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#66: Content Warning: Suicide, Euthanasia, Abuse, Bullying, Date Rape, Loss, and more. On this episode, we discuss Life Is Strange, an episodic adventure game that made us feel A LOT of things. Support Extra-Life through  Lara’s Extra-Life page ! Library update! It’s still under construction but it now lives at  library.geektherapy.com . — Come chat with us on Geek Therapy Community Facebook Group...

#65: Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide (Life Is Strange) and robbery and gun violence (Batman’s origin story). Announcement: We now have a  Geek Therapy Podcast Network !  This week we agree to discuss Life Is Strange and Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts on the next episode. We also discuss the intensity of Batman Arkham VR which leads to a conversation about trigger warnings. ...

#64: This week we geek out about some of the new shows this season including Pitch, Luke Cage, The Good Place, Son of Zorn, This Is Us, and Westworld.  ​*The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or talk about things through awesome content and allo...

#63: We quickly discuss a listener-submitted Library entry and Lara tells us all about this year’s GaymerX. Plus a giveaway. GaymerX:  http://gaymerx.com/ ​*The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or talk about things through awesome content and a...

#62: This week we discuss a Library entry about Spider-Woman related to parenthood, an episode of Shameless that Josué isn’t so sure about adding to the Library. We go over a near final entry into the actual wiki and Josué asks Lara if he should write a short book on how to “do” Geek Therapy. ​*The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and...

#61: This week we talk about watching movies with intention, such as watching your favorite film to cheer you up. Josué and Lara discuss some of their favorite movies including The Matrix Trilogy, Braveheart, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The Lion King, Newsies, Billy Madison, The Pianist, and Titanic. ​*The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, boo...

#60: This week Josué and Lara talk Introverts, Periods, BuzzFeeds’s Version of Geek Therapy, Spider-Man, Batgirl, Mr. Robot, and more. ​*The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or talk about things through awesome content and allow Geeks and Nerds...

#59: Happy 50th Anniversary, Star Trek! At Star Trek Mission New York, just days before the 50th anniversary, Ali Mattu moderated the panel “The Evolution of Star Trek’s Fandom” featuring Ryan Britt, Cici James, Telka Vassie, Ed Gross, and Josué Cardona. This week’s episode is a recording of the panel. Panel info from Star Trek Mission website –  http://www.startrekmissions.com/en/Sessions/29677/T...

#58: This week we talk about making music entries in the Library, DC Bombshells, Green Lantern, and Extra Life charity marathons. ​Visit Lara’s Extra Life team  HERE . *The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or talk about things through awesome c...

#57: We discuss adding reflection/conversation starting questions to the Library. We talk about the topic of trigger warnings and mental health representation (#MentalHealthRep) in media. Shows/movies mentioned this week: Kimmy Schmidt, Star Trek: First Contact, Room, United States of Tara, Mr. Robot, The Tick. *The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite m...

#56: ​This week we discuss Runaways, Papo & Yo, The Unfinished Swan, Goodbye For Now, and I’m Not From Here (No Soy De Aquí). Warning: We had technical difficulties so there are some audio issues. *The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or ta...

#55: Josué and Lara discuss the new Suicide Squad movie, mental health representation in the movie and in the DC universe. Josué brings up Kimmiy Schmidt again. Also, we have a Patreon! So we discuss what becoming a patron means for us. Visit our Patreon at:  www.patreon.com/geektherapy . *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. I...

#54: This week we discuss Nimona, Monstress, Stranger Things, and Kimmy Schmidt as Library entries. We also discuss representation in Monstress and relatability in general plus how we choose what to make an entry for. *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to w...

#53: Lara is back from SDCC with some great stories and we talk about Orphan Black and Wonder Woman panels, how strong female role models are not just for girls , the importance of art for kids, and more. We decide to read Monstress and Nimona by next week. *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists,...

#52: FULL SPOILERS for Star Trek Beyond! Happy 50th anniversary Star Trek! While Lara is at San Diego Comic-Con, Josué sits down with Dr. Ali Mattu to discuss Star Trek Beyond over coffee. They talk about what Star Trek means to them, they geek out over Beyond, and they speculate on the 4th film in the rebooted franchise. Find Ali at: @AliMattu on Twitter , The Psych Show on YouTube , and BrainKno...

#51: On this episode we talk about Pokémon Go, a great life lesson Lara learned from playing video games with her mom, and GT Library entries for Justice League Rebirth #1, Marvel’s Princess Leia, Civil War II, the Supergirl episode “For the Girl Who Has Everything,” and the comic book it was based on. ​*The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, book...

#50: CONTENT WARNING This week we discuss Paul Dini’s Dark Night: A True Batman Story, Dean Trippe’s Something Terrible, two graphic novels that retell traumatic events of physical and sexual assault. We believe these books are some of the best examples of stories, comics in particular, as a therapeutic tool. *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies...

#49: Josué says the Library is now at Pre-Alpha stage. We discuss some tweaks to how we can make entries, that all media can matter, and the sudden(?) increase in female role models in the media. You can help out by suggesting entries for the GT Library here:  https://geektherapy.typeform.com/to/azCwM5 For more Geek Therapy visit us at www. GeekTherapy .com. Follow us on Twitter: @GeekTherapy | @G...

#48: We continue to address possible GT Library entries by discussing what we’ve read or watched lately including Finding Dory, Jupiter Ascending, Ted 2, GoT, Runaways, Stephanie Brown, Faith, Dark Night: A True Batman Story, Warcraft and more. We decide to start making character entries in addition to content entries. The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favori...

#47: We take some time to talk about the recent mass shooting in Orlando, Florida and how geeky things can help us cope. We also continue our work on the Geek Therapy Library. You can help us out by suggesting GT Library entries here:  https://geektherapy.typeform.com/to/azCwM5 Here is the ‘Geeky Ways of Coping’ post we mentioned: ​ http://www.geektherapy.com/blog/geeky-ways-of-coping For more Gee...

#46: This week Josué and Lara discuss 5 big blockbusters that they haven’t added to the library. They go over Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, and X-Men: Apocalypse and what helpful insights might be gained from the film. The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games....

#45: The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for therapists, teachers, and parents to find a way to work with or talk about things through awesome content and allow Geeks and Nerds everywhere a way to be better understood. On this episode Josué and Lara introduce the Library and discuss how they’ve been updating a...

Trailer for season 2 of the Geek Therapy Podcast. The post Season 2 Trailer appeared first on Geek Therapy .

#44: You’ll find things a little different before and after this point in the podcast. Moving forward I’ll be focusing on telling feel-good stories about Geek culture. In this quick episode I give some updates on Geek Therapy and what we hope to do moving forward. Let me know what you think! – Josué Visit Geek Therapy at www. GeekTherapy. Com Follow Geek Therapy on Twitter: @GeekTherapy Follow Jos...

#43: Welcome to the first collaboration between the Geek Therapy Podcast and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Geek Culture in Therapy course taught by Dr. Patrick O’Connor. This is the audio recording of a Google Hangout in which Josué and Patrick interview renowned researcher Chris Ferguson about his research into video games. You can follow Chris Ferguson on Twitter ( @CJFerguson1...