Mental Health Support While You Game

Hero Journey Club is a business that offers mental health support
groups for video game enthusiasts, run by therapists. The group
sessions happen over the online voice and instant messaging
platform Discord and the participants, the gamers, are playing
games while the sessions take place. Sometimes collaboratively on
the same game, sometimes on completely different games. The group
members are usually similar in age and have a shared desire to
work on particular mental health issues.


We talk with the company’s co-founder and CEO, Brian Chhor, and
one of the “Journey Guides,” Savannah Napier, about how all this
works and why a distraction can lead to a more relaxed and deeper
support experience. We also hear from some Depresh Mode listeners
about games that help them.


Learn more about Hero Journey Club by visiting their website,
www.HeroJourney.Club.


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