it limits women
How abandonment wounds show up in the Fruits' coven, and in female friendships
Marilyn Monroe and the wounded feminine
Representations of woman as sinful in Forbidden Fruits and... the Bible
Horror as an emotionally compensatory function
How the hierophant tarot card can help us explore the wounds we pass on in relationships

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada.
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Show Notes:
Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay
Forbidden Fruits (2026)
Pretty, Pink, and Poisonous: The “Pink Horror” Era
Loved ‘Forbidden Fruits’? 5 Movies to Add to Your Pink Horror Watch List
‘Forbidden Fruits’ Director Wanted Film to Be a “Razor Blade in a Jolly Rancher”
Matching Underwear, Bondage Tops & Rodarte: Behind The Costumes of Forbidden Fruits

Obsession has really struck a chord in a world where we are increasingly unsure how to be in relationship with each other, and where true intimacy feels like a horrifying threat.
In this episode, I explore Obsession (2025), and its portrayal of the fear of intimacy.
I talk about:
Why Obsession has broken box office records
The fast foodification of intimacy
Coercive control
Nikki as the manic pixie dream girl archetype, and why this kind of idealization is so damaging for true intimacy
Our capacity to really talk about mental health
How the 2 of swords tarot card helps us understand Bear's weaponized insecurity
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada.
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Show Notes:
Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay
Obsession (2025)
Obsession Filmmaker Curry Barker on the Inspiration Behind the Film's Horrifying Twist
‘Obsession’ Has Made 330 Times Its Budget And Breaks A Box Office Record
Coercive control as a form of family violence

Gather 'round sisters, as we leave lavender but our garden gates and bury our abusive exes under the rose bush!
In this episode, I explore Practical Magic (1998), its portrayal of intimate partner violence, and the balm of sisterhood.
I will be discussing intimate partner violence in this episode, so please take special care when listening.
I talk about:
How intimate partner violence is defined
The complex reasons that make it hard to "just leave" a violent relationship
The mental health impacts of intimate partner violence
How Gillian is able to access the internal and external resources required to leave
How sisterhood aids Gillian in attachment repair and healing
How the magician and 9 of swords tarot cards demonstrate the difficulty in leaving abusive situations, even if you have a lot of resources
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay
Practical Magic (1998)
Government of Canada Fact Sheet: Intimate Partner Violence
Homicide leading cause of death for pregnant women in U.S. - Harvard School of Public Health
Support someone I know who is being abused - Refuge

I say this with my full chest — Undertone was not lying when it said that it is "the scariest movie you'll ever hear." And I cannot un-hear it!
In this spoiler-free episode, I explore Undertone (2025) and the psychology of sound.
I talk about:
How sound can help us form secure attachments 
The psychology behind "therapist voice"
How sound helps regulate our nervous systems
Why we are naturally drawn to live music as a primal act
How silence can help grow your brain
How the 8 of wands tarot card helps us explore our relationship to silence and the unknown 
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join the waitlist for this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay 
Thunder by Music by John Britton from Pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay 
Undertone (2025)
See ‘Undertone’ with Dolby Atmos, or You’ll Miss Half the Horror

Enhancing the Raw Sound of ‘Undertone’ – with David Gertsman and Jon Lawless

Ian Tuason haunted his own house when making his new horror film

Bady SL. The voice as a curative factor in psychotherapy. Psychoanal Rev. 1985 Fall;72(3):479-90. PMID: 3931132. 
Soma CS, Knox D, Greer T, Gunnerson K, Young A, Narayanan S. It's not what you said, it's how you said it: An analysis of therapist vocal features during psychotherapy. Couns Psychother Res. 2023 Mar;23(1):258-269. doi: 10.1002/capr.12489. Epub 2021 Nov 18. PMID: 36873916; PMCID: PMC9979575. 
Sawamura, Yasuaki, Why We Overstimulate Ourselves: How Sensory Overload Blocks Memory and Weakens Learning (March 31, 2025). 
How Music Resonates in the Brain

Gentle Whispering ASMR 
Moonlight Cottage ASMR