Jan 29, 2025 | Video Gaming Addiction
As video games have evolved from a casual pastime into a cultural phenomenon, their immersive nature and accessibility have brought both joy and challenges. While gaming offers entertainment and social connectivity, excessive gaming—classified as “video gaming...
Dec 31, 2024 | Video Gaming Addiction
I work with several families with children struggling with video gaming and screen addiction in their mid and later teen years. One of the consistent issues that comes up during our intakes, is that these young people feel unseen and unheard, and mostly misunderstood....
Sep 29, 2024 | Video Gaming Addiction
Earlier this month, I travelled to the United Kingdom to study The Master’s Event on Mental Health and Trauma at the University of Oxford. These lectures brought together many renowned mental health experts from around the world to share their knowledge with...
Jul 30, 2024 | Video Gaming Addiction
For those individuals who have ADHD, finding the motivation to begin and/or complete mundane tasks, such as chores and homework, can be an enormous struggle. And oftentimes, this person will avoid or procrastinate on these tasks while looking for something far more...
Apr 29, 2024 | Video Gaming Addiction
If you’re a parent of an addicted gamer, you understand the emotional upheaval this can create in your home. Children often communicate their emotions through their behaviours. These emotions range from irritability or sadness, isolation or clinginess, to full on...