GFT: Geek Family Therapy

Character Alignments pt 1

October 2, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#11: This is the episode before NYCC. Both Leah and Kat have been going for years, and they will be attending again. There will be, of course, a NYCC exclusive episode discussing family’s who attend conventions, as well family’s who cosplay together. The plan, maybe speak to family’s on Sunday, which used to be called Family Day.

Not that this is completely off what we would normally talk about but we are discussing Character Alignment. This episode focuses solely on the good character alignment. Kat used to play D&D frequently with her Best Friend as the DM and several other friends, playing for hours (usually from 7 pm to somewhere around 6 am) .

After the comic con episode GFT will record the next two episodes, and of course finally discuss the importance of character alignment within D&D and..

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Apps in therapy

September 3, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#10: I think I should preface this by saying in no way should any of these apps be used without therapy. These are not ways to diagnose or treat alone, but in conjunction with mental health professionals.

https://www.codetherapyfilm.com/

Code therapy is a 15 minute documentary that discusses depression. Discussing that depression is the second largest cause of disability in the world and then discussing apps that can be used to help those who are suffering from depression.

http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/top-10-mental-health-apps/slideshow/2608/ . The top 10 mental health apps that are discussed during the podcast. Kat talks about her use of Breath 2 Relax and its use of diaphragmatic breathing (breathing into the belly as opposed to the chest) . Many of the other apps that are on the list express that they should be used with the help of a mental health professional, and Talkspace; an app that is supposed to make therapy more accessible, has even posted that they are not to be as a substitute for in person therapy.

On psych tech Josúe and Kelly discuss Woebot a CBT AI that runs with facebook messenger. I am not going to discuss it I’m just going to leave this link right here for you to listen to it when you can. https://www.psychtechpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=338-podcast

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What is Sarahah, PTSD in comics and real life.

August 12, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#9: We talk about the new social media app, Sarahah. Kat makes fun of the name, because she can’t say it. Lea talks about her use in it. The premise isn’t a bad idea, especially when we are discussing the implications it has in the work force, but it should have been left as an individual application for companies to decide to use to help strengthen the weak links, or build moral by people being able to discuss the strengths of their co-worker anonymously. But what it is is a social media app where people tear apart and insult their “friends” anonymously. We will discuss the difficulties and mental health implications this will have in another episode.

In America at least 70% of the population has experienced a traumatic event. We discuss the statistics of PTSD, how it is diagnosed, and types of treatments that are used to help those diagnosed with PTSD

http://www.healmyptsd.com/education/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-statistics .

Do Wolverine, Tony Stark, and Bruce Wayne have PTSD? Using generic information on Wolverine, and Bruce Wayne…. and Iron Man 3 we attempt to see if these characters meet the criteria

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Meta Batman, Female Doctor, BHNB

July 31, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#8: SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!

OMG Batman is a meta… Kat goes on a rant on how everyone says that Batman is the best super hero because he has no super powers (other than he’s super rich, doesn’t make him a hero), and now….. in the Suicide Squad, he is classified as a meta due to his exposure to Nth metal. He is classified as such from all of our favourite super bitch Amanda Waller.

BBC has announced that the new doctor is (drum roll please) Jodi Whitaker and Butt Hurt Nerd Boys (BHNB)everywhere lost their collective shit. The Doctor can’t have a vagina. I’m sorry in your real world where time traveling space aliens exist there has never been a female doctor. But guess what there has been female doctors for years. But as we discussed in the last episode, even when it comes to space aliens, it is important for people to find themselves. Not all women want to be swept off by a madman in a box, some want to be the MadWoman. They don’t want to cosplay the companion, or the gender bent version of the doctor (they still will) but they want to be the doctor. Now with Giant Hoodie.

Now I will give the writing for the past Doctor was kind of heavy handed with the “hints” that the Doctor will be a woman soon. Bill’s writing was great. But the same way many newb Whovian’s stated that Peter Capaldi is not their doctor because he wasn’t cute and goofy like Matt or sexy like David; that is the same as the BHNB (butt hurt nerd boys) now saying that Jodi is not their doctor, and they will boycott Doctor Who. For those who don’t know the incarnations and regenerations.

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Finding yourself in pop culture and Ghost hunting

July 18, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#7: Kat got to explore one of her fandoms, geeky likes, nerd like passions… whatever you want to call it… But she went to see Eastern State Penitentiary. It is a jail that was built in 1829 and closed in 1971. This did pique Kat’s love of history (especially haunted history) and some psychological aspects in learning that when the prison first opened everyone was brought in to single cells with hoods on their heads so no one knew who they were, and their exercise yard was attached to their cells….individual exercise yards. Imagine doing 15 years of solitary confinement, because that is what it is.

Lea and Kat sat and discussed the importance of being able to find super hero’s or any comic character that look like us. The importance of being able to see that even though we are minorities that we can find someone to look up to even if they are make believe. In therapy we use pop figures (not really Funko Pops) to help get children who do not know how to verbally identify their emotions to at least begin with physical representation with characters such as Winnie the pooh or Kat’s favorites the emotes. (www.emotes.com), little action figure monsters that help children, identify, understand and express their emotions. Kat loves these toys. But with some of our older clients toys aren’t good enough Kat has utilized Comicspedia to help find comic books that will help clients express themselves by having similar situations the children might be going through. www.comicspedia.net Lastly Kat mentions Geek Therapy’s own data base they are still compiling, which when complete will have access to The Geek Therapy library can be found https://www.geektherapy.com/?s=library

If you are like Kat and are trying to find more Latino/a superhero check out buzzfeeds list of the 15 top Latino Superhero’s you need to know

https://www.buzzfeed.com/pablovaldivia/incredible-latino-superheroes-you-need-to-know?utm_term=.doPg1Y0K6#.tiJVpwOE5

If you know any please let us know on our twitter

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Family of choice vs. Family of origin

June 24, 2017 by KatMFT Leave a Comment

#6: Family of origin is the people who we are born into, or marry into. While Family of Choice are the people that we choose to have involved in out lives. These people will become like siblings, uncles, aunts or even surrogate parents for us.

In fiction family of choice is often used to help create a family with people that they have more in common with, especially when the main character has developed some type of supernatural powers. The new family shares similar powers or secrets.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyOfChoice

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