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Join us on October 2, 2023, for an eye-opening Myth-Busting Discussion on Video Games and Parenting! !
By Fusion Academy MarinFollow
Date and time
Monday, October 2 · 5:30 – 6:30pm PDT
Location
Online
Agenda
5:30 PM – 5:35 PM
Welcome & Introduction by Jonathan Kiesler, Head of School, Fusion Academy Mar
5:35 PM – 6:15 PM
Busting the 3 Loudest Myths about Problematic Gaming with Dr. Anthony Bean
6:15 PM – 6:30 PM
Q & A with Maya Bartolf, Director of Outreach, Fusion Academy Marin
About this event
- 1 hour
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Are you a parent navigating the world of video games with your child? 🕹️ Worried about myths surrounding gaming and its impact? Don’t miss this chance to gain clarity on gaming myths and learn strategies for positive family interactions in the digital age. 🤔 Join us on October 2, 2023, for an eye-opening Myth-Busting Discussion on Video Games and Parenting! ! 🎮Registration: https://bit.ly/43AtEzx
Let’s debunk those myths together! 🚀
🌟 Myth #1: All Gaming is Harmful
Discover the cognitive benefits, skill development, and social interaction that gaming can offer. Dr. Anthony Bean will guide parents towards a balanced perspective on gaming.
🌟 Myth #2: Gaming Leads to Social Isolation
Learn how multiplayer gaming fosters social connections and teamwork. Find out how to set boundaries and encourage healthy interactions in gaming communities.
🌟 Myth #3: Gaming Always Leads to Addiction
Differentiate between passionate gaming and problematic behavior. Get insights into responsible gaming habits to support your child’s balanced approach.
Presenter Bio|
Our Guest Speaker, Dr. Anthony Bean, Ph.D. and Founder, Geek Therapeutics Therapeutics is a renowned video game researcher and Licensed Clinical Depth Psychologist. Geek Therapeutics offer evidence based certifications to clinicians, social workers, professionals, parents, teachers, and students on how to use Geek Therapy to unlock the best version of your clients and ourselves. Geek Therapeutics bridge the gap between geeks and therapists to create practical and innovative therapy sessions that anyone can implement in their practice.
Dr. Anthony Bean, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Depth Psychologist, video game researcher, and the Executive Director at The Telos Project, a thriving nonprofit mental health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas which focuses on video gamers and their families. He has been consulted as an expert for CNN, Inverse, Polygon, and internationally for Gehirn & Geist, while also appearing on Radio, Podcasts, and being a sought after Keynote Speaker and conference speaker in the United States, Canada, and Russia. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and specialize 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 has also authored multiple academic articles, book chapters, and multiple books such as Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge, 2018) and The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series (Ben Bella, 2019), and Checkpoints and Autosaves: Parenting Geeks to Thrive in the Age of Geekdom (Leyline Publishing, 2022).
Dr. Bean has worked with all ages across the lifespan focusing on various difficulties with specific life circumstances and general life concerns. He focuses on individual strengths and normalizing experiences throughout the lifespan and encourages individuals to rediscover their internal strengths. Additionally, Dr. Bean specializes in video games, children & adolescents, and the virtual worlds played in. 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 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. Bean currently teaches at local colleges in person and online on the concepts of psychology, video games, life experiences, and how they are overlaid upon our lives. He is a regular guest of other radio shows and podcasts. If you would like to have him on your show, podcast, conference panel or for any other questions; he can be reached at [email protected].
His clinical interests include archetypal identification, depth psychology, video games as therapeutic tools, play therapy, and personality research. Currently, Dr. Bean has been published in various forms regarding psychopathology, video gaming, personality of gamers, adolescents and gaming, and currently works with gamers to understand their identities in virtual worlds and how it interplay’s with the real world. Additionally, he presents at conferences on psychology, video gamer identity, and personality of video gamers
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