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While at #PAXWest2019 we were able to use our #geektherapy techniques to flush out some deadly cavern critters. #geektherapist
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Come join us tomorrow at 8pm CST to learn how #geektherapy and becoming a #geektherapist can help with our own personal demons and your own clients from a multitude of professions. From using it as a personal power to working with the narrative in our own ways.
This week on #SPSM Chat join co-hosts @mxiety, @danielleglick, and @mentalstrategy as they discuss "Video Games and Our Mental Health" with guest Dr. Anthony Bean AKA @VideoGameDoc. Streaming LIVE this Sunday 9/8 at 6pm PT/9pm ET at Twitter.com/spsmchat.
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I do appear to have one more Zelda and Psychology book available at this point in time. I have also updated @Telos_Project's website to sell the signed copies of the books:
Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy (use code save5 for $5 off) thetelosproject.org/books/
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For those who were not able to snag a copy of The Psychology of the Legend of Zelda, it WILL be available next month on Amazon at amazon.com/Psychology-Zelda-…
Also, on @BenBellaBooks site at: benbellabooks.com/shop/the-p…
Once it is released @Telos_Project will sell them signed as well!!
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To continue to show them the power they possess and how they are even leveling up in life. Every story has an elder or multiple elders guiding the way, why can’t that be you?
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That is where our jobs matter the most. To point out that they are doing well and learning along the way. To take those epic fails and show how they can be used for real life experiences. To not dismiss the encounter for a trivial experience...
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As therapists we should easily be able to take that trying over and over at a video game boss into real life encounters. If anything, video gamers have more ability to tolerate the failings of life, but they just may not realize it...
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But also needs that support to know that failing is ok and normal. To know that they are not deemed unworthy or should be pitied. To know that they are learning and this is good! To know that that experience in the game means something more...
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I am ENCOURAGING you to fail at life because it is going to make you stronger, wiser, and overall better. So when you see that kid failing at games, he/she is learning to adapt to the situation and needs to continue to fail to succeed...
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There really is not any other way to learn anything in life but to fail at it first. It is how we learn. The word itself can be used to show this - [FAIL] Failed Attempt In Learning. That’s really it. Go ahead and fail, fail hard and fail multiple times....
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Or we take another crack at that paper due in English class or that really hard math problem that just doesn’t make sense. WE TRY AGAIN. This is not a defeat but more of a chance to learn. We have to fail in order to learn...
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It’s the fact that we try again and we pick ourselves up and trudge back into the fray to battle that boss that needs to be beaten in order to unlock the next level or area in a game or even in life...
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When we try something new, do we always succeed the first time? Absolutely not. We fail and we seem to fail a lot. This tends to bring about anxiety and depression symptoms in EVERYONE because it makes us feel inferior. The failing is not what really matters though....
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I don’t know one person who hasn’t played a video game, failed over and over just to get back up again and try something new. This model is exactly how life works. Hear me out here...