Scream Therapy

On Flex Your Head episode 8 host Jason Schreurs and guest Mike Isacson discuss Nomeansno's 1993 weirdness-defining masterwork 'Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?' “Because I'm so… fucking… smart...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdRQiMO2mmU&ab_channel=Gilpow https://alternativetentacles.com/artists/nomeansno Featured song clips: Nomeansno - "The Land of the Living" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Bobby Bray, guitarist and screecher in San Diego grind-weirdos The Locust. Bobby talks about screaming as preventative therapy and offers his opinions about mental health and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Illness. You know I hate that word! http://robertbray.net threeoneg.com/artists/the-locust threeoneg.com/artists/inus Featured song clips: The Locu...

On Flex Your Head episode 7 host Jason Schreurs welcomes back the impeccably bearded Drue Swalwell to talk about Drive Like Jehu's mid-'90s frayed-nerves classic Yank Crime. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FbdCzKUwoZs1v9bCl43Ev?autoplay=true Featured song clips: Drive Like Jehu - "Here Come the Rome Plows" from Yank Crime (Interscope Records, 1994) Drive Like Jehu - "Luau" from Yank Crime (Inters...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Amanda Filippelli to the podcast. Amanda is a Pittsburgh-based author, editor, and book coach who teaches connection and healing through storytelling. Before becoming a professional writer, she worked in the mental healthcare system for 10 years, teaching adolescent trauma survivors how they can find empowerment in their stories. https://amandafilippelli.com Featured s...

On Flex Your Head episode six host Jason Schreurs welcomes back One-Named Mike to talk about Minor Threat's integral, life-changing hardcore compiled on their first two 7"s. https://minorthreat.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Minor Threat - "Filler" from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "Minor Threat" from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "In My...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Jason Hamacher to the podcast. Jason is the drummer for Zealot R.I.P. and has also drummed in Frodus, Decahedron (with Joe Lally of Fugazi, need to sneak that in here), Battery, and Combatwoundedveteran, among others. Jason talks about functioning with attention deficit hyperactivity and channelling it into creative projects such music and photography. zealotrip31g.ban...

On the fifth episode of Flex Your Head host Jason Schreurs welcomes back Mike Isacson to talk about Hüsker Dü's double theme album Zen Arcade, which explores the troubled upbringing of a young man and the effects on his mental health. Flex Your Head is a special episode series of the Scream Therapy podcast dissecting classic punk albums with my guests. Hüsker Dü on Spotify https://open.spotify.com...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Foxx Bodies singer Bella Vanek to the podcast. Bella talks about being hospitalized and diagnosed bipolar. She also shares what led up to her mental health crisis and how she's managed her multiple diagnoses since. https://foxxbodies.bandcamp.com Featured songs: Foxx Bodies - "Bad Kid" from Vixen (Kill Rock Stars, 2021) Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" live in Yale, New Have...

On the fourth episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Drue Swalwell to talk about The Future of What, the fourth album by Olympia post-hardcore band Unwound. Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns. https://unwound.bandcamp.com http://unwoundarchive.com Featured song clips: Unwound - "New Energy" from...

On the third episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Mike to talk about The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure. It’s a compilation album of equally sarcastic and political songs by rabble rousers Born Against, a 90s New York hardcore band (don’t worry, not the tough guy kind of New York hardcore). Flex Your Head is a limited podcast se...

On the second episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Mike Isacson to talk about the Canadian punk opus Wrong by Nomeansno. Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns. https://www.nomeanswhatever.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m01lPNVv90s Featured song clips: Nomeansno - "It's Catching Up" from Wro...

On the first episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Greg Pratt to talk about the punk masterpiece Supporting Caste by Propagandhi. Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns. https://propagandhi.bandcamp.com/album/supporting-caste https://propagandhi.com Featured song clips: Propagandhi - "Night Letters...

Host Jason Schreurs recaps episodes 31-40 of Scream Therapy. If you missed any of these episodes, it's time to catch up! About this podcast: Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself. Intro/background music: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a B...

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Amyl and the Sniffers vocalist Amy Taylor about keeping mentally healthy at home and on tour. We also chat about how discovering punk helped put her endless energy into a positive place using a positive frame of mind. https://www.amylandthesniffers.com Featured songs: Amyl and the Sniffers - "Cup of Destiny" from S/T (ATO Records, 2019) Amyl and the Sniffers - "Guided...

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Rob Rufus, author of Die Young with Me, a coming of age memoir about him being diagnosed with cancer. We talk about situational depression and the psychological effects of beating stage four cancer. Rob also plays drum in Nashville/West Virginia melodic punk band Blacklist Royals. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Die-Young-with-Me/Rob-Rufus/9781501142628 http...

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Megan Cadena-Fernandez, vocalist/bassist of Foxtails, to share their experiences living with complex PTSD. Megan also tackles the subject of being a non-binary person of colour in the punk scene and the discrimination they face in it, a mirror for the world outside of punk. https://fffoxtails.bandcamp.com Featured songs: Foxtails - "The Chickening" from Querida Hij...

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Jenna Pup of The HIRS Collective about being open regarding mental health struggles. Among other topics, we talk about how the Philadelphia queer punk scene gave Jenna a safer place to express herself through screaming and songwriting about trans and queer rights. https://hirs.bandcamp.com Featured songs: The HIRS Collective - "Say Her Name" from The Third 100 Songs (G...

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Marisa Dabice from Philadelphia alt-punk band Mannequin Pussy. Marisa talks about how a cancer scare when she was a teen affected her mental health and exasperated her depression. She also talks about how toxic relationships have affected her life through the years. https://mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com https://epitaph.com/artists/mannequin-pussy Featured songs: Mann...

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Geoff Rickly of Thursday and United Nations about his depression and how he became addicted to heroin after the breakup of his main band. Geoff talks about what music meant to him growing up and through his adulthood. Clean and sober for the past few years, Geoff now helps others both publicly and privately. https://thursday.net https://theofficialun.bandcamp.com Featu...

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Dr. Blythe TwoSisters of Tabula Rasa Psychology. Blythe talks about warning signs for mental health conditions and the supportive relationship she has with her clients. She also talks about her approach when clients want to run away from their problems or have suicidal ideation. Blythe's grew up in the Houston, Texas punk scene and was the "mom" of her friend group...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Jonah Bayer to the podcast. Jonah plays guitar in United Nations and is the former music editor at Alternative Press. Jonah is pursuing a career in mental health counselling and, in 2019, enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counselling Program at Antioch University in New England. Jonah's longterm goal is to provide counselling for bands. With his clients, he hopes...

Host Jason Schreurs has graphic artist and mental health coach Ellen Forney on the podcast to talk about mental health plans and her own history living with bipolar. Ellen's graphic novels, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me, and Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life, have proven to be incredibly useful for many people's mental health journeys. http://ellenforney.com Fea...

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Caithlin De Marrais, vocalist/bassist of Rainer Maria and solo artist, about how close friendships can provide therapy and foster mental health. Caithlin met Rainer Maria guitarist Kaia Fischer soon after she discovered punk rock and they formed a bond of more than 25 years creating music together. Through their songs they have faced their respective trauma and followe...

Host Jason Schreurs recaps episodes 21-30 of Scream Therapy. If you missed any of these episodes, this will give you a taste of what you need to catch up on. This episode also features a reading of my essay, A Fractured Journey, published at OC87 Recovery Diaries. https://oc87recoverydiaries.org/bipolar-disorder-before-diagnosis About this podcast: Scream Therapy explores the link between punk roc...

Host Jason Schreurs talks to therapist Simon Forsyth of Nozomi Counselling about how punk rock is a model for mental health. Simon lives in Dublin, Ireland, and came out as gay a year after he discovered punk rock. He encourages his clients to use the ethos of punk rock to reclaim their lives as an act of resistance and has created a punk workbook for them called Write Your Revolution. https://noz...