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<blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 9281584" data-attributes="member: 40359"><p>I am fully, 1000% supportive of therapy and absolutely do NOT think anyone can be a therapist.</p><p></p><p>Also, RPGs can definitely be used effectively in therapy sessions.</p><p></p><p>That being said, not everything that calls itself therapy is therefore a good thing. I'm not trained in therapy, but from my experience in both IT and academia, there are different ways of building skills and visibility of new ideas in a field. They can run the whole spectrum from being genuinely beneficial to being nothing more than a cash grab of little actual use. The concerns in this thread aren't that therapy itself is useless, but where something like Geek Therapeutics certification falls in that spectrum.</p><p></p><p>After doing some digging into this area, I found one approach is like Geek Therapy, that has had a free podcast with varying guests for years, and runs/works-with a 4-day conference (costing $100-$150) where professionals can meet, present, and discuss their ideas. Another approach is Geek Therapeutics which charges ten times that amount ($1500) <em>per year</em> to get a certification and approval to use a title (which, according to Geek Therapy, they tried to argue no one else could legally call themselves a Geek Therapist without their course).</p><p></p><p>Both may be great! I don't know. But from my experience in other fields, one approach <em>tends </em>to be run by those trying to share information and spread expertise, and the other approach <em>tends</em> to be run by entrepreneurs trying to turn a profit. "Degree mills" and "certification schools" are a common cash-grab bane on many fields where they charge extremely high fees to get an allegedly prestigious certification that is anything but. I have no idea if Geek Therapeutics is one of these or not, but I do know they are out there by the dozens in many fields.</p><p></p><p>Again, this is just from my experience in other fields where different organizations have <em>very</em> similar feels to these two approaches and I am more confident in my assessment. But, FWIW, a licensed therapist did comment earlier in this thread that they were highly skeptical of the Geek Therapeutics approach as well (and in fact, their language was disdainful enough that a moderator stepped in). So even an actual therapist took issue with this approach.</p><p></p><p>So the impression you seem to be getting from this thread that it's overly anti-therapy and seeming like anyone can provide quality therapy may be inaccurate. Many of us are skeptical of Geek Therapeutics precisely because it's one thing to have a fancy website and expensive courses, but sometimes it is something else entirely to actually provide a solid benefit to a field of medicine. It is <em>because</em> we think good therapy is so important and challenging that we are skeptical of this approach. Plus, I doubt the actual licensed therapist who very harshly criticized Geek Therapeutics would be considered anti-therapy! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenmarable, post: 9281584, member: 40359"] I am fully, 1000% supportive of therapy and absolutely do NOT think anyone can be a therapist. Also, RPGs can definitely be used effectively in therapy sessions. That being said, not everything that calls itself therapy is therefore a good thing. I'm not trained in therapy, but from my experience in both IT and academia, there are different ways of building skills and visibility of new ideas in a field. They can run the whole spectrum from being genuinely beneficial to being nothing more than a cash grab of little actual use. The concerns in this thread aren't that therapy itself is useless, but where something like Geek Therapeutics certification falls in that spectrum. After doing some digging into this area, I found one approach is like Geek Therapy, that has had a free podcast with varying guests for years, and runs/works-with a 4-day conference (costing $100-$150) where professionals can meet, present, and discuss their ideas. Another approach is Geek Therapeutics which charges ten times that amount ($1500) [I]per year[/I] to get a certification and approval to use a title (which, according to Geek Therapy, they tried to argue no one else could legally call themselves a Geek Therapist without their course). Both may be great! I don't know. But from my experience in other fields, one approach [I]tends [/I]to be run by those trying to share information and spread expertise, and the other approach [I]tends[/I] to be run by entrepreneurs trying to turn a profit. "Degree mills" and "certification schools" are a common cash-grab bane on many fields where they charge extremely high fees to get an allegedly prestigious certification that is anything but. I have no idea if Geek Therapeutics is one of these or not, but I do know they are out there by the dozens in many fields. Again, this is just from my experience in other fields where different organizations have [I]very[/I] similar feels to these two approaches and I am more confident in my assessment. But, FWIW, a licensed therapist did comment earlier in this thread that they were highly skeptical of the Geek Therapeutics approach as well (and in fact, their language was disdainful enough that a moderator stepped in). So even an actual therapist took issue with this approach. So the impression you seem to be getting from this thread that it's overly anti-therapy and seeming like anyone can provide quality therapy may be inaccurate. Many of us are skeptical of Geek Therapeutics precisely because it's one thing to have a fancy website and expensive courses, but sometimes it is something else entirely to actually provide a solid benefit to a field of medicine. It is [I]because[/I] we think good therapy is so important and challenging that we are skeptical of this approach. Plus, I doubt the actual licensed therapist who very harshly criticized Geek Therapeutics would be considered anti-therapy! :ROFLMAO: [/QUOTE]
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