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In today's stressful world, sometimes it helps to have a supportive listener who will witness how you are moving through your life and can offer new ways of coping and adapting to past, present, and future issues.
Ellen Moncrief is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 8 years of experience in the mental health field. She is passionate about helping adolescents and adults address mental health challenges and improve their quality of life. Ellen specializes in trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and major life transitions. Ellen completed her Master of Counseling Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois. Her professional experience in community mental health has enabled her to provide guidance and support to diverse populations and different mental health issues.
Ellen is a person-centered therapist who utilizes a variety of counseling approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and motivational interviewing.
We all face challenges, and sometimes we need extra support. Ellen's main priority is to ensure you feel heard and support you in your journey of finding new ways to adapt from the past, improve the present, and gain new perspectives and techniques. If you are ready to improve your mental health, schedule an appointment with her today.
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Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Maumelle, AR helps people who have an obsession with playing video games as well as with internet gaming disorder. People may have mild, moderate, or severe internet gaming disorder if they struggle to control how often or how long they game. The symptoms of internet gaming disorder may include deceiving loved ones about when and how often they play, thinking constantly about gaming, and using video games as a distraction from real-world problems.
Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Maumelle helps those who suffer by assisting them in regaining control over video gaming. In addition, it can help them cope with the negative effects of video game addiction counseling from anxiety to depression, insomnia, and more.
Video game addiction counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and through Online therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of video game addiction counseling depends on the individual’s needs as well as the extent and severity of their problem and those that might stem from it. That said, people can make meaningful progress in the first weeks to months of therapy.
Mental health professionals are still studying whether an inability to regulate one’s video game use fits the clinical definition of addiction, but they are clear about several things: Many people have a hard time stopping their game play. Many people play more often than they want. Many people try to stop gaming and cannot. Many people are forming emotional attachments to games or their avatars.
The therapists at Thriveworks Maumelle are seeing children, teens, adults who have difficulty controlling their video game habits. Help is available. Counseling techniques such as cognitive behavior therapy are proving effective at managing video game compulsion. If you or your child need help, reach out today to get started with a Thriveworks Maumelle provider.
People frequently use the term “video game addiction” to describe the same behaviors that The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) labels as “internet gaming disorder.” The DSM-5 calls for further study before categorizing it as an addition, but the symptoms it gives for internet gaming disorder have many similarities to other behavioral addictions such as gambling.
According to the DSM-5, people may struggle with mild, moderate, or severe internet gaming disorder, depending upon how many of the following symptoms they present:
Mental health professionals are still searching for definitive answers on how a gaming compulsion can form, but one theory is that the narratives of video games contribute to the disorder. Social networking games, mobile games, and massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG) write compulsion loops, also called core loops, into the game’s storyline.
These loops present players with a series of challenges and rewards. Each reward leads immediately into the next challenge, thus, looping players further into the game. With each reward, dopamine is also released in a player’s brain, connecting the experience of playing with pleasure.
As you read through the symptoms and signs of internet gaming disorder, did you recognizing any of the behaviors? In yourself? In your child? If so, you may be among the growing number of people who struggle with video game addiction. A growing number of people are also reaching out for help from mental health professionals to take back control of their gaming habits.
If you want to meet with a therapist at Thriveworks Maumelle, we have appointments available, and we see adolescents and adults. It may also be helpful to know that…
Are you ready to take back control of your video game habits? We are ready to help. Contact Thriveworks Maumelle today.
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