Popcorn Therapy

Continuing the journey to fill you with holiday cheer, Chelsey and Shade talk about The Night Before. Written and directed by Jonathan Levine Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Michael Shannon, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Mindy Kaling, Ilana Glazer, and Tracy Morgan. Sit in on a session where we discuss trauma and adult friendships.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psych...

Hey, y'all! Shade and Chelsey are here to support your holiday needs with this week's millennium classic The Family Man. Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, and Jeremy Piven. Themes explored in today's episode include relationship attachment and adult development. Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about! Happy holidays! ❄❄❄...

Join Shade and Chelsey this week, and get some holiday cheer from the 2015 Christmas horror-comedy Krampus. You better watch out!   Directed by Michael Dougherty Starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tollman, Emjay Anthony, Krista Stadler, and Conchata Ferrell.   The psychological themes being explored this week are PTSD, and structural family therapy.   Hit us up! Tell us wh...

We're heading into the holiday season with one of the only Thanksgiving movies that exists, an absolute gem, Home for the Holidays from 1995.  Directed by Jodie Foster Starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, and Claire Danes. The psychological themes we'll be tackling this week are family dyna...

Coming in hot with the holiday vibes, Chelsey and Shade discuss the 90s family classic, Soul Food. Written and directed by George Tillman Jr. Starring Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, and Nia Long. Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   PopcornTherapyPod@gmail.com  

This week Shade and Chelsey are bringing an election rom-com from 2019 to your ears, Long Shot.  Directed by Johnathan Levine. Written by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah. Starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen. Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!    🎆Don't forget to get out and vote!🎆   https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornT...

In this week's episode, Chelsey and Shade talk about Dia De Los Muertos as depicted in Disney's 2017 animation, Coco.  *Please excuse the audio of today's episode, we're working hard to make sure it won't happen again*

It's the final week of Spooky Season and Shade and Chelsey are covering the 1996 slasher classic Scream. Do we finally have a psychopath on our hands? This week's psychological themes include psychopathology, relationship dynamics, and fear responses.   Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Rose...

For the third week of Spooky Season Shade and Chelsey discuss Heathers. A horror comedy that has us diving into murder, suicide, bullying, disassociation, and teen girl friendships. Heathers (1988) was directed by Michael Lehmann, and written by Daniel Waters. It stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker. TRIGGER WARNING Suicide SA Eating disorders Hit us...

Shade and Chelsey are back with weekly episodes just in time for Spooky Season! 🦇   This week's episode centers on child therapy, trauma, and inequality in two America's in Jordan Peele's Us. Written and directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Evan Alex.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you...

Chelsey and Shade are back with weekly episodes just in time for Spooky Season! 🦇   This week's episode centers on family systems therapy as it relates to The Addams Family (1991). Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Starring Anjelica Houston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, Carel Struycken, Dana Ivey, Dan Hedaya, and Elizabeth Wilson.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or...

This week Chelsey and Shade discuss the four horsemen of the relationship apocalypse, blended family dynamics, motherhood, the 90's, and cancer in Stepmom (1998).  Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, and Liam Aiken.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://ww...

This week Shade and Chelsey discuss psychosocial life stage development, narcissism, abandonment, and dedicating a crustacean to David Bowie in Disney's Moana. Moana was written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. It stars Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Rachel House, Alan Tudyk, Jermaine Clement, Temuera Morrison, and Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls. Hit us up! Tell u...

This week Chelsey and Shade talk about family dynamics, ASPD, friendship, and murder throughout Thoroughbreds (2017). Written and directed by Cory Finley. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, and the beautiful Anton Yelchin. Hit us up! Tell us what movies you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTherapod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   PopcornTherapyPod@gmail.com  

This week Shade and Chelsey discuss abortion, feminist theory, validation, and cognitive framing in Paul Weitz's Grandma (2015). It's a Pro-Roe movie starring Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Judy Greer, Marcia Gay Harden, Laverne Cox, and Sam Elliott.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTh...

This week Chelsey and Shade discuss Fire Island (2022) because Pride should never end. So of course we are talking about this Pride and Prejudice re-imagining written, directed, and starring Joel Kim Booster. Also starring Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers, and many others. This week we cover themes such as second puberty, microagressions, and body image.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or ps...

Happy Pride month! Happy Father's Day! In this episode, Chelsey and Shade discuss the Minority Stress Model, anxiety, empathy, and conservative hypocrisy in the 90's cinematic masterpiece, The Birdcage. Starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski, and Hank Azaria.    Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twi...

In this week's episode, Shade and Chelsey discuss emerging adulthood, parentification, and obsessive compulsive disorder in the early aughts sleepover classic, Uptown Girls. Starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Donald Faison, Marley Shelton, and Heather Locklear.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.i...

In today's episode, Chelsey and Shade cover Taika Waititi's second feature film, Hunt For the Wilderpeople. Starring Sam Neil, Julian Dennison and a brief appearance by Rhys Darby. Content Warning: discussion of sexual assault.    Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   Popcor...

On this week's episode, Shade and Chelsey cover this 90s classic starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck.    Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   PopcornTherapyPod@gmail.com  

*Big trigger warnings for this one, folks* Chelsey and Shade cover sexual assault, complex grief, and the male gaze in this episode of Popcorn Therapy. Take care of yourself and please be advised.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   PopcornTherapyPod@gmail.com  

In this episode, Chelsey and Shade tackle relationship issues and trouble with the in-laws in 2019's horror-comedy Ready or Not. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, and Kristian Bruun.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter....

Join Chelsey and Shade for today's episode on Jordan Peele's horror hit Get Out. This episode includes discussion of trauma, relationships, and racism.  Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, and the beautiful LaKeith Stanfield.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological th...

This time Chelsey and Shade tackle themes of bullying and adolescence in this Drew Barrymore hit from 1999.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological themes you want to hear about!  https://twitter.com/PopcornTheraPod https://www.instagram.com/PopcornTherapyPod/   PopcornTherapyPod@gmail.com  

In their premiere episode, Shade and Chelsey take on the romantic and familial mental health themes from the 2008 classic Pride & Prejudice. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Keira Knightly, Matthew Macfayden, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Rosmund Pike, Jena Malone, Talulah Riley, Carey Mulligan, Claudie Blakley, Simon Woods, and Kelly Reilly.   Hit us up! Tell us what movies or psychological...