GameFeel

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. The concept of what makes something scary will always be subjective, however knowledge from the therapy room does shine a light on what elements of a situation generally trigger fear for...

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. Phobias are an awful condition to live with. Sometimes videogames can be the trigger for our phobias, making it hard to play games we may otherwise love. But, could these same games also...

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. How we pay attention and engage with the world around us seems like such a simple idea that we intuitively understand from childhood. But what if I was to tell you that this isn’t the cas...

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. In this third episode of series one of Game Feel , we ask can video games trigger PTSD? The seemingly obvious answer you might give is “they’re not real”; they are just games. This makes...

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. In this second episode of series one of Game Feel , we explore how more text-based games like  Citizen Sleeper  and  Disco Elysium  still evoke powerful emotional responses like fear, but...

My name is Graham Walker. I am a professional psychotherapist and lover of all things video game. GameFeel is the podcast that explores what gaming and therapy can teach us about playing better and living better. In episode 1 I explore how virtual worlds can trigger a real-world sense of fear for us. Why does this happen? And what can that teach us about managing our emotions in life and gaming. T...