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Earthquake in Zipland: The Psychological Element

Computer Game Functions as a Therapeutic Tool

By Chaya Harash, MSW
President and CEO of Zipland Interactive

• Introduction - Part 1 - A Tool for the Play Therapist
• Introduction - Part 2 - Games are Therapy
• Introduction - Part 3 - Game Situations Parallel Real-Life
• Part 4 - The Interface - Computer Game that Responds to Psychological Needs.
• Part 5 - The Egg in the Interface - Therapeutic Device
• Part 6 - Characters and Objects - Emotional Themes of Children of Divorce
• Part 7 - The Fantasy of Connecting the Parents - Unrealistic Expectations
• Part 8 - Feelings of Guilt and Blame - Divorce is not the Child’s Fault
• Part 9 - Helplessness - The Elevator Episode - Divorce is Forced on a Child
• Part 10 - Triangulation and Conflict of Loyalties - Parental Conflict
• Part 11 - Self-Image and Peer Group - Sense of Shame
• Part 12 - Getting Perspective - The Telescope Episode - Fear of Change
• Part 13 - Loneliness and Belonging - Abandonment
• Part 14 - Mother’s Home and Father’s Home - Two Households
• Part 15 - Support, Acceptance and Communication - Social Acceptance
• Part 16 - Power Versus Strength - Omnipotence
• Part 17 - Other Topics We Dealth With - Concentration, Money, Imbalance
• Part 18 - Epilogue

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Computer game therapy for the child of divorce can bring out and heal the child’s emotion, false expectations, guilt, blame, conflict, shame, fear of change, abandonment, acceptance, omnipotence, and imbalance.

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  "This is a wonderful tool for parents and children as well as for therapists. Creative, imaginative and lots of fun! A must-have for families going through divorce!”
  
  ~ Cloe Madanes, author of Strategic Family Therapy

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  Thank you again. My son has ADHD and has a very hard time talking and voicing how he feels. This game is wonderful.”
  
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  By the end of the game, the child is empowered, helped to understand the parents’ motivations and given hope for the future and his/her own ability to develop loving relationships despite personal experience.”
  
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