[ A. i'm interested in therapy and art therapy, but i am a game designer and not a trained or certified psychotherapist; i've got some strong opinions about conversations about game design, and i think people enjoy having these conversations with me, in some part related to this interest of mine.
B. perhaps i can offer good conversations about game design that are aligned with my therapy-inspired values, and informed by the good practices of therapists as i have seen them; if i discover these conversations are valued enough, then i can make a little business of it. ]
*also, i had a conversation with my therapist today that allowed me to perceive this role not as having the responsibility of finishing or helping to finish things -- which i find frustrating when the control is not in my hands -- but instead as a perpetual sounding board, someone there to assist in another person's ongoing process of being creative, and alive.
B. perhaps i can offer good conversations about game design that are aligned with my therapy-inspired values, and informed by the good practices of therapists as i have seen them; if i discover these conversations are valued enough, then i can make a little business of it. ]
*also, i had a conversation with my therapist today that allowed me to perceive this role not as having the responsibility of finishing or helping to finish things -- which i find frustrating when the control is not in my hands -- but instead as a perpetual sounding board, someone there to assist in another person's ongoing process of being creative, and alive.