Best Wellness/Mental Health — 19 verified

Gaming-focused mental health and wellness organizations work with players on burnout, performance anxiety, problem gaming, and competitive resilience.

• Healthy Gamer — Massachusetts. Founded by Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K), Healthy Gamer is the largest mental health coaching company built specifically for gamers. The Cambridge-based outfit offers personal,
• Take This — Washington. Take This is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) founded in 2013 to decrease stigma and increase mental health support in the game enthusiast community and the industry. It is best known for running AFK Rooms a
• Game Quitters — Colorado. Game Quitters is the world's largest support platform for problem video game use, founded by Cam Adair after his own recovery from gaming addiction. Its flagship Respawn coaching program walks members
• Game to Grow — Washington. Game to Grow is a Seattle nonprofit that pioneered tabletop RPG-based social skills groups for neurodivergent teens, and developed Critical Core, a therapeutic D&D starter set used by thousands of the
• Rise Above the Disorder — Washington. Rise Above the Disorder is a nonprofit that started as a World of Warcraft guild and grew into the world's largest community-funded mental health effort. It has helped more than 40,000 people in 135 c
• Kindbridge — Virginia. Kindbridge is a virtual coaching and therapy practice specializing in healthy gaming relationships, problem gambling, and adjacent behavioral health concerns. Licensed clinicians work with gamers and
• Video Game Counseling — California. Video Game Counseling in Santa Clara, California provides gamer-affirming therapy for individuals, couples, and families, both in-person and online. The practice treats anxiety, depression, gaming ove
• Gamer Therapist (Dr. Mike Langlois) — Massachusetts. Gamer Therapist, run by clinical social worker Dr. Mike Langlois, was one of the first U.S. practices to publicly center work with gamers and esports players. The Boston-based therapist also trains cl
• Geek Therapeutics — Texas. Geek Therapeutics integrates geek culture, TTRPGs, and video games into evidence-based therapy and clinician training. It offers APA- and NBCC-approved continuing education, a Problematic Gaming Speci
• Geek Therapy — California. Geek Therapy is a nonprofit collective that promotes the therapeutic use of geek culture, including games, comics, and tabletop RPGs. It offers a certification course, a podcast network, and a communi
• Therapy In Play (GATE) — New Jersey. Gaming Approaches Towards Education (GATE) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey blends CBT and play therapy with video games and tabletop RPGs to support kids, teens, families, and adults. Founded in 2018 by co
• Sentier Psychotherapy — Minnesota. Sentier Psychotherapy in St. Paul runs online therapeutic gaming groups, including adult D&D groups, to build emotional regulation and social skills. The practice serves Minnesota and Wisconsin client
• Dr. Jon Fled - Therapy for Gamers — California. Dr. Jon Fledzinskas is a Los Angeles-based psychologist whose practice focuses on therapy for gamers, streamers, and people in the gaming industry. He works with anxiety, burnout, identity, and overus
• Guardians MH — California. Guardians MH is a gaming-centered mental health nonprofit raising awareness and funding through streamer-led campaigns. It connects players with vetted clinicians and runs charity streams supporting a
• CheckPoint — California. CheckPoint produces accessible mental health resources written specifically for gamers, with clinicians and researchers explaining how games intersect with anxiety, depression, addiction, and identity
• On-line Gamers Anonymous (OLGA) — Pennsylvania. On-line Gamers Anonymous is a peer-support 12-step fellowship for people struggling with compulsive gaming. It maintains forums, daily online meetings, and a directory of gaming-aware professionals ac
• Stack Up Overwatch Program — California. The Overwatch Program is Stack Up's peer-to-peer crisis support service for veterans and civilians struggling with suicidal ideation, available 24/7 through Discord and other channels. It is run by tr
• Take This AFK Rooms — Washington. AFK Rooms are Take This's signature in-person service at PAX, Anime Expo, and other major conventions, providing quiet spaces staffed by clinicians and trained volunteers. Attendees can decompress, ta
• Critical Care RPG (RPG.LLC) — Washington. RPG.LLC, run by Adam Davis and Adam Johns (also founders of Game to Grow), is a Seattle-based professional services practice offering applied tabletop role-playing game therapy, training, and therapeu

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