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)

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). 

Gentle Whispering ASMR 

Moonlight Cottage ASMR 

I was there! I was a teenager, there to experience the genius marketing surrounding The Blair Witch Project. It signalled a new era for horror, while the movie itself mirrors a complete uncertainty about reality. 

In this episode, I explore found footage horror The Blair Witch Project (1999) and how it portrays collective psychosis. 

I talk about:

• How an entire generation thought The Blair Witch Project was real (and what that was like!)
• How the genius marketing around the film created a sort of collective psychosis
• Current political and cultural unrest, and whether we are in a period of collective psychosis today
• How hypernormalization causes us to freeze and live out of alignment with our values
• How the 7 of cups tarot card showcases feelings of disillusionment and uncertainty
• How to use an ACT Matrix to identify your values, how you may have moved away from them, and how to find your way back

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. 

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 

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Man Vs. Machine by Anthony Milton in Toronto Life

For three weeks last spring, ChatGPT convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. Now he’s suing OpenAI, claiming its product dragged him down a rabbit hole of lies, caused him to spiral into delusion and destroyed his reputation

The Society of the Spectacle by Guy DeBord

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Netflix’s newest horror series, begs the question — do you really want to marry this guy, or do you just feel like you have to?

In this spoiler-free episode, I explore bridal anxiety and the curse of heteronormative expectations.

I talk about:

• How weddings are psychologically supercharged events
• Pressures placed on fulfilling heteronormative traditions
• How Rachel's nightmares and unconscious are expressed 
• Korea's 4B movement
• How the 9 of swords tarot card highlights what happens when we ignore our gut

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. 

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen on Netflix 

Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay 

All sound effects and music via pixabay 

Lestat and Louis have one of the most complicated, twisted relationships in literature and film. And it brings up the topic of energy vampires – what do you do when you’re in a relationship with someone who is just draining you? 

In this episode, I explore Interview With The Vampire (1994) and the psychology of energy vampires. 

I talk about:

• What is an energy vampire?
• How shame and dissociation present within energy vampires
• What happens when you choose to be in a relationship with an energy vampire?
• How the tarot cards the king of pentacles and five of swords represent the relationship between Lestat and Louis

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. 

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Get up to 20% Cozy Earth with promo code HORRIFYING. If you get a survey post-purchase, be sure to let them know Candis sent you! 

90s nostalgia is everywhere right now, and it's not a random coincidence.

In this episode, I explore the documentary In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 (2026) and the psychology of nostalgia. 

I talk about:

• How we define nostalgia
• The mental health benefits of nostalgia
• How nostalgia is particularly beneficial for those suffering with dementia or cognitive decline
• Why we cling to nostalgia in times of change or uncertainty
• When we need to be careful about over-indulging in nostalgia
• The three of cups and how this tarot card evokes nostalgic feelings for me

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. 

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Get up to 20% Cozy Earth with promo code HORRIFYING. If you get a survey post-purchase, be sure to let them know Candis sent you! 

Get 20% off In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 with promo code HORRORFRIENDS26.

Woods B, O'Philbin L, Farrell EM, Spector AE, Orrell M. Reminiscence therapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Mar 1;3(3):CD001120. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001120.pub3. PMID: 29493789; PMCID: PMC6494367.

Ismail S, Christopher G, Dodd E, Wildschut T, Sedikides C, Ingram TA, Jones RW, Noonan KA, Tingley D, Cheston R. Psychological and Mnemonic Benefits of Nostalgia for People with Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;65(4):1327-1344. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180075. PMID: 30149444.

In this special tribute to Canadian icon and spooky legend Catherine O'Hara, I talk about all that she gave us, and the healing capacity of a psychological phenomenon called transference. 

I talk about:

• Catherine O'Hara's life and legacy
• What transference is
• When transference occurs
• What we transferred onto Catherine O'Hara and how she helped us heal

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy both virtually (Ontario) and in-person (Toronto), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. 

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint