This week, I am re-horrifying you with my previously released episode on Companion (2025). It feels topical! I theorize about what new f@*%ed up attachment style could evolve out of our attempts to attach to AI companion bots. Lord save us.

New episodes back in December!

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)

Join the Final Girls Club — The Final Girls Club is an online series of programs, services, and workshops. This club is for the spooky ghouls looking to explore mental health through psychoeducation, tarot, dreams, experiences through the veil, horror, and more. Offerings from the Final Girls Club are not a substitute for psychotherapy treatment. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/) 

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 

Erotic Transference and Countertransference Clinical practice in psychotherapy, Edited By David Mann

How 'Companion' Turned Sophie Thatcher Into the "Perfect Girlfriend" by Sadie Bell

‘Companion’ Director Drew Hancock Reveals the Script Change That Reinvented His Sci-Fi Horror Movie [Interview] by Meagan Navarro

Nguyen, C. Thi, Games: Agency As Art (New York, 2020; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Apr. 2020)

Attachment by John Bowlby

This week, I am re-horrifying you with my previously released episode on Companion (2025). It feels topical! I theorize about what new f@*%ed up attachment style could evolve out of our attempts to attach to AI companion bots. Lord save us.
New episodes back in December!
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.&nbsp;
.............................................................. Show Notes:
My debut book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book">HOW TO BE A FINAL GIRL</a>; A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (<a href="https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book">https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book</a>)
<a href="https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists">Tarot for Creative Therapists</a> &mdash; Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (<a href="https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)">https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)</a>
<a href="https://candisgreen.podia.com/">Join the Final Girls Club</a> &mdash; The Final Girls Club is an online series of programs, services, and workshops. This club is for the spooky ghouls looking to explore mental health through psychoeducation, tarot, dreams, experiences through the veil, horror, and more. Offerings from the Final Girls Club are not a substitute for psychotherapy treatment. (<a href="https://candisgreen.podia.com/)">https://candisgreen.podia.com/)</a>&nbsp;
Podcast artwork by <a href="https://www.contempomint.com/">Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint</a>
Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay&nbsp;
All sound effects and music via pixabay&nbsp;<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy-Deutsch-2/publication/258200651_Aspiring_Consuming_Becoming_Youth_Identity_in_a_Culture_of_Consumption/links/570588b708aef745f7176da8/Aspiring-Consuming-Becoming-Youth-Identity-in-a-Culture-of-Consumption.pdf"></a><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2186140/episodes"></a>
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Erotic-Transference-and-Countertransference-Clinical-practice-in-psychotherapy/Mann/p/book/9780415184533?srsltid=AfmBOooa2mQwf3DdheDMhfookg873nHZnDBer4dKBvHkfzbmd8C1P0hg%20">Erotic Transference and Countertransference Clinical practice in psychotherapy</a>, Edited By David Mann
<a href="https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/companion-movie-sophie-thatcher-costume-meaning/%20%20">How 'Companion' Turned Sophie Thatcher Into the "Perfect Girlfriend"</a> by Sadie Bell
<a href="https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3852721/drew-hancock-companion-interview/">&lsquo;Companion&rsquo; Director Drew Hancock Reveals the Script Change That Reinvented His Sci-Fi Horror Movie [Interview] </a>by Meagan Navarro
Nguyen, C. Thi, <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2186140/episodes/%20https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190052089.001.0001">Games: Agency As Art </a>(New York, 2020; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Apr. 2020)
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1295472.Attachment%20">Attachment&nbsp;</a>by John Bowlby<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2186140/episodes/16591190-companion-what-f-ed-up-attachment-style-is-this/edit" data-native--nav-menu-target="item" data-native-icon-name="pencil" data-action="turbo:load@document-&gt;native--nav-menu#connect"></a>

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.

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 &mdash; Outstanding Health &amp; Fitness Series, and Outstanding Education Series.