Sleepaway Camp — Trauma un-informed summer camp
About this episode
This episode explores the film Sleepaway Camp and the significance of trauma-informed environments in relation to mental health.
It’s officially summer, and now that school’s out, what better way to spend the summer than by going to camp? And how are we going to get to summer camp? Let’s take the hot mess express to Camp Arawak, aka Sleepaway Camp, where no one has ever heard of PTSD! In this episode, I explore Sleepaway Camp (1983) and the importance of trauma-informed environments. I talk about: The complicated legacy of Sleepaway Camp with respect to gender and queer representation Angela's SIGNIFICANT trauma How to define trauma, and how it shows up What being trauma-informed means How Angela could have benefited from a trauma-informed summer camp experience Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada. .............................................................. Show Notes: Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists) Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst…
People in this episode
Host: Candis Green
Topics covered
- trauma-informed environments
- gender representation
- queer representation
- PTSD
- mental health
- summer camp
Keywords
- Sleepaway Camp
- trauma
- PTSD
- mental health
- summer camp
- gender representation
- queer representation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Many Moons Therapy, iHeartRadio Canada
Books & works: Sleepaway Camp, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain
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