Download Computer Games – Addiction or Aid?

Computer Games – Addiction or Aid?
Date: Saturday 18th March 2017
Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Venue: YMCA, Bridge St, Guildford GU1 4SB
This one day CPD workshop explores the use of computer gaming in therapeutic work. Whilst gaming is often
seen negatively it can be a very real positive in our client’s lives. We will explore the different types of games,
gamer personalities, culture and technology, as well as how and why gaming can become important to
someone, how to work alongside gaming, and what can happen if gaming becomes a problem. The workshop
will involve group work, activities, case studies, therapeutic interventions and discussion.
Holly is a Humanistic Counsellor and Philosopher who started her career in educational publishing with
textbooks and interactive media before moving into academic publishing commissioning key journals and texts
in Childhood Studies and Special Needs. She was a Community Manager in a secondary school for seven years,
working with adults, primary and secondary students on various events and education projects in Business,
Enterprise and Ethics. She now runs Magpie Counselling, a private practice specialising in ASD, Anxiety and
Depression, and works as Honorary Counsellor Coordinator for the YMCA Downslink Group specialising in
counselling Children and Young People. A keen gamer herself, Holly became interested in working
therapeutically with gaming when she started to work alongside those who found it both helpful and a
hindrance in managing stress, depression and lifestyle choices.
Tickets are £70. with an early bird offer of £65 if booked before 30th December.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided and Holly will be available during lunch for an informal discussion.
This is a non-profit making event as all proceeds go towards support of the Bridge Street counselling service.