Anthony M. Bean, Ph.D.

Anthony M. Bean, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Depth Psychologist, video game researcher, and the Executive Director at The Telos Project, a nonprofit mental health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas which focuses on video gamers and their families. He has been consulted as an expert for CNN, Inverse, Polygon, and internationally for Gehirn & Geist, while also speaking on radio, on podcasts, and at conferences in the United States, Canada, and Russia. Bean holds a Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and specializes in the therapeutic implications of video games and gaming, working with children and adolescents, and the use of video game character identification as a therapeutic technique. He has also authored academic articles, book chapters, and the books Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge, 2018), The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series (Ben Bella, 2019), The Psychology of Final Fantasy: Surpassing The Limit Break (Leyline Publishing, 2020), and Integrating Geek Culture Into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician's Guide To Geek Therapy (Leyline Publishing, 2020).