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How gaming becomes unexpected therapy for resistant teens

My teenager says therapy is stupid but spent three hours yesterday teaching me this complicated video game and opened up about everything bothering her while we played.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Play creates a side-by-side intimacy that direct conversation cannot achieve with a defended adolescent.

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