Trauma Therapy: Psychosis (2023) is the sequel of the horror-thriller Trauma Therapy (2019) where a group of broken souls attended a self-help seminar at a remote wooded retreat with a famous guru. In the first movie, they confronted their deepest demons in the midst of their fellow wayward strangers but found a hell of experimental drugs and violence.
In the new movie, the guru Tobin Vance has been exiled overseas. As the feds move in on his US operation, Vance is building a new base in the remote outskirts of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. There, his stoic assistant Elizabeth, along with former student John, recruit a hopeful new group of lost souls for an intensive retreat to solve their deep-seated problems.
As in the first movie, David Josh Lawrence and Tom Malloy are the writers of the screenplay and reprise their roles of John and Tobin Vance respectively. The directional duties go to Gary Barth, who is debuting as the director of a feature film.
Hannah New, Megan Tremethick, Vince Lozano, Courtney Warner, Stephen Corrall, Jamie Scott Gordon, Craig J. Seath, Gordon Holliday, and Tom Sizemore as himself complete the main cast in Trauma Therapy: Psychosis (2023).
The writers have stated that “The first Trauma Therapy (2019) was a really fun exploration into the power that a self-help guru can have, and how, if he or she used that power in devious ways, the results could be extreme. We were inspired by the likes of Tony Robbins and how he would make his weekend retreat participants walk on coals. For the sequel, we had two goals: 1) it would be a standalone film so people could just jump right in, and 2) we wanted to amp up the danger and the suspense. The people involved in Trauma Therapy: Psychosis (2023) would face extreme challenges meant to break them… and all who failed would meet a devious end”.
Distributed by Quiver Distribution, Trauma Therapy: Psychosis (2023) opens on digital platforms on September 1, 2023. Watch its official trailer.
