Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

A recent trial has found a specific type of video-game therapy is as effective as traditional methods of rehabilitation in patients recovering from a stroke. The trial also found the novel therapy ...

New technology is helping veterans cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other anxiety disorders. Psychologists at the James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center are using video games that utilize ...

IT SHOULD OPEN UP IN 2026. A PROGRAM AT UNMC’S MONROE MEYER INSTITUTE TURNS TO TECHNOLOGY AND VIDEO GAMES TO HELP CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER CONDITIONS. VIRTUAL REALITY IS USED AS PART OF ...

Every adolescent therapist I know keeps a deck of Uno cards in their office. Most also have a small library of classic board games on their shelf. But when other clinicians visit my office, they’re ...

Doctors pronounced Ethan Myers brain dead after a car accident dealt the 9-year-old a severe brain injury in 2002. After he miraculously awoke from a nearly month-long coma, doctors declared he would ...

On the third Saturday of every month, dozens of patients at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital experience an unusual type of treatment: video game therapy. Hosted by the Therapeutic Gaming and Patient ...

A game, says Esther Perel, the famed psychotherapist behind the relationship therapy podcast “Where Should We Begin?,” is a ritual. Sometimes, in therapy sessions, Perel will toss patients a ball, ...

It's one of the many lessons The Bodhana Group, based out of York, teaches its players through games. "We utilize tabletop games, whether board or RPG, for therapeutic goals, educational goals and ...

Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have ...

If you want to hear about your guests’ daddy issues — without irony — break out the late ’60s board game Group Therapy. By Juli Weiner “Pick the member of the group who likes you the least and tell ...