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Favorite franchises: The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Marvel, Bioshock, Super Smash Bros.

Andrew, the founder of the Nerd Therapist Alliance, is a certified gaming addiction therapist who writes and presents about the intersection of video games and mental health. Andrew works primarily with transgender and autistic people and those who have trouble balancing their time playing video games.

Andrew is also the author of Parenting a Gamer: Help Your Child Build Healthy Habits, Make Positive Choices, and Find Balance in Virtual Worlds.

VideoGameHealth.com

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Favorite Franchises: Star Trek, Over the Garden Wall, Dungeons and Dragons, Calvin and Hobbes, Magnus Archives

Arete is a person-centered eclectic therapist in private practice who enjoys  work with children, adolescents, and young adults in the queer community with issues relating to depression, anxiety, life transitions, trauma, and interpersonal relationship issues; they see people individually, as relationship units (couples/throuples/polycules), or as families. Arete primarily works with people who find emotions difficult to communicate; one way they address these struggles is by integrating conversations about media to help clients understand oneself better, communicate feelings, recognize strengths, and discover transferable skills. Arete believes in harm reduction and is currently working towards their CADC. 

RowanTreeChicago.com/Arete

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Favorite franchises: Lord of the Rings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel, Shadow & Bone (the books)

Alex is a school social worker and runs their own private practice which focuses on supporting those with addictions, trauma, and members of LGBTQIA+ communities. They are also working toward certification in sex addiction therapy and completing a trauma consultation program.

PsychologyToday.com/US/Therapists/Alexandra-Fliess-Chicago-IL/383909

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Favorite franchises: Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Harry Potter

Eric is a certified trauma therapist who uses Dungeons & Dragons as group therapy for adults recovering from trauma, depression, and anxiety. He also writes frequently about mental health through the lens of movies, games, and comic books.

ChicagoNerdTherapy.com

She/Her

Favorite Franchises: Destiny/Destiny 2, Kingdom Hearts, One Piece, Justice League, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Natalie is a person-centered, psychodynamic therapist in private practice who enjoys integrating conversations about video games, shows, webtoons, and other fandoms to help clients understand oneself better and discover transferable skills. She primarily works with children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing depression, anxiety, life transitions, acculturation issues, interpersonal relationship issues, and video gaming issues. Natalie is also passionate about destigmatizing video gamers in the mental health space and destigmatizing mental health in the gaming space.

SkylightCounselingCenter.com/Jeung/

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Favorite franchises: Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, X-Men, Lord of the Rings

Rose uses an eclectic set of therapeutic styles including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy, EMDR (certified), and Mindfulness practices to work with a wide range of clients. She specializes in working with people on issues related to depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief/loss, anger management, young adult issues, women's issues, mood disorders, self-injury, identity, life changes/transitions, relationship difficulties, work/life balance, and empowerment.

PsychologyToday.com/us/Therapists/Rose-Metivier-Chicago-IL/163748

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Favorite franchises: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, video games, Dungeons & Dragons, cartoons, SYSK podcast

Gina Snavlin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who believes that therapy is a unique and individualized experience, and works closely to help clients identify and create meaningful changes in their personal lives. She utilizes an integrative approach, drawing from cognitive therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy, as well as relaxation and mindfulness techniques. Additionally, Gina has training in EMDR, an innovative therapy used to help treat trauma, depression, and other symptoms.

LevelUpTherapyLLC.org