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
Jonathan Zugel
Columbus
Ohio
Jonathan Zugel
Columbus
Ohio
**ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS, TELETHERAPY IS AVAILABLE, DAY AND EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE** I have been working in the counseling field for over 15 years. My experience includes working with children in a group home in Chicago, to after school programs in the Detroit metro area, to working with adults in Denver. I've worked with a wide range of mental health issues including but not limited to...
Ronald Lawrence
New York
New York
Ronald Lawrence
New York
New York
I believe that the client – therapist relationship is the single most important factor for successful treatment. It is my goal to provide a safe space that is non-judgmental, attuned to your needs, engaging and genuinely empathetic. This allows for a trusting and collaborative partnership to explore your thoughts, feelings and patterns of interacting with others. My background and interests...
You may be noticing that you are struggling with the stress and anxiety that life brings. You also may see changes in your mood, motivation, and self-worth because of it. Naturally, that may spill over into your work, personal relationships, and family relationships. You may also resort to unhealthy behaviors like substances, food, video games, etc. just to feel better, or not feel at all, only...
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Life is meant to be lived to the fullest. What do we do when life happens to us? We recover. My passion is helping individuals to reach their fullest potential through achieving sobriety and maintaining recovery. I am a member of the National Association for Addiction Professionals....
Sometimes it feels like you put your heart and soul into relationships and keep getting hurt. The times you’ve needed support the most, you’ve been left stranded and alone. You ask yourself: "What’s going on?" "Why does it feel like I keep attracting the same type of people into my life?". These are valid questions that many of us bounce around in our head but don’t always have the opportunity ...
I strive to help others heal and become empowered while rediscovering their true sense of self and reconnect with their life purpose. Relationship is the foundation to healing and I use a client centered and attuned approach while integrating an individualized treatment plan to meet your goals. My goal is to meet you or your child where they are and be your guide to healing. I have over 30 year...
It makes perfect sense that you're feeling this way. This is unprecedented. 2020 has been identified as a time of "collective trauma". We are experiencing similar anxiety provoking circumstances: crisis of health, loss of income, uncertainty, isolation, guilt and death. Divorce rates are up. Addiction statistics are sky rocketing. We're in the middle of experiencing trauma and many of us can't...
Rachel Kinney
Nashville
Tennessee
Rachel Kinney
Nashville
Tennessee
I believe that there is hope and possibility in life for all people. I want to empower individuals and families to expand their capacity, find brave space and write a new story for themselves. Clients I work with struggle with many different things - anxiety, depression and/ or low self esteem or they may have warped relationships with food, money or sex. Yet, through creating a place where the...
If you find yourself looking for a therapist, you have already taken a step in the direction towards positive change. Trust your instincts – you have come here for a reason. Whether you are aware of what that reason is or not, we can work together in a safe and supportive therapeutic environment aimed towards healing, growth, self-acceptance, self-love and self-esteem. I will help you learn and...
Shelleigh-Mairi W Ferguson
Tacoma
Washington
Shelleigh-Mairi W Ferguson
Tacoma
Washington
*ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS* Do you have a sense that you have no control in your life, your thoughts, your feelings, causing you NOT to be an active participant in your own life? Do these feeling cause you to feel that you are drifting through life, becoming depressed and anxious? My goal is to offer a safe, supportive space, to walk with you on your journey, explore aspects of the 'self' that you...
Adam Magers
Kansas City
Missouri
Adam Magers
Kansas City
Missouri
As a practitioner of Jungian, depth, and psychodynamic psychotherapy, I specialize in supporting those who feel stuck, down, depressed, or anxious; those who are searching for purpose, calling, or meaning; and those who are interested in incorporating dreamwork into the therapeutic process. Often, when we find ourselves at a standstill or in a crisis, our potential for healing and transformatio...
I specialize in individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, impulsivity, and many other challenges. I love to explore the need behind the behavior a person is presenting. What is driving that behavior? What is at the center of it? Once we figure out the need, then the true work begins for everyone. I enjoy being there helping support that change and growth. It is both challengi...
“Therapy, yeah that’s not for me”, may have been a thought that has crossed your mind once, twice or many times. So look at this as a huge step in the right direction for you, as you look at profiles and possibly make a decision to invest in yourself. I've been in your shoes and looking for a therapist can be scary and intimidating. Your story is for you to share when you’re ready and with some...