Empowering Clients Through Geek Therapy

About this Training

A common thread lies within the genres of science fiction, video games, comics, super heroes, and similar geeky topics - overcoming adversity and personal growth. Through the content, characters, and adventures experienced via geek media, people can find inspiration to defeat their own super villains in life. The goal of this training is to develop cultural competency surrounding geek media and its ability to empower clients through the stories they tell and experiences through consumption. If you’d like to understand how to help your clients find their superpower via clinical empowerment, please join us for a training led by Dr. Sarah Sawyer on the topic. She is a pioneering expert in geek psychology - specializing in identity exploration, application of geek media, and LGBTQIA+.
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Empowering Clients Through Geek Therapy

Learning Objectives

  • #1

    Compile more attuned treatment interventions for appropriate clients - particularly via skills focused on empowerment.

  • #2

    Apply an understanding of geek identity to better connect with, understand, and guide clients.

Instructor(s)

LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR

Sarah Sawyer

Sarah A.H. Sawyer, PsyD, is a licensed mental health counselor, associate clinician, and post-doctoral fellow at Sound Psychopathology and Assessment in Seattle, Washington. She specializes in integration of geek culture in the therapeutic setting, working with adults and youth, and the application of favored fictional anthologies as a therapeutic technique via role-modeling and analogous experience discussion. She has authored a clinical article for iThrive Organization, spoken on multiple academic panels, and is a moderator for Take This, a nonprofit whose mission is to decrease the stigma, and increase the support for, mental health in the game enthusiast community and inside the game industry.

Enjoy These Further Benefits!

  • Understand Your Clients

    Learn how to understand and work with your clients using proven strategies derived from competent practice, knowledge, and culture while knowing what questions to ask them.

  • Learn From A Leader In The Field

    Presented by one of the leading experts in the field of Psychology, this training presents upon the topic using real life examples.

  • Become Knowledgeable In The Culture

    Through understanding the culture and connecting with our clients, we create meaning, relationships, and a place for new thought to birth.

Course Curriculum

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