Geek Therapy
Therapy for fans, gamers, and imaginative minds. From Dungeons & Dragons to fandom-inspired healing, explore how geek culture can be a powerful tool for connection, creativity, and transformation.
Why Geek Therapy?
- The resilience of your favorite anime character to explore your own coping skills
- The decisions your RPG character makes when faced with fear, loss, or identity shifts — and what they reflect about your values
- The way fantasy worlds offer metaphors for systemic oppression, found family, and healing from trauma
- The social dynamics in a gaming group or fandom community to build skills in communication, trust, and conflict resolution
This approach is particularly effective for neurodivergent clients, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those with complex trauma, because it honors how we process the world differently. Geek Therapy doesn’t ask you to “tone it down” or fit into a clinical mold — it meets you where you are, with the things you already love and feel safe with.
By weaving together psychology and passion, Geek Therapy helps you feel more seen, more motivated, and more in control of your healing journey.
Certified Geek Therapist
I am a Certified Geek Therapist through Geek Therapeutics, a pioneering organization that trains mental health professionals to use evidence-based tools from geek culture and gaming in therapeutic practice.
This advanced certification includes over 40 hours of training in:
- Therapeutic applications of tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Multiverse RPG, and Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass.
Click Here to Learn about Therapeutic Tabletop RPGs - Integrating character creation, narrative arcs, and world-building into trauma recovery, identity exploration, and confidence-building.
- Facilitating RPG therapy groups to build emotional regulation, collaboration, and self-awareness
- Incorporating fandom, video games, comics, anime, cosplay, and geek subcultures into strengths-based clinical work. Including the Furry Fandom.
- Best practices for assessment, group dynamics, safety planning, and adapting interventions to meet neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ client needs
Whether you’re seeking a therapist who understands the emotional power of your favorite characters, or want to use storytelling and imagination to process life experiences, Geek Therapeutics-trained therapy offers a dynamic and affirming approach. I help clients of all ages — from teens to adults — channel their inner heroes in a space that celebrates their creativity and identity.
This certification ensures that I not only understand geek culture from the inside, but also know how to ethically and effectively integrate it into sessions. I approach all RPG-based work through a trauma-informed, identity-affirming lens.
Community, Identity, and Play
- Exploring gender, neurodivergence, and personal identity through the lens of characters and stories
- Processing past experiences of bullying, exclusion, or marginalization in spaces that affirm who you are
- Rehearsing social skills in low-pressure, imaginative ways through therapeutic RPG sessions
- Building community in group therapy settings where geekiness is embraced, not pathologized
- Using roleplay to experiment with emotional expression, decision-making, and personal boundaries
Whether you grew up immersed in fandom or are just now discovering how healing these worlds can be, you deserve therapy that celebrates your passions instead of sidelining them. Geek Therapy lets you play, imagine, and grow — all in a space where your identity is honored and your joy is part of the process.
Therapeutic Tabletop Role-Playing Games
Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Multiverse RPG, and Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass offer more than just fun—they’re powerful tools for growth, identity exploration, and emotional healing. As a Certified Therapeutic Game Master through Geek Therapeutics, I blend evidence-based therapy with immersive storytelling, character creation, and collaborative gameplay to support clients of all ages.
Why TTRPG Therapy Works
TTRPGs create a safe, creative space where players can experiment with new roles, face challenges, and build meaningful relationships—all through the lens of imagination. Whether you’re playing a shy healer learning to use their voice or a confident warrior building trust in a team, these narratives mirror real-life struggles and strengths.
Research has shown that role-playing supports trauma processing, social skill development, and identity affirmation. For neurodivergent players, queer clients, and those navigating complex emotions, this approach allows healing to unfold in unexpected, empowering ways.
Roleplay, Reflection, and Belonging
In my groups, every player matters. Whether you’re navigating friendship dynamics, exploring your gender, or processing trauma, TTRPGs offer rich metaphors and collaborative moments that reflect and affirm your lived experience. We focus on safety, consent, and co-creation to ensure that the table is a brave space for growth.
You don’t need experience with gaming—just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Sessions are guided, therapeutic, and adapted to your comfort level.
Join a Game, Level Up Your Healing
- Identity development through character arcs
- Safe expression of emotions via narrative
- Group dynamics and social cue practice
Interested in joining a therapeutic game group? Fill out my interest survey to receive notifications when groups are forming.
Let’s Roll for Healing
Whether you’re leveling up your self-confidence, forging identity through fandom, or navigating trauma with the help of your adventuring party — I’m here to support your journey.
Now accepting new clients across California.