Mental Health is Horrifying

Get out your Ouija board because we're having a séance in the bathroom!
In this episode, I explore cozy horror What Lies Beneath (2000) and its exploration of how our intuition speaks to us.
I talk about:
Why What Lies Beneath is the perfect cozy horror
Emotional avoidance and displacement
How Claire's intuition speaks to her in What Lies Beneath
How gaslighting disrupts intuition
How the Queen of Cups tarot card portrays the intuitive sense
How to tell the difference between anxiety and intuition
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:
My debut book, HOW TO BE A FINAL GIRL; A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book)
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

Debbie Jellinsky is the gold-digging, murderous, glamorous, Black Widow in Addams Family Values who when Fester says gimme a kiss, she says gimme a 20. Today, we honour her legacy.
In this episode, I explore Addams Family Values (1993) and its portrayal of achieving one’s identity through consumption.
I talk about:
Debbie Jellinsky’s origin story
How Debbie never felt understood by her parents and sought to fill this void through consumer items
What the consumption habits of adolescents reveal about their values and aspirations
How companies cash in on our emotions
How increased emotional awareness can reduce emotional spending
How the devil tarot card shows the trap of attempting to find fulfillment through possessions
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:
My debut book, HOW TO BE A FINAL GIRL; A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book)
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
Aspiring, Consuming, Becoming: Youth Identity in a Culture of Consumption
The prevalence of compulsive buying: a meta‐analysis

The Devil's Mouth may seem like just another sharksploitation movie, but this is a therapy shark! And this shark wants you to face that wonky friendship in your life.
In this episode, I explore The Devil's Mouth (2026) and its portrayal of how friendships change.
I talk about:
Dunbar's number and the number of people we can can have relationships with in our lives
Anna Goldfarb's Bathtub Theory of Friendship, and what it reveals about levels of intimacy within our friendships
How Sara and Max face the evolving nature of their friendship in The Devil's Mouth
How life circumstances impact our friendships
The friends you need to focus on to stave off loneliness
How the two of swords tarot card reflects the waxing and waning nature of friendships
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:
I got a book deal! My debut book, HOW TO BE A FINAL GIRL; A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book)
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
Anna Goldfarb, Modern Friendship https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195391626-modern-friendship

Do you struggle with catastrophic thinking? Well, if sharks getting swept up in a tornado and falling from the sky isn't a catastrophe, I don't know what is.
In this episode, I explore Sharknado (2013) and its portrayal of catastrophic thinking.
I talk about:
How we define catastrophic thinking
How final girl Nova accepts and faces her catastrophic thinking
How you can challenge your own catastrophic thinking
How watching horror movies can actually help with catastrophic thinking
How the 9 of swords and 5 of pentacles tarot cards can help us look at the most generous case scenario when having catastrophic thoughts
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

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