The Exorcist Within: Where Mental Health Meets Horror Cinema
Welcome to The Exorcist Within—where horror films become maps to healing, and every scream hides a sacred truth. Hosted by Jamie Toups, MA, PLPC, NCC (and hopefully some friends along the way)
Episodes
This episode is deeply personal. As both a mental health professional and someone who’s spent years being called “weird,” “nerdy,” “odd,” and even “evil” — not because of who I am, but because of the horror films and music I love that don’t match my facade — this episode is a reclamation.
You’ll hear:
- 🧠 A crash course on the topic of neurodiversity. I try very hard to be fair about my experience and respect the spectrum of lived...
This episode’s a little different (and a bonus one for this week based on some questions / input I've gotten the last few weeks). I’m sharing my own story. You’ll hear how I found my way to becoming a mental health counselor in more detail from some pretty unexpected detours to deeply personal turning points.
Before the therapy office, there were overseas adventures and offshore platforms. (Yes, those steel-toed boots had a front-ro...
In this special episode, Jamie is joined by her husband Ryan to explore the tangled roots of childhood fear and the unexpected catharsis found in horror. With the podcast’s upgraded (but still evolving) format, they unpack Ryan’s personal journey of confronting early anxieties by watching A Nightmare on Elm Street as a child. By deliberately exposing himself to a source of terror, Ryan found not only empowerment—but a lifelong pass...
In this episode, I discuss Eden lake. Trigger warnings: violence, child death, and mention of suicide. I weave in concepts from Internal Family Systems, Psychodynamic Theory, Generational Trauma with some mentions of existential, developmental, and behavioral themes. I want to acknowledge that this feels like an overly lengthy and “quiet” episode, so for the next one I’m going to work on getting the voice louder and focusing in eve...
Photo Credit to Laura Velazquez 2006
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