Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy : A Clinician's Guide

Anthony M. (Telos Project, Texas, USA) Bean

ISBN 10: 1138747122 / ISBN 13: 9781138747128

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018

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Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy moves beyond stereotypes about video game addiction and violence to consider the role that games play in psychological experiences and mental health.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy : A Clinician's Guide
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138747122
• ISBN 13: 9781138747128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Hervorragend
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy moves beyond stereotypes about video game addiction and violence to consider the role that games play in psychological experiences and mental health. Chapters examine the factors that compel individual gamers to select and identify with particular games and characters, as well as the different play styles, genres, and archetypes common in video games. For clinicians looking to understand their clients’ relationships with video games or to use games as a therapeutic resource in their own practice, this is a thoughtful, comprehensive, and timely resource.

About the Author

Anthony M. Bean, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and executive director at The Telos Project, a nonprofit mental health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, and an adjunct professor at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. He specializes in the therapeutic implications of video games and gaming, working with children and adolescents, and the use of video-game character identification as a therapeutic technique. 

He specializes in video games, children & adolescents, and the virtual worlds played in by all ages.  He is considered an expert in this growing field, has been published extensively in the discipline.  He works with children, adolescents, and adults who  play video games and their families to better understand the immersive psychological effects video games have upon the individual and resulting family dynamics. Dr. Bean utilizes video game character identification techniques and other archetypal experiences to understand and develop intrinsic motivations for playing, personal identity, and discovering conscious and unconscious conflicts, cognitions, and behaviors. He has worked with children, adolescents, and adults on discovering their own symbolic transformations through the playing of video games and dealing with depression, trauma, anxiety, social isolation, and other common diagnoses to great success.

Dr. Anthony Bean can be followed on Twitter @VideoGameDoc and is the Founder of Geek Therapy Training and Certified Geek Therapist Training which can be found at geektherapytraining.com/