A spooky self-care podcast about the mental health benefits of horror. Journey into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist (and all-around spooky ghoul), as she explores how mental health themes are portrayed in your favourite horror movies and beyond. Drawing on archetypes from final girls to horror villains, Candis provides guidance in each episode about how listeners can navigate their own mental health woes.
Mental Health is Horrifying is the recipient of two Canadian Podcast Awards — Outstanding Health & Fitness Series, and Outstanding Education Series.
Publisher
iHeartRadio
Category
education · fiction · health & fitness · society & culture · tv & film
The Devil’s Mouth — When your BFF status gets the chomp
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 (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book); A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book))
Tarot for Creative Therapists (https://candisgreen.podia.com/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 (https://www.contempomint.com/)
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 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195391626-modern-friendship)
31 Jul 2026
Sharknado — The psychology of catastrophic thinking, but with sharks
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 (https://candisgreen.podia.com/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 (https://www.contempomint.com/)
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay
All sound effects and music via pixabay
17 Jul 2026
Sleepaway Camp — Trauma un-informed summer camp
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 (https://candisgreen.podia.com/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 (https://www.contempomint.com/)
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 (https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3625816/sleepaway-camp-elephant-room-trapped-gender/)
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain by Louis Cozolino (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201835160-the-neuroscience-of-psychotherapy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rQLUyKcubd&rank=2)
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
15 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
26 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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60
Social presence
94
YouTube
0
Engagement
77
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