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Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast

Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast
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Ever wonder why anxious people love horror movies? Curious about how having the daylights scared out of you can help you feel better? Hosts Jenn Adams, Lara Unnerstall, and therapist Mike Snoonian break it down (and back it up with academic research) on Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast.
Each month, we’ll take an in-depth look at a topic in the mental health field like anxiety, PTSD, and toxic relationships. For our bi-weekly episodes, we’ll pair topics with a horror film and analyze its plot and characters through the lens of mental health. We’ll also discuss our own mental health exp
Each month, we’ll take an in-depth look at a topic in the mental health field like anxiety, PTSD, and toxic relationships. For our bi-weekly episodes, we’ll pair topics with a horror film and analyze its plot and characters through the lens of mental health. We’ll also discuss our own mental health exp
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Wouldst thou like the taste of comfort horror? A new episode? Wouldst thou like to pod deliciously? Join us in the clearing for an uplifting comfort horror episode on Robert Eggers’s horrific folktale, The VVitch.
Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
We’ve just gotten a new job in the woods. It’s only for one day and there’s an ax by the front door, but it’s probably fine, right? What could go wrong? Grab your camera and join us at the lake as we conclude our series on Narcissism with the mumblegore classic, Creep! Come for Peach Fuzz. Stay for Tubby Time!
Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Beep beep, Richie. Hop aboard the S.S. Georgie and meet us in the Barrens as we’re joined by Jamie Alvey from Morbidly Beautiful for a comfort horror episode on the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s It. You’ll float too.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
We’ve got reservations at Dorsia to talk about business cards, Huey Lewis, and Narcissism in Mary Harron’s dark comedy satire, American Psycho. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we need to return some video tapes.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Calling all Outlanders for a new comfort horror episode! We’re joined by Nichole Goble from the Bodies of Horror podcast to talk about corn, religion, and Stephen King. Walk with us behind the rows as we resurrect the 1984 folk horror classic, Children of the Corn.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
You are a podcast. You are a hundred miles high. Pour yourself a glass of Peach Schnapps and dominate as we conclude our series on schizophrenia with Perry Blackshear’s psychological horror film, They Look Like People.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Pom! We’ve got a great idea for a zombie podcast. One camera. One long shot. All live. What could go wrong? Join us for a comfort horror episode on the delightfully zany zombie film, One Cut of the Dead. Special guest includes Patrick Anderson from Modern Horrors and the Not Suitable For Anyone podcast. CUT!!!!
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Join us at the family dinner table as we embark on March’s mental health topic by examining schizophrenia in Ari Aster’s harrowing horror film, Hereditary. Hold onto your heads.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Come with me if you want to pod. This week, we’re joined by Lindsay Traves from The Pod and the Pendulum for a comfort horror episode on James Cameron’s action horror masterpiece, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. There’s no pod but what we make for ourselves.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Come with us and pod immortal. This week we’ll say our names five times in the mirror and conclude our series on Generation Trauma with Bernard Rose’s complicated classic, Candyman. What’s the matter? Scared of something?
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Put on your muscle armor and cross oceans of pods to join us for a Valentine’s Day comfort horror episode! We’re joined by special guest Gena Radcliffe from the Kill By Kill Podcast and The Spool to talk gothic romance and Victorian writhing in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Pod never dies.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
The Psychoanalysis crew is joined by special guest Valerie Díaz Leroy as they begin a new theme and examine generational trauma in Jordan Peele’s horror masterpiece, Get Out. After all, the mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Do you want to be my friend? This week we’re joined by author of The Ables series and the voice of CinemaSins, Jeremy Scott, to discuss the essence of humanity in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. We’re interested to see what you’ll choose.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Psychoanalysis continues their series on depression with the faux documentary, Lake Mungo (2008). Bring your feelings and your photo album and join us at the lake as we look beneath the surface of this haunting film.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD! Special guest Randall Colburn joins the Psychoanalysis pod crew for a relaxing vacation in the quiet town of Nilbog with the so-bad-it’s-good masterpiece, Troll 2. What's the matter? Aren't you hungry?
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Bring me the pod. Bring me the pod. Psychoanalysis embarks on a new theme by analyzing Jennifer Kent’s terrifying metaphor for depression, The Babadook (2014).
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Jenn, Lara, and Mike look at differing responses to trauma with iconic final girl Laurie Strode. This episode from 2020’s Salem Horror Fest focuses on PTSD, its manifestations and treatments, and how it’s portrayed differently in: Halloween H20 (1998) and Halloween (2018).
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Hello? Hello? It’s for you. Join the Psychoanalysis podcast and special guest Joe Lipsett for holiday comfort horror with Bob Clark’s Black Christmas. The pod is coming from inside the house.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
Our name is Pod and we’ve got a story to tell about the time we gave a questionable gift and ended up destroying the town! Dan Caffrey joins us for a Holiday Comfort Horror Episode on Gremlins! Just don’t listen after midnight.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Join us as we pop open some champagne, scoop our phones out of the fish tank, and conclude Killer Kids month with Chris Peckover’s Better Watch Out and a character who’s definitely on the naughty list. We dare you.
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Music notes:
"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod
"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod
"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield
Logo artwork by Jess Snively