Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Anthony Bean.
Dr. Bean, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I started both companies off from the ground up. They took a bit of time, but they have been worth it from the beginning. Both have been a passion of commitment which doesn’t always keep in focus at times due to the difficulty of the profession.
BPPS started because of my expertise in video gaming and how I use the virtual worlds to bring out the best a person can be. I work from an archetypal realm and heavily focus upon the character’s qualities as they tend to mirror the person who is playing them. There is a book coming out next year talking more about this from Routledge which can be a guide for clinicians.
The Telos Project started out due to seeing a need for individuals who have a lower income or are unable to obtain psychological services due to their insurance carriers. We take pretty much everything, even the ones that don’t pay well. We aim to service the community by providing lower than normal fees for individuals whom need testing and therapy services.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
I think the largest struggle is working with insurance carriers for The Telos Project and for BPPS it is more about having the parents come on board with breaking down the disillusionment of Video Game Addiction.
Bean Professional Psychological Services & The Telos Project – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Dr. Bean has worked with all ages across the lifespan focusing on various difficulties with specific life circumstances and general life concerns. He focuses on individual strengths and normalizing experiences throughout the lifespan and encourages individuals to rediscover their internal strengths. Additionally, Dr. Bean specializes in video games, children & adolescents, and the virtual worlds played in. He is considered an expert in this growing field, has been published extensively in the discipline. He works with children, adolescents, and adults who play video games and their families to better understand the immersive effects video games have upon the individual and resulting family dynamics. Dr. Bean utilizes video game character identification techniques and other archetypal experiences to understand and develop intrinsic motivations for playing, personal identity, and discovering conscious and unconscious conflicts, cognitions, and behaviors. He has worked with children, adolescents, and adults on discovering their own symbolic transformations through the playing of video games and dealing with depression, trauma, anxiety, social isolation, and other common diagnoses to great success.
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
Seeing the change in individual’s lives and how by working with them and their avatar of choice, they can be the conduit they never thought they could be.
Pricing:
- $125/session self pay for BPPS
- $75 sliding scale for The Telos Project if they do not have insurance.
Contact Info:
- Address: 226 Bailey Ave
Suite 103
Fort Worth, Texas 76107 - Website: https://beanpsychologicalservices.com/ and https://thetelosproject.org/
- Phone: 6822312420
- Email: anthonybean@thetelosproject.org and anthonymbeanphd@gmail.com
- Twitter: @videogamedoc
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