Month: January 2014

Tabletop Therapy

#34: Guest: Woody Harris. This week we talk about using board games in therapy. There seems to be “tabletop fever” out there so now is a great time to take advantage of board gaming and bring it into therapy sessions. Woody and Josué discuss how they’ve used tabletop games in the past, what some of…

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Video Game Stigma

#33: Guest: Kelli Dunlap. Kelli talks to us about her research into video games and mental health. We discuss her findings, what they say about the most common video game stereotypes, and what mental health professionals can do to advocate for gamers and help fight stigma. We also share our own experiences with video game…

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Female Superheroes

#32: Guests: Lara Taylor and Laura Vecchiola. We start this conversation by discussing “Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines,” a great documentary which premiered in 2012.  We discuss female superheroes in comics, TV, and movies, what they mean to us, and what we think of how many fictional female role models are available today.

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