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Video game addiction counseling FAQs

What is video game addiction counseling?

Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Westminster, CO 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.

How does video game addiction counseling work?

Thriveworks video game addiction counseling in Westminster 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.

Is video game addiction counseling conducted in person or online?

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.

How long does video game addiction counseling last?

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.

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Video Game Addiction Therapy in Westminster, CO

Many teens and adults alike are having difficulty regulating their video game use. Mental health professionals are still researching whether these behaviors fit the strict definition of an addiction, but several things are clear:

  • Many people are turning to online gaming and online personas for connection and relationships.
  • Many people cannot control their video game use.
  • Many people are benefitting from interventions that have traditionally served addicts.

Drawing from the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, support groups such as Online Gamers Anonymous and Computer Gaming Addicts Anonymous have formed. Many people are coupling these support groups with mental health counseling as they battle their own or their child’s video game habits.

The therapists at Thriveworks Westminster are seeing more and more clients who cannot regulate when, where, and how long they game. If you are playing video games longer and more often than you should, counseling may equip you with the skills to regain control. Reach out today for support.

Internet Gaming and Impulse Control

People may have severe, moderate, or mild internet gaming disorder based upon how many of the following symptoms they present:

  • Prioritizing gaming over time with family and friends or opportunities for education and career advancement.
  • Gaming to avoid real-world difficulties and responsibilities.
  • When not playing, experiencing withdrawal symptoms (moody, irritable, aggressive, depressed, or restless).
  • Failed attempts to quit or cut back gaming.
  • Lying about video game use.
  • Preoccupation with the game, whether playing or not.
  • Alleviating hard emotions (loneliness, guilt, sadness, depression, anxiety, et cetera) with video games.
  • Experiencing tolerance—playing longer and longer without noticing.

In addition to these symptoms, parents should lookout for the following within their teens or children:

  • Incomplete school assignments.
  • Drowsiness throughout the day.
  • Falling grades.
  • Quitting activities.
  • Playing video games alone.

The common denominator in these symptoms is control: can people control their gaming habits or have video games taken control of their lives?

How Does Internet Gaming Disorder Develop?

Mental health professionals are still studying how internet gaming disorder develops, and some posit that the narratives within the games are a contributing factor. In particular, their concern is about compulsion or core loops that set up a series of challenges and rewards where each reward leads immediately into the next challenge. With each reward, the brain also releases dopamine, associating the game with a pleasurable experience.

The narratives of many games employ compulsion loops, including mobile games, social networking games, and massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG).

Online Gaming and Real-Life Problems

When people have a hard time regulating their video game use, they may also experience other relational, emotional, and physical problems:

  • Relational problems: If people are lying about their game use, spending excessive money on gaming equipment and fees, or prioritizing gaming over time with loved ones, they are most likely also driving a wedge between themselves and their loved ones.
  • Emotional problems: When people use gaming to escape emotional problems such as their anxiety or depression, these problems may grow worse and more overwhelming.
  • Physical problems: People who play video games compulsively often forget to care for themselves physically, and they may experience poor hygiene, irregular eating habits, sleep disruptions, back pain, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, dry eyes, and acute headaches.

Talk with a Video Game Addiction Therapist at Thriveworks

Have your child’s gaming habits grown uncontrollable? Is gaming standing in the way of your personal relationships or your career advancement? If so, you are not alone. Many people are struggling, and many people are reaching out for help.

If you are ready to meet with a mental health professional, Thriveworks Westminster has appointments available for video game addiction. We see children, teens, and adults.

When you are ready to reach out, we are ready for you. We accept many forms of insurance, and we offer evening and weekend sessions. Call today to get started.

 

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurance and we offer self-pay options too.
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Our therapists and counselors in Westminster accept 32 insurance plans

  • Adventist Health Associates | Employee Health Plan

  • Adventist Health Associates | Non-Employee Health Plan

  • Aetna

  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado Medicare Advantage

  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado | GHI BMP

  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado | PPO - HMO

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield | Anthem (Blue Card)

  • Carelon

  • Carelon | Medicare Advantage

  • Cigna | Evernorth

  • Compsych

  • Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage

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Self-pay costs at Westminster
Talk therapy

Talk therapy

Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy

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$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

Talk therapy

Psychiatry

Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

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Address

8510 N Bryant St Suite 340
Westminster, CO 80031

Getting here

Thriveworks Counseling & Therapy Westminster is located near N Bryant St and W 85th Ave, off US-36. It is close to the Hyland Hills Sports Complex and a short distance from the Water World park.

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Phone number

(302) 253-7942
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Languages spoken by CO providers

  • English
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Hours

Monday 8:00am - 9:30pm
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