On episode 134, host Jason Schreurs welcomes indie filmmaker Landon Ramirez to talk about his short film, Pit. The film portrays how punks find connection and community within the mosh pit's swirling energy. Pit features a dance troupe depicting the surreal elements of the film, and realizes Landon's artistic vision for Voices with Impact, a film grant program and festival. https://www.citrine-presents.com/shorts/mermaids/pit-by-landon-ramirez-coming-soon Featured song clips: Greys - "Use Your Delusion" from If Anything (Carpark Records, 2014) Gwar - "Ham On The Bone" from America Must Be Destroyed (Metal Blade Records, 1992) Gob - "Soda" from Too Late... No Friends (Mint Records, 1995) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, seek help immediately. For help 24/7 contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK, or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

On episode 133, Ollie Trip of Fire in Mountains Festival joins Jason Schreurs. Ollie explains how the festival, which takes place on the traditional lands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, focuses on mental health and sobriety. Along with the Firekeeper Alliance, who provide education and health programs for Blackfeet youth, Fire in the Mountains creates a healthy environment for its attendees while respecting the sacred land of the Blackfeet Nation. http://fitmfest.com Featured song clips: Neurosis - "Untethered" from An Undying Love for a Burning World (Neurot Recording, 2026) Neurosis - "Mirror Deep" from An Undying Love for a Burning World (Neurot Recording, 2026) Insect Warfare - "Enslaved by Machinery" from World Extermination (Earache Records, 2009) Choking Victim - "You Ought to Die" from Crack Rock Steady EP/Squatta's Paradise (Tent City Records, 1996) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, seek help immediately. For help 24/7 contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK, or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

Nic Wood of UK melodic bands Tired of Fighting and Blame Yourself talks to host Jason Schreurs about the emotional pain of suicidal ideation. Nic has faced the lowest of lows and come out the other side, using music as a way to channel his struggles and triumphs. http://tiredoffighting.co.uk https://weareblameyourself.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Tired of Fighting - "Night Dwellers" from And Then Suddenly It Hits You (Punkerton Records, 2026) Finch - "Grey Matter" from What It Is To Burn (Geffen Records, 2002) Blame Yourself - "Glue" (2023) Tired of Fighting - "Death Wish" from And Then Suddenly It Hits You (Punkerton Records, 2026) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, seek help immediately. For help 24/7 contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK, or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

On episode 53 host Jason Schreurs and Surfbort singer Dani Miller discuss suicidal ideation and what we do to keep those thoughts at bay. Dani is candid about her struggles since she was a teen and the drug abuse that fuelled her bipolar episodes and suicidal thoughts. http://surfbort.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Surfbort - “FML” from Keep on Truckin’ (Inner Freak Records, 2021) Surfbort - “Open Your Eyes” from Keep on Truckin’ (Inner Freak Records, 2021) Photo: Amanda Adam SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

On episode 52 host Jason Schreurs talks to Ryan Young of Off With Their Heads and his online punk store Anxious and Angry about how the negative side of punk rock was a detriment to his mental health. Ryan says that over the years he's discovered that creating music and touring on his own terms was the best way to remain stable. http://anxiousandangry.com Featured song clips: Off With Their Heads - "Wrong" from From the Bottom (No Idea Records, 2008) Off With Their Heads - "I Am You" from From the Bottom (No Idea Records, 2008) SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

On episode 51 host Jason Schreurs talks to Lesley University psychology professor Joe Mageary about how he integrated punk morals with his professional life in academia. Joe has published dissertations on many topics rooted in the DIY punk scene, including the therapeutic value of punk and hardcore. jmageary@lesley.edu Featured song clips: The Enemy Within - "I Won't Forget" from As Long as I can Walk, I’ll Step Out of Line (2012) Disaster Strikes - “The Fighting Path” from In the Age of Corporate Personhood (Alternative Tentacles, 2016) 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Host Jason Schreurs recaps episodes 41-50 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Propagandhi - "Supporting Caste" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Render Useless - "Bravery in a Sea of Cowards" Render Useless - "Clique" Render Useless - "Becoming Anti Human)" Render Useless - "Attention All Shoppers" Render Useless - "Inside the Opposite Side of a Hiding Place Window" From Discography (Clue#2 Records, 2007) Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Celeste Bell, co-director of the documentary film Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché and daughter of the influential X-Ray Spex singer. We discuss Poly's life with bipolar and how it informed her music and writing in the London punk scene and beyond. www.celeste-bell.com Featured song clips: X-Ray Spex - "I Am a Cliché" from Germfree Adolescents (Caroline Records reissue, 1991) X-Ray Spex - "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" from Germfree Adolescents (Caroline Records reissue, 1991) 1978 TV interview clip from Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché X-Ray Spex - "Plastic Bag" from Germfree Adolescents (EMI, 1978) X-Ray Spex - "Identity" from Germfree Adolescents (EMI, 1978) 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

On Flex Your Head episode 13 host Jason Schreurs and first-time guest Donald Kennedy gush about White Lung's raw nerve of an album, 'Sorry.' This is Flex Your Head's newest album by far and is still one of the best punk albums of all time, even though it's only 10 songs in 19 minutes. If you don't agree that this album rules, you'll be bumming out two obsessed fans of 'Sorry,' and huge fans of this band's full discography, for that matter. http://whitelung.ca Featured song clips: White Lung - "Take the Mirror" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "Thick Lip" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "Bag" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "St. Dad" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "Bunny" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "Glue" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) White Lung - "Deadbeat" from Sorry (Deranged Records, 2012) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Host Jason Schreurs and artist, researcher and therapist Jessica Masino Drass discuss how she uses the tenets of punk rock to inform the art therapy she uses with women who have trauma histories. She explains how "punk rock" concepts such as deconstruction/reconstruction and individualism/authenticity can be used as creative expression and healing. http://jessdrass.com Featured song clips: Tilt - "Past the Point" from 'Til It Kills (Fat Wreck Chords, 1995) L7 - "Everglade" from Bricks Are Heavy (Slash Records, 1992) 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

On Flex Your Head episode 12 host Jason Schreurs and now-regular guest Drue Swalwell try to encapsulate in words the pure majesty of Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. I know. Good luck, right? Listen to us try our best as we fawn over the band's groundbreaking emo punk/melodic hardcore and Blake Schwarzenbach's incomparable songwriting. http://jawbreakerband.com Featured song clips: Jawbreaker - "The Boat Dreams from the Hill" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "Indictment" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "Boxcar" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "Jinx Removing" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "Do You Still Hate Me?" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "Condition Oakland" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) Jawbreaker - "In Sadding Around" from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Label, 1994) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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. SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes graphic novelist and punk musician Reid Chancellor to talk about making the decision to step away from the punk scene to take care of his mental and physical health. When Reid returned to the scene, he had a new perspective and a book about the connection between punk and mental health. handtossedrecords.bandcamp.com microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/reid-chancellor Featured song clips: Braille - “I Want Your (Sympathy)” from Deth Ray (Hand-Tossed Records, 2017) Jawbreaker - “Save Your Generation” from Dear You (DGC Records, 1995) Reid Chancellor - “(I Never Thought That I Would Be) the Bomb” from Pinhead (Hand-Tossed Records, 2017) 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

On Flex Your Head episode 11 host Jason Schreurs welcomes Nelson from Nelson for his first (and definitely not last) episode. We talk about the majesty and power that is Fugazi's 13 Songs, a landmark in the second wave of Dischord Records/DC punk/hardcore. How do you put such amazingness into words? We try our best. http://fugazi.bandcamp.com dischord.com/band/fugazi dischord.com/fugazi_live_series Featured song clips: Fugazi - "Waiting Room" from 13 Songs (Dischord Records, 1989) Fugazi - "And the Same" from 13 Songs (Dischord Records, 1989) Fugazi - "Bad Mouth" from 13 Songs (Dischord Records, 1989) Fugazi - "Provisional" from 13 Songs (Dischord Records, 1989) The Dirty Nil - "Provisional" (Fugazi cover) (Live at Little Elephant, 2016) Fugazi - "Promises" from 13 Songs (Dischord Records, 1989) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Nicolle Maroulis of Hit Like a Girl joins Scream Therapy host Jason Schreurs to talk about forming No More Dysphoria, an organization that raises funds for trans people in need. Nicolle explains how being part of the punk scene, and putting on shows and playing in bands allowed them to take the next step toward helping others. http://hitlikeagirl.bandcamp.com https://nomoredysphoria.org Photo: Mol White Featured song clips: Hit Like a Girl - "No More Dysphoria" (2019) Claw - "Curse" from Self-Titled demo (2016) Hit Like a Girl - "Keepsake Theory" from Buring at Both Ends (Cryptid Records, 2026) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Host Jason Schreurs and Jason Shevchuk (the two Jasons!) of Former Member, Kid Dynamite, and None More Black discuss stage fright and social anxiety. Shev, as his friends call him, explains how anxiety came on for him later in life and what he does to prepare for the pre-show über-jitters that he suffers from. https://formermember.bandcamp.com https://kiddynamitephl.bandcamp.com https://nonemoreblack.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Former Member - "Modern Cabbage" from Manageable Scratches (Memory Music Label, 2021) None More Black - "Ice Cream with the Enemy" from File under Black (Fat Wreck Chords, 2003) Former Member - "Habitual Line Stepper" from Manageable Scratches (Memory Music Label, 2021) Photo: David Andrako 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

On Flex Your Head episode 10 host Jason Schreurs welcomes back Drue Swalwell to talk about Bikini Kill's 1993 scream-fest Pussy Whipped and its importance in the punk world for female-identified and male-identified people. bikinikill.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Bikini Kill - "Blood One" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "Star Bellied Boy" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "Magnet" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "Lil Red" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "Tell Me So" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) Bikini Kill - "For Tammy Rae" from Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars, 1993) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Host Jason Schreurs and Dani Hernandez of Venezuelan music collective Zeta talk about the importance of music in healing and transformation. Dani and the members of Zeta believe music has the potential to change the world. https://www.joinzeta.com Featured song clips: Zeta - "El Canto de la Victoria" from Todo Bailarlo (Skeletal Lightning, 2022) Dani Hernandez - "El Canto de la Victoria" (acoustic sample) Zeta - "La Flor de la Palabra" from Todo Bailarlo (Skeletal Lightning, 2022) Photo: Dave Decker 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

On Flex Your Head episode 9 host Jason Schreurs and guest Indie Mike wax emotive over Rites of Spring's discography 'End on End.' Although the word "emo" is said too many times in this episode, Mike and I are both steadfast in the belief that RoS were simply a punk/hardcore band that wore its heart on its sleeve more than most did. ritesofspring.bandcamp.com/album/end-on-end Featured song clips: Rites of Spring - "Spring" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "All There Is" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "Nudes" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "End on End" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "All Through a Life" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "For Want Of" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "Theme" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) Rites of Spring - "Patience" from End on End (Dischord Records, 1991) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Host Jason Schreurs and Kellie Newsome from the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast talk about punks and bipolar mania. Newsome, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, talks about how some artists are able to harness mania for heightened creativity, unless they go too far. thecarlatreport.com/podcast Featured song clips: The Velvet Underground live at the Annual Dinner of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry (1966) Daddy's Hands - "Succubus Insurrection" from Daddy's Hands (1996) 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "The River" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "Kill Everyone Now" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "Lullaby" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "Machine" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "The Land of the Living" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "Madness and Death" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) Nomeansno - "Cats, Sex and Nazis" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Locust - "The Half Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You In His Office" from The Peel Sessions (Radio Surgery, 2010) The Locust - "How to Become a Virgin" from The Peel Sessions (Radio Surgery, 2010) Dropdead - "New World Slaughter" from split 5" with Crossed Out (Selfless Records, 1992) Napalm Death "Scum" from Scum (Earache Records, 1997) The Locust - "Cattle Mutilation" from The Peel Sessions (Radio Surgery, 2010) INUS - "Time Is a Person" from Western Spaghettification (Three One G Records, 2019) Photo: Becky DiGiglio 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 (Interscope Records, 1994) Drive Like Jehu - "Sinews" from Yank Crime (Interscope Records, 1994) Hot Snakes - "Golden Brown" (Drive Like Jehu cover) live at FYF Fest, 2012 Deftones - "Caress" (Drive Like Jehu cover) from Covers (Warner Bros., 2011) Drive Like Jehu - "Do You Compute?" (live at the Showbox in Seattle, 2016) Drive Like Jehu - "Sinews" from Yank Crime (Interscope Records, 1994) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 song clips: Tilt - "Unravel" from 'Til It Kills (Fat Wreck Chords, 1995) The Distillers - The Young Crazed Peeling from Sing Sing Death House (Hellcat Records, 2002) Bad Religion - Sanity from No Control (Epitaph, 1989) Vice Squad - "Stand Strong Stand Proud" from Stand Strong Stand Proud (Parlophone Records, 1981) 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Eyes" from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "Steppin' Stone" (originally by Paul Revere & the Raiders) from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "Out of Step" from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "I Don't Wanna Hear It" from The First Two 7"s (Dischord Records, 1984) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Rob David of Death of Youth joins host Jason Schreurs to talk about living on the spectrum and how it's affected his music, from hyper-fixation when writing songs to writer's block. Rob also reflects on how growing up with autism made him the target of bullies. The punk scene allowed him to open up and eventually feel comfortable being his authentic self. http://deathofyouthukhc.bandcamp.com Photo: Ajit Dutta Featured song clips: Death of Youth - "Rumination" from Nothing Is the Same Anymore (Engineer Records, 2026) La Dispute - "King Park" from Wildlife (No Sleep Records, 2011) Death of Youth - "Nothing Is the Same Anymore" from Nothing Is the Same Anymore (Engineer Records, 2026) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

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.bandcamp.com frodus.bandcamp.com decahedron.bandcamp.com Featured songs: Zealot R.I.P. - "Magnetic Field of Dreams" from The Extinction of You (Three One G, 2021) Gorilla Biscuits - "Good Intentions" from Start Today (Revelation Records, 1989) Zealot R.I.P. - "Personality Conflict" from The Extinction of You (Three One G, 2021) Photo: Josh Sisk 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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/artist/16bN8mhtDFdegWbg0z3s10 Hüsker Dü Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC Featured song clips: Hüsker Dü - "Something I Learned Today" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "Dreams Reoccurring" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "Never Talking to You Again" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "What's Going On" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "Beyond the Threshold" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "Whatever" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) Hüsker Dü - "Reoccurring Dreams" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. The main Scream Therapy podcast 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Haven (1996) Foxx Bodies - "BPD" from Vixen (Kill Rock Stars, 2021) Photo: Rochelle Shipman 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) Unwound - "Full Explanation of Answer" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) Unwound - "Natural Disasters" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) Unwound - "Swan" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) Unwound - "Equally Stupid" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) Unwound - "...My French" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 series until Scream Therapy returns. https://bornagainst.bandcamp.com https://bornagainst.bandcamp.com/album/the-rebel-sound-of-shit-and-failure Featured song clips: Born Against - "Neil/The Good Father" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) Born Against - "Lillian" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) Born Against - "Movin' on Up" cover of "The Jefferson's Theme Song" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) Born Against - "Eulogy" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) Born Against - "Mary and Child" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) Born Against - "Born Against Are Fucking Dead" (answering machine clip) from Battle Hymns of the Race War (Vermiform Records, 1992) Born Against - "My Favourite Housing Project" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989) Nomeansno - "Rags and Bones" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989) Nomeansno - "The Tower" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989) Nomeansno - "State of Grace" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989) Nomeansno - "I Am Wrong" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Propagandhi - "Humane Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Propagandhi - "Without Love" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Propagandhi - "Come to the Sabbat" (originally by Black Widow) from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album. Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982) Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Buzzless Situation Propagandhi - "Supporting Caste" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Render Useless - "Bravery in a Sea of Cowards" Render Useless - "Clique" Render Useless - "Becoming Anti Human)" Render Useless - "Attention All Shoppers" Render Useless - "Inside the Opposite Side of a Hiding Place Window" From Discography (Clue#2 Records, 2007) Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 by Angels" from Comfort to Me (ATO Records, 2021) Propagandhi - "Supporting Caste" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009) Photo: Charles Engelken 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 https://www.facebook.com/blacklistroyalsfb Featured songs: Blacklist Royals - "No Looking Back" from Semper Liberi (Paper + Plastick, 2010) Blacklist Royals - "Reject It" from Doomsday Girl EP (Paper + Plastick, 2010) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

Nate Worrall of UK hardcore band Going Off comes onto the podcast to talk to host Jason Schreurs about receiving an ADHD diagnosis. Nate explains that acceptance and knowledge of his condition were keys to his mental health. Newly medicated, Nate says he's been better able to manage his swirling thoughts. http://goingoffhc.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: Going Off - "To Lose a Limb" from Kill List II (2025) Ministry - "Thieves" from A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Taste (Sire Records, 1989) Green Day - "Brat" from Insomniac (Reprise Records, 1995) Fugazi - "Smallpox Champion" from In on the Killtaker (Dischord Records, 1993) Going Off - "Change My Life" from Kill List II (2025) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

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 Hija (Emocat Records, 2019) Foxtails - "I Experienced Ego Death on a Skramcave Thread/NDE Thread" [ZH1 Sessions, 2019] Foxtails - "It Was the First Time I Remembered a Saturday Night I Forgot About" from Querida Hija (Emocat Records, 2019) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 (Get Better Records, 2021) The HIRS Collective live at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia (2016) The HIRS Collective - "A Premise/T.D.O.V." from The Third 100 Songs (Get Better Records, 2021) The HIRS Collective - "Trans Woman Dies of Old Age" from The Third 100 Songs (Get Better Records, 2021) Photo: Troy Memis 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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: Mannequin Pussy - "Cream" from Patience (Epitaph Records, 2019) Mannequin Pussy - "Perfect" from Perfect EP (Epitaph Records, 2021) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 Featured songs: Thursday - "As He Climbed the Dark Mountain" from Split 7” with Envy (Temporary Residence, 2008) Ink & Dagger - "Shadowtalker" from Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart (Initial Records, 1997) Ink & Dagger- "Caretaker" from Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart (Initial Records, 1997) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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. https://tabularasapsychology.com Featured song: Submission Hold - "Last Surviving Crocodile" from Waiting for Another Monkey to Throw the First Brick (Ebullition Records, 1998) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 to cover band dynamics, the pressures of touring, and what he calls arrested development; what to do for a career outside the band. https://theofficialun.bandcamp.com Featured songs: United Nations - "Stairway To Mar​-​a​-​Lago" (2017) At The Drive-In - "Arcarsenal" live at Big Day Out Festival (2001) The Lovekill - "Heart Wires" from These Moments Are Momentum (Astro Magnetics, 2006) Photo: Christian Napolitano 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 Featured songs: The Gits - "Second Skin" from Frenching the Bully (C/Z Records, 1992) The DT's - "Freedom" from Freedom 7" (Get Hip Recordings, 2010) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 followed their journeys toward healing. https://polyvinylrecords.com/artist/rainer_maria https://caithlindemarrais.bandcamp.com Featured songs: Rainer Maria - "Communicator" from S/T (Polyvinyl Records, 2017) Rainer Maria - "Ears Ring" from Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl Records, 2003) Rainer Maria - "Tinfoil" live at Pre-Fest, Tampa, Florida (Mike Plante Photography, 2017) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

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 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" Render Useless - "Desperation Days" Render Useless - "Grow" Render Useless - "Fork in the Road" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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://nozomicounselling.com https://nozomicounselling.com/write-your-revolution Featured songs: Minor Threat - "Think Again" from Out of Step (Dischord Records, 1984) Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" from Singles (Kill Rock Stars, 1998) Minor Threat - "Filler" from "First Two Seven Inches" (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "Think Again" from Out of Step (Dischord Records, 1984) Minor Threat - "Betray" from Out of Step (Dischord Records, 1984) 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonwschreurs@gmail.com

male//gaze guitarist Hank Atherton joins host Jason Schreurs to talk about the link between creative expression and depression. When faced with times where he was unable to create music or be in a band, Hank found himself in darkness and isolation. Over the years, he has realized how important creativity has been to his mental health. http://malegazeband.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: male//gaze - "Get Well" from Too Late Now (2025) Taking Back Sunday - "You Know How I Do" from Tell All Your Friends (Craft Recordings, 2019) male//gaze - "Soft & Quiet" from Too Late Now (2025) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH STORE! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy 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 clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

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 Expect the Worst (Cold Duck Records, 2010) Less Than Jake - "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" from GNV FLA (Sleep It Off Records, 2008) Photo: Colby Ware 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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.com Featured songs: Choking Victim - "Infested: Lindane Conspiracy, Pt.1" from Squatta's Paradise (1996) Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized" from Suicidal Tendencies (Frontier Records, 1983) Buzzcocks - "Breakdown" (live at Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1976) Choking Victim - "500 Channels" from No Gods / No Managers (Hellcat/Epitaph Records, 1999) Photo: Walter Hergt 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

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 Engineer - “Corn Dog Sonnet No 7” and “Overbite” from Rhombithian (Red Scare Records, 2017) The Lawrence Arms - “Great Lakes / Great Escapes” live @ Fest 12 (Audio: Foreign Feeling Photography) Photo: Trey Karnes 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" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net