Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast
Mike Langlois
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On Transience
Some of you are aware that I have a friend and colleague in Iran, a bright graduate student who I have been mentoring. When the Twelve Day War began and Zoom failed we used Instagram and email. Now,…
Free Webinar On Video Games For You
Hi Folks, Here’s a webinar I did a while back on Video Games in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. It doesn’t get you any CEs, as I am trying to minimize how much I participate in the CE industry.…
S1E8 Playful Subversions Episode 8
In this episode, I sit down with integrative psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and poet Brittany Robertson, LICSW, whose work centers on embodiment, liberation, and deep relational healing for “the…
Playful Subversions Episode 7
In this episode of Playful Subversions, I sit down with my longtime friend and colleague Catherine Beckett, LCSW, PhD, whose work spans grief counseling, hospice care, and psychedelic-assisted…
Playful Subversions Episode 6
In this Halloween episode, I welcome my friend and colleague Heather McGibbon, a psychodynamic therapist and cinema scholar whose unusual passion for horror and serial killers makes her the perfect…
Playful Subversions Episode 5
In this episode I sit down with Fallon Stapleton, a Navy veteran turned therapist and birth worker, to explore how the cozy farming game Stardew Valley became a portal for healing, queerness, and…
Playful Subversions Episode 4
In this heartfelt episode of Playful Subversions, psychotherapist and yoga teacher Taylor Young joins the conversation to explore how caring for her two rescue dogs, Jasmine and Stanley, became a…
Playful Subversions Episode 3
In this episode of Playful Subversions, I speak with Nicholas De Carlo, an analytic social worker, educator, and co-director of the Emancipatory Sciences Lab at UCSF. Our conversation—humorous,…
Playful Subversions Ep. 2: Play, Objects, & Resistance
In this episode of Playful Subversions, I talk with psychoanalyst and activist Molly Merson about the seriousness of play. From lifting tires to planting fruit trees, we explore how embodied play,…
PS001 Carter Carter's Larder Ardour
Our inaugural episode of Playful Subversions has me chatting with Carter Carter—assistant professor, psychotherapist, community organizer, and author of the food column Larder Ardour (with Carter…
Video: Playful Subversion Rises Up!
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Stealing Fire, Sharing Light:
This is a recording of a dialogue Patricia Clough and I had this week at the American Psychological Association’s 2025 Conference. In it we discuss our idea of the Promethean impulse as it relates to…
S-1E-8 Episode 8: The P-HOLE & The Neon Bible
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The Revolution Will (In Part) Be Written.
There have been derisive tropes about “keyboard warriors” for as long as there has been the internet. Here's why that hurts all of us. Get full access to Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions at…
Episode 7: The Algorithm As Selfobject
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Episode 6: "Can I Kill You Again Today?" The Psychoanalysis of Player Modes
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Podcast Episode 5: The Moment
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A Gift From Me To You
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Throwback Thursday: Better Living Through Minecraft
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Blue Hair
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Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast has published 21 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Mental Health.
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