Scream Therapy

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...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Feed the Scene founder Rachel Taft who has been feeding and housing bands since 2011. Rachel lives with depression and ADHD and started the "band and breakfast" as a way to deal with the death of her mother. Since then, she has hosted more than 1,200 touring bands at her Baltimore house. https://feedthescene.com Featured songs: The Dopamines - "Public Domain" from Expe...

Host Jason Schreurs has a lively conversation with Sascha Altman DuBrul, a mental health activist with a punk background. Sasha runs a private practice in Oakland, CA providing transformative mental health services. He was also a member of New York ska-punk band Choking Victim in the '90s, and part of the band's reunion shows in the mid '00s. http://saschadubrul.com http://chokingvictim.bandcamp.c...

Host Jason Schreurs brings Deanna Belos from Sincere Engineer on the podcast to talk about Generalized Anxiety Disorder, an illness characterized by chronic worrying, nervousness, and tension. Deanna talks about some of the methods she has used to manage her anxiety symptoms, including writing and playing music as a creative outlet. http://sincereengineer.bandcamp.com Featured songs: Sincere Engin...

Regan Ashton, bassist in Problem Daughter and solo country punk artist, talks to Scream Therapy host Jason Schreurs about living with bipolar and managing his symptoms. He also opens up about his addiction issues through the years, including a heroin addiction when he was in his 20s. https://problemdaughter.bandcamp.com https://reganashton.bandcamp.com Also on this episode, Jason talks to Kristin...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Rosie Richeson, screamer in Night Witch, a hardcore/punk band from Tallahassee, Florida. Rosie talks about the mental health advocacy work she's done and how to take care of yourself to avoid burnout. She also addresses sexual predators in the punk scene and her zero tolerance policy on dudes who use the punk scene to abuse people. https://nightwitchfl.bandcamp.com Fea...

Host Jason Schreurs and Craig Shay of Cold Wrecks and Answering Machine talk about his anxiety and how he manages it as a productive member of the punk scene. Whether it's trying to keep his anxiety symptoms under control while on tour, or working with his counsellor on therapy techniques, Craig has always been able to contribute to the punk scene that he loves. https://coldwrecks.bandcamp.com htt...

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Dr. Mike Friedman of Hardcore Humanism to the podcast. Providing therapy and coaching, as well as hosting a podcast, Dr. Mike has used Hardcore Humanism to help people find a more holistic, humanist way of life. In this episode, Dr. Mike talks about how punk rock can be therapy, and how different forms of it can help people in the punk scene. https://www.hardcorehumani...

Host Jason Schreurs has a conversation with Alicia Bognanno of Bully, tackling the many intricacies of bipolar. The mood disorder has many ups and downs, with different symptoms to manage. Alicia explains her experiences with bipolar and how she uses screaming and playing guitar as therapy. http://bullythemusic.com Featured song: Bully - "Where to Start" from SUGAREGG (Sub Pop Records, 2020) About...