At Positive Regard Therapy, we integrate gaming, fandom, and storytelling into therapy to create affirming, engaging spaces for healing. Our approach is LGBTQ+ affirming, sex-positive, kink-aware, and geek-friendly.
At Positive Regard Therapy, Geek Therapy is more than a gimmick—it’s part of our affirming, inclusive philosophy. We believe your passions can be powerful tools for healing.
Games like Dungeons & Dragons provide safe, structured ways to explore identity, solve problems, and practice teamwork.
We use themes from comics, movies, and games to draw parallels with your own life and explore personal challenges.
From creative storytelling circles to geek-friendly social skills groups, we offer specialized sessions that bring clients together through shared passions.
Geek Therapy is a creative, evidence-based counseling approach that uses tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), video games, comics, fantasy, science fiction, and pop culture as tools for growth. By connecting therapy to the worlds clients already love, Geek Therapy makes self-exploration fun, immersive, and meaningful.
Geek Therapy can:
Build social skills through collaborative play (like TTRPG groups)
Enhance self-confidence by experimenting with different roles and narratives
Support trauma processing in safe, story-based environments
Promote emotional regulation through structured play and reflection
Celebrate creativity for writers, artists, gamers, and fandom communities
At Positive Regard Therapy we use video games, tabletop role-playing games and board games as therapeutic tools that make growth feel more accessible and meaningful.
Our diverse, affirming team blends clinical expertise with warmth and real-world understanding to help you feel seen, supported, and empowered.
Yes. Geek Therapy is fully grounded in evidence-based and trauma-informed clinical practice. At Positive Regard Therapy, we use modalities such as ACT, narrative therapy, trauma-informed approaches, humanistic therapy, and drama/expressive arts techniques, with geek culture as the creative medium. It’s engaging and relatable, while still offering the depth, structure, and professionalism of real therapeutic work.
Not at all. Geek Therapy works for anyone open to using storytelling, creativity, or pop culture as a bridge to self-exploration.
Yes. Geek Therapy is especially effective for Autistic and ADHD clients who benefit from structured play, collaborative storytelling, and affirming spaces.
Yes. We offer remote Geek Therapy sessions across Illinois, making it accessible wherever you are.
Take the first step toward healing through storytelling, gaming, and creativity.
