Video game addiction is spending an excessive amount of time playing video games or thinking about video games, so much that it causes interference in daily life. Like other addictive behaviors, video game addiction can lead to problems at school or work, in relationships, or in other areas of life.
Available Treatment Options
Therapists who treat video game addiction include therapies that work for other types of addictive behaviors. These therapies include self-reflection to increase awareness and knowledge of the effects of the behavior, cognitive interventions that examine thought processes and triggers for the behavior, and behavioral changes that encourage different coping mechanisms to deal with stress or triggers that don’t include video games.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Video Gam Addiction
RPG Therapeutics LLC
Spokane
Washington
RPG Therapeutics LLC
Spokane
Washington
Music, recreation therapy, play therapy, Role-playing game RPG therapy & more for all ages, to achieve their educational, entertainment, physical, psychological, recreational, social, & therapeutic goals. Include: ADHD, ASD/PDD, anxiety, phobias, & at-risk populations, Brain Injuries, Cerebral Palsy CP, Deaf/HoH, Muscular Dystrophy MD, and more. Helping develop & improve life skills, our servic...
I am a licensed independent Social Worker specializing in individual, group, children, couples and family therapy. I maintain a private practice in Sumter, South Carolina and have over twenty years experience as a therapist. My therapeutic approach is to provide support, practical feedback and solution-based therapy to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. I work with...
Rayna L Jenks, LCSW, LLC
Portland
Oregon
Rayna L Jenks, LCSW, LLC
Portland
Oregon
My practice is currently full, but I expect to have availability February 2021. You want things in your life to change, and you want them to change fast. I approach therapy from a practical perspective: part of our work together will be to help you determine what changes you want to make, and get started with some practical actions (yes, homework!). You can expect to see results fairly quickly,...
Utilizing a strengths-based and empirically supported approach to the therapeutic process, I employ a variety of techniques to help adolescents, adults, couples, and families achieve their internal and interpersonal goals. I incorporate systemic and attachment based models to increase insight and self-awareness as clients work toward growth and understanding for issues including difficult life...
The Center for Relational Change
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
The Center for Relational Change
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
The Center for Relational Change is Pittsburgh's premier family therapy practice. Our clinicians are skilled, caring, insightful licensed therapists helping individuals, couple and families work through issues of self-worth, depression, anxiety, childhood trauma and abuse, and more. We work with everyone, regardless of race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, etc. If you, your partner and/o...
The problems we struggle with seek to define and marginalize our identities as humans. The power that various problems seek to have in our lives can leave us feeling lost, helpless, and alone. Counseling can be a great place to begin to separate our identities from our struggles, where the problem does not get to define us as humans. My goal is to join you in this process and support the creati...
My therapy practice is focused on helping individuals, families, and adolescents cope with anxiety, depression, anger, substance use, and difficult life transitions. I aim to guide people towards building a deeper understanding of themselves and to apply healthy habits and life skills that will create lasting change....
Claudia Ribas
Brooklyn
New York
Claudia Ribas
Brooklyn
New York
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) specialized in Psychological Reports and Evaluations for immigrants. I work with immigrants and their families from any country. I am fluent in English and Portuguese. Assessment interviews can be done in - person, by questionnaire (send by email), or through Video Telehealth, so we can work together from any location. I’m flexible, friendly, and...
Laura Merritt
Seattle
Washington
Laura Merritt
Seattle
Washington
Is anxiety, stress or trauma holding you back from being your greatest self? Is anxiety interfering in your relationships, sex life or just keeping you stuck? If so, one of the most helpful tools is developing and deepening self awareness, therapy can be very helpful in that process. I offer a holistic approach to therapy, drawing from evidence-based strategies and time-tested techniques such a...
Emily Picone
Los Angeles
California
Emily Picone
Los Angeles
California
Therapy offers valuable support for individuals coping with ailments that plague our bodies and our minds. I believe that creating healthy boundaries in our interpersonal relationships is key to living a meaningful and healthy life. I work with issues such as anxiety, depression, racial identity, relationship issues, and post-traumatic stress disorder. I have an academic concentration in trauma...
****NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS/ ACEPTANDO NUEVOS CLIENTES***** What are your needs and what are your goals in life? Obstacles holding you back or holding your relationships down? Life can become unmanageable at times, and I understand life can become difficult. There is hope, you can become the best version of you without depression without anxiety, without having conflict with loved ones. I hav...
Asking for help takes courage when you find yourself overwhelmed and not sure what to do. I approach my work with compassion and understanding. I strive to create an environment for you that is safe, accepting, and free of judgement. I believe that the purpose of therapy is to learn more about ourselves by expressing ourselves openly and honestly without emphasis on what is "right" or "wrong."...
Bill Bruzy
Austin
Texas
Bill Bruzy
Austin
Texas
I've focused my practice on substance use issues and addictive problems in people lives. For years I worked with women in eating disorders treatment utilizing an addictions model. Later I focused on men, and substance use disorders. Problems can stem from using drugs as an unproductive coping skill to a deeper more physiologically based problem. Our first job together is to find what your speci...
John Herdman, Ph. D., LADC is a licensed psychologist, and a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor. He has over 46 years of school, military, counseling, and consulting experience. He is the owner of Parallels and its Clinical Director. Dr. Herdman uses his years of experience to help clients make positive changes in their life. As a specialist in addictions (substance abuse and process...