>>21428487Alok Kanojia, Harvard psychiatrist which specializes in addictions, he runs HealthyGamerGG which is a coaching program focused on mental problems concerning modern issues with technology, especially in the zoomer generation. I think they do some research too.
He's an interesting guy because he has a good understanding of contemporary problems which boomer therapists don't have a clue about.
He has a rather firm grasp of reality and at least tries to look scientific, so nothing like Jordan Peterson. However, he was a Buddhist monk, and very often he mixes in some of that stuff into his work. But at least he's transparent about it.
His career was interesting because he probably had ADHD and was addicted to video games. Because of that, he performed very poorly in school, almost dropping out of college. But yet he managed to secure a residency in Harvard medical school (after an episode of going to India and becoming a monk). He then became a hotshot therapist among financial managers.
He interviewed a lot of famous streamers.
He claims what he does is not therapy. There was a drama about it, because one of the streamers he interviewed (Reckful) committed sudoku, and people accused him of unethical practice of offering therapy outside of the client-therapist relationship. I kinda get it, because despite disclaimers before every stream that it's not therapy, what he did could look like one-shot therapy sessions, at least to people who were untrained. He further explained his point that he's serious about it, and those disclaimers aren't just there to protect his ass. It's complicated, I don't feel qualified to make a judgement.
I don't know how his coaching program looks in practice, but at least by how he presents it, it makes sense. And this comes from someone who always ridiculed the idea of coaching. The problem I have with coaches is that they're almost always people who are egomaniacs or cynics who are doing it for money, and they often have no qualifications. Dr. K idea is to use coaches like doctors use nurses, giving them basic training and making them work under the supervision of actual therapists. Their role is to offload the work from the actual therapist by doing mundane, time-consuming tasks like checking up on patient's progress, problems, communicating with therapists etc. The reason behind this kind of coaching is a drastic shortage of mental health professionals around the world, especially younger ones. So the goal is to utilize them better.
