Mental Health and Gaming w/guest Dr. Bean of Geek Therapeutics - Gaming Podcast

Video Gamers Podcast

Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Gaming host John sits down with Dr. Anthony Bean, clinical psychologist, video game researcher, and founder of Geek Therapeutics, to explore the intersection of mental health and gaming. From the myths around video game addiction to how gaming can actually help us grow emotionally, this episode dives into what it really means to level up in real life. Whether you're curious about therapy through geek culture, want to better understand your own gaming habits, or just love hearing about how your favorite games impact your brain—this is one episode you don't want to miss. Your weekly hit of gaming insights, video game culture, and expert-level conversations—from the Video Gamers Podcast. FOLLOW GEEK THERAPEUTICS: Website: https://geektherapeutics.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geektherapeutics/ Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol’ Jake, and Gaius Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Community: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1 Visit us on the web: https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome back to the video gamers podcast.
0:16.4	Video games are one of the most immersive forms of entertainment available.
0:20.7	For millions of people around the world, they serve as entertainment, a hobby, or an escape.
0:26.5	But with so many of us spending so much time in front of a screen, it can be difficult to
0:31.6	understand what underlying benefits or harm we might be exposing ourselves to.
0:36.2	Today, we are diving into the intersection between mental health and gaming with a truly epic
0:42.3	guest.
0:43.1	But first, some introductions are in order.
0:46.2	I am your host, John, and joining me today is a guest that is literally changing the game
0:52.4	when it comes to mental health, a licensed psychologist, researcher, and founder of geek therapeutics, it's Dr. Anthony Bean.
1:01.1	Dr. Bean, welcome to the show. How are you?
1:04.0	I'm doing pretty good, pretty good. excited to be here.
1:06.5	Yeah, excited to have you. People who know me will know that this particular topic is something that's very personal to me.
1:14.7	So I am really excited that you took the time out of your day to dive into this.
1:18.9	But before we get going in some of the discussions here, can you tell me a little bit about yourself and about geek therapeutics?
1:26.4	Absolutely.
1:27.0	So I am a licensed psychologist. I'm actually
1:29.2	licensed in about 35 different states, like a true license, not like, there's something in our field
1:36.3	called Psych Pack. I'm not part of that. I actually have like the actual real license across about
1:40.9	35 different states. Does that mean you have to apply for 35 different licenses?
1:45.8	35, you're 15 away from getting my entire pokey decks done.
1:50.9	Just so we're on the same claim.
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