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Video Game Addiction
What's the buzz? Video game addiction has been a hot topic, since the WHO announced they would be including “gaming disorder” in the ICD. Just this month Prince Harry made headlines when he spoke out about Fortnite, saying, “It's created to addict, an addiction to...
Replacement Activity List Made By People in Recovery for Video Game Addiction
Top Replacement Activity List Developed by Mental Health Providers and Former Gamers When choosing an activity, it's all about intent Time. It's a commodity we all have at our disposal. For chronic online video gamers, streamers, tech users, or social media...
Depression, Anxiety and Co-Occurring Screen Addiction
We Help Folks With Mental Health Conditons and Screen Dependence Internet Addiction with Co-occurring Disorders is a very clinical way to talk about what we treat at reSTART. Being less clinical, we can just say that most of the folks who come to reSTART have more...
Is Video Game Addiction Stealing My Child’s Motivation?
How Do Video Games Affect Motivation, Leading, Potentially to the need for Video Game Addiction Treatment? Video games may distort a person’s perception of effort, achievement, reward, progress and growth. While the extent of this impact on people could vary,...
Summer Camps versus Summer Therapeutic Programs.
Understanding the differences when seeking behavioral change As you are looking for options for the summer, it is important to know and understand the differences between a summer camp and a summer program. reSTART is in favor of encouraging any activity or behavior...
Addictive video games? What makes the list in 2019
The unknown gamerverse While it’s relatively easy to recognize the signs of problematic video game use, identifying the games being played is proving to be much more difficult. When parents of troubled teens are asked what games their children play, they often respond...
Video Game Addiction and Depression
Technology is one of the main developments of this century, it is common and accessible, to the point where the average person has at least one gadget. Electronic devices have spread exponentially, and with them video games. People can play anywhere and for long...
Overwhelmed by texts and emails?
It is an understatement to say that the frequency of text messages and emails overwhelming our phones and inboxes leave many of us anxious and distracted. Our evolutionary history has not equipped our brains to respond to and then relax from these interruptions (and...
#bodymindconnection
Body-Mind Connection? “Begin to tune in to that body-mind connection…” urged the Lulu lemon-clad instructor at the start of my group exercise class. Shortly followed by, “ . . . remind yourself why you came today." As a counselor and dance/movement therapist, I am no...
Unraveling the Meaning of Intimacy Disorder
What is intimacy? People have different ideas about the word “intimacy”. For many, it’s a code word for sex. We at reSTART do not think of it this way. We subscribe to the ideas put forth by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Dr. Brene Brown and Dr. Patrick Carnes. The...