Dr Celeste Sangiorgio | DTx Games for Mental Health
@celestes-psych.bsky.social
clinical psychologist | research faculty at RIT | research: building DTx games to for mental health skills, esp self-regulation, cognitive, & communication skills | advocate & educator on games research, DTx, and mental health in all games
Here are some starters:
👾I made these gifs of myself
📚I’m a licensed psychologist - I just passed the EPPP (like the bar for psych)
👩🏻🏫I teach forensic psych
📝My lab is launching a catch check change skill game
👗My dress has pockets
#GamesForChange2025
👾I made these gifs of myself
📚I’m a licensed psychologist - I just passed the EPPP (like the bar for psych)
👩🏻🏫I teach forensic psych
📝My lab is launching a catch check change skill game
👗My dress has pockets
#GamesForChange2025
Hello - I’m at #GamesForChange2025 repping scholarship in games & health RIT!
Please come say hello if you see me :)
Please come say hello if you see me :)
June 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here are some starters:
👾I made these gifs of myself
📚I’m a licensed psychologist - I just passed the EPPP (like the bar for psych)
👩🏻🏫I teach forensic psych
📝My lab is launching a catch check change skill game
👗My dress has pockets
#GamesForChange2025
👾I made these gifs of myself
📚I’m a licensed psychologist - I just passed the EPPP (like the bar for psych)
👩🏻🏫I teach forensic psych
📝My lab is launching a catch check change skill game
👗My dress has pockets
#GamesForChange2025
Hello - I’m at #GamesForChange2025 repping scholarship in games & health RIT!
Please come say hello if you see me :)
Please come say hello if you see me :)
June 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hello - I’m at #GamesForChange2025 repping scholarship in games & health RIT!
Please come say hello if you see me :)
Please come say hello if you see me :)
Today - Saturday!
I’ll be talking alongside Jared Kilmer, @profnoctis.bsky.social, Anthony Urena and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on representations of masculinity in games!
Details:
👨💼Sat, 6pm, Bobcat: Dads Lads and Games: Learning about fatherhood monstrosity and masculinity from games (13+)
I’ll be talking alongside Jared Kilmer, @profnoctis.bsky.social, Anthony Urena and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on representations of masculinity in games!
Details:
👨💼Sat, 6pm, Bobcat: Dads Lads and Games: Learning about fatherhood monstrosity and masculinity from games (13+)
May 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today - Saturday!
I’ll be talking alongside Jared Kilmer, @profnoctis.bsky.social, Anthony Urena and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on representations of masculinity in games!
Details:
👨💼Sat, 6pm, Bobcat: Dads Lads and Games: Learning about fatherhood monstrosity and masculinity from games (13+)
I’ll be talking alongside Jared Kilmer, @profnoctis.bsky.social, Anthony Urena and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on representations of masculinity in games!
Details:
👨💼Sat, 6pm, Bobcat: Dads Lads and Games: Learning about fatherhood monstrosity and masculinity from games (13+)
Today - Saturday! We are covering different topics in FFVII!
Sat, 12-1, Condor
SOLIDERs, Monsters, and Materia Things
👹Justin - JENOVA
❤️🩹 @anthonyurena.bsky.social - stigma
🧛 @wanderingshrink.bsky.social - Vincent
🗡️ @lallysup.bsky.social - Cloud
🎶 @vpcowboy.bsky.social - music
🧑🧒🧒 me - caregiving
Sat, 12-1, Condor
SOLIDERs, Monsters, and Materia Things
👹Justin - JENOVA
❤️🩹 @anthonyurena.bsky.social - stigma
🧛 @wanderingshrink.bsky.social - Vincent
🗡️ @lallysup.bsky.social - Cloud
🎶 @vpcowboy.bsky.social - music
🧑🧒🧒 me - caregiving
May 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today - Saturday! We are covering different topics in FFVII!
Sat, 12-1, Condor
SOLIDERs, Monsters, and Materia Things
👹Justin - JENOVA
❤️🩹 @anthonyurena.bsky.social - stigma
🧛 @wanderingshrink.bsky.social - Vincent
🗡️ @lallysup.bsky.social - Cloud
🎶 @vpcowboy.bsky.social - music
🧑🧒🧒 me - caregiving
Sat, 12-1, Condor
SOLIDERs, Monsters, and Materia Things
👹Justin - JENOVA
❤️🩹 @anthonyurena.bsky.social - stigma
🧛 @wanderingshrink.bsky.social - Vincent
🗡️ @lallysup.bsky.social - Cloud
🎶 @vpcowboy.bsky.social - music
🧑🧒🧒 me - caregiving
Today!
I am supporting @crev.bsky.social & @wanderingshrink.bsky.social in discussing found family & belonging in FFVII!
Here are the panel details:
🧑🧑🧒🧒Friday, 3pm, Bumblebee: The World’s Most Dysfunctional Found Family: The Psychology of Belonging in Final Fantasy VII (13+)
@rittigers.bsky.social
I am supporting @crev.bsky.social & @wanderingshrink.bsky.social in discussing found family & belonging in FFVII!
Here are the panel details:
🧑🧑🧒🧒Friday, 3pm, Bumblebee: The World’s Most Dysfunctional Found Family: The Psychology of Belonging in Final Fantasy VII (13+)
@rittigers.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today!
I am supporting @crev.bsky.social & @wanderingshrink.bsky.social in discussing found family & belonging in FFVII!
Here are the panel details:
🧑🧑🧒🧒Friday, 3pm, Bumblebee: The World’s Most Dysfunctional Found Family: The Psychology of Belonging in Final Fantasy VII (13+)
@rittigers.bsky.social
I am supporting @crev.bsky.social & @wanderingshrink.bsky.social in discussing found family & belonging in FFVII!
Here are the panel details:
🧑🧑🧒🧒Friday, 3pm, Bumblebee: The World’s Most Dysfunctional Found Family: The Psychology of Belonging in Final Fantasy VII (13+)
@rittigers.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Celeste Sangiorgio | DTx Games for Mental Health
Today is the day! The good, the bad, and the stigmatizing: Drug use in games at 6:30 in the Arachnid theater with @celestes-psych.bsky.social , @wanderingshrink.bsky.social , and @silnan.bsky.social . #PAXEast #PAXEast25
May 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today is the day! The good, the bad, and the stigmatizing: Drug use in games at 6:30 in the Arachnid theater with @celestes-psych.bsky.social , @wanderingshrink.bsky.social , and @silnan.bsky.social . #PAXEast #PAXEast25
Today!
I’ll be supporting @lallysup.bsky.social in discussing substance use in games, alongside Shane Tilton and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social
Here’s the information:
🏥Thursday, 6:30, Arachnid: The Good The Bad and The Stigmatizing: Drug Use in Games (13+)
I’ll be supporting @lallysup.bsky.social in discussing substance use in games, alongside Shane Tilton and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social
Here’s the information:
🏥Thursday, 6:30, Arachnid: The Good The Bad and The Stigmatizing: Drug Use in Games (13+)
May 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today!
I’ll be supporting @lallysup.bsky.social in discussing substance use in games, alongside Shane Tilton and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social
Here’s the information:
🏥Thursday, 6:30, Arachnid: The Good The Bad and The Stigmatizing: Drug Use in Games (13+)
I’ll be supporting @lallysup.bsky.social in discussing substance use in games, alongside Shane Tilton and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social
Here’s the information:
🏥Thursday, 6:30, Arachnid: The Good The Bad and The Stigmatizing: Drug Use in Games (13+)
Today!
I’ll be speaking alongside @kellidunlap.bsky.social, @drkowert.bsky.social, and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on research & findings in games and health.
Here are the details:
👩🏻🔬Thursday, 5pm, Dragonfly: 100cc of Games Stat! What we know about games and health (13+)
I’ll be speaking alongside @kellidunlap.bsky.social, @drkowert.bsky.social, and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on research & findings in games and health.
Here are the details:
👩🏻🔬Thursday, 5pm, Dragonfly: 100cc of Games Stat! What we know about games and health (13+)
May 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today!
I’ll be speaking alongside @kellidunlap.bsky.social, @drkowert.bsky.social, and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on research & findings in games and health.
Here are the details:
👩🏻🔬Thursday, 5pm, Dragonfly: 100cc of Games Stat! What we know about games and health (13+)
I’ll be speaking alongside @kellidunlap.bsky.social, @drkowert.bsky.social, and @wanderingshrink.bsky.social on research & findings in games and health.
Here are the details:
👩🏻🔬Thursday, 5pm, Dragonfly: 100cc of Games Stat! What we know about games and health (13+)
I’ll be presenting at @pennyarcade.bsky.social PAX East this week!
Here is my presentation schedule :) it is an honor to represent @rittigers.bsky.social and @ritscience.bsky.social
Here is my presentation schedule :) it is an honor to represent @rittigers.bsky.social and @ritscience.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’ll be presenting at @pennyarcade.bsky.social PAX East this week!
Here is my presentation schedule :) it is an honor to represent @rittigers.bsky.social and @ritscience.bsky.social
Here is my presentation schedule :) it is an honor to represent @rittigers.bsky.social and @ritscience.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Celeste Sangiorgio | DTx Games for Mental Health
Recently went back to relive the magic of this FABULOUS hashtag#PAXEast panel from 2022 and I'm sharing here incase you want to relive the magic too. @chrislpsych.bsky.social @wanderingshrink.bsky.social @celestes-psych.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZk7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZk7...
Psychology in Final Fantasy VII: Trauma and recovery
YouTube video by Psychgeist
www.youtube.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Recently went back to relive the magic of this FABULOUS hashtag#PAXEast panel from 2022 and I'm sharing here incase you want to relive the magic too. @chrislpsych.bsky.social @wanderingshrink.bsky.social @celestes-psych.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZk7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZk7...
Hello !
We are comparing learning from a digital, narrative game to a psychoeducational pamphlet. This takes about 25 min and you must be > 18 years to participate. There is a post-participation raffle.
The link to participate can be found here: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We are comparing learning from a digital, narrative game to a psychoeducational pamphlet. This takes about 25 min and you must be > 18 years to participate. There is a post-participation raffle.
The link to participate can be found here: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
April 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hello !
We are comparing learning from a digital, narrative game to a psychoeducational pamphlet. This takes about 25 min and you must be > 18 years to participate. There is a post-participation raffle.
The link to participate can be found here: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We are comparing learning from a digital, narrative game to a psychoeducational pamphlet. This takes about 25 min and you must be > 18 years to participate. There is a post-participation raffle.
The link to participate can be found here: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
On the Psych of Dream (Daddies)?
I was interviewed by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social for @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social on romance in games!
We cover Uncharted & LoU to @gamegrumps.bsky.social’s Dream Daddy & our DTx game from @rittigers.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/3TRw...
I was interviewed by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social for @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social on romance in games!
We cover Uncharted & LoU to @gamegrumps.bsky.social’s Dream Daddy & our DTx game from @rittigers.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/3TRw...
Lessons with Daddies
Love Letters · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On the Psych of Dream (Daddies)?
I was interviewed by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social for @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social on romance in games!
We cover Uncharted & LoU to @gamegrumps.bsky.social’s Dream Daddy & our DTx game from @rittigers.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/3TRw...
I was interviewed by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social for @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social on romance in games!
We cover Uncharted & LoU to @gamegrumps.bsky.social’s Dream Daddy & our DTx game from @rittigers.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/3TRw...
Reposted by Dr Celeste Sangiorgio | DTx Games for Mental Health
This @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social podcast episode is very good for having feelings and joy and growth … while doing commutes and folding laundry. I hope you listen.
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pod.link/1354140820/e...
March 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social podcast episode is very good for having feelings and joy and growth … while doing commutes and folding laundry. I hope you listen.
pod.link/1354140820/e...
pod.link/1354140820/e...
Hello, friends! My @officialgdc.bsky.social presentation, What's New in Games Research?, is Thurs 3/20, 3:30pm! I am beyond excited to share approaches & findings alongside the work of Reed Devany, @nicovaldiviahennig.bsky.social, & @nickballou.bsky.social - and to represent @rittigers.bsky.social!
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hello, friends! My @officialgdc.bsky.social presentation, What's New in Games Research?, is Thurs 3/20, 3:30pm! I am beyond excited to share approaches & findings alongside the work of Reed Devany, @nicovaldiviahennig.bsky.social, & @nickballou.bsky.social - and to represent @rittigers.bsky.social!
And we’re running around GDC! So exciting!
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And we’re running around GDC! So exciting!
@vpcowboy.bsky.social and I made it to San Francisco!
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
@vpcowboy.bsky.social and I made it to San Francisco!
It has been over 20 years since I studied whether fruit flies are impacted by devices in middle school.
Next week I will present at @officialgdc.bsky.social on a game I designed & tested that teaches mental health skills.
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! #WomenInSTEM @rittigers.bsky.social
Next week I will present at @officialgdc.bsky.social on a game I designed & tested that teaches mental health skills.
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! #WomenInSTEM @rittigers.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It has been over 20 years since I studied whether fruit flies are impacted by devices in middle school.
Next week I will present at @officialgdc.bsky.social on a game I designed & tested that teaches mental health skills.
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! #WomenInSTEM @rittigers.bsky.social
Next week I will present at @officialgdc.bsky.social on a game I designed & tested that teaches mental health skills.
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! #WomenInSTEM @rittigers.bsky.social
An international woman’s day miracle?
I ran into an article by an amazing women in STEM, colleague, & friend, @drkowert.bsky.social, in @wired.com magazine while I took a quick break from marching.
Video: The Discovery
In this video: Dr. Kowert’s article on games, safety, and health
I ran into an article by an amazing women in STEM, colleague, & friend, @drkowert.bsky.social, in @wired.com magazine while I took a quick break from marching.
Video: The Discovery
In this video: Dr. Kowert’s article on games, safety, and health
March 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An international woman’s day miracle?
I ran into an article by an amazing women in STEM, colleague, & friend, @drkowert.bsky.social, in @wired.com magazine while I took a quick break from marching.
Video: The Discovery
In this video: Dr. Kowert’s article on games, safety, and health
I ran into an article by an amazing women in STEM, colleague, & friend, @drkowert.bsky.social, in @wired.com magazine while I took a quick break from marching.
Video: The Discovery
In this video: Dr. Kowert’s article on games, safety, and health
My phone just autocorrected ‘I’m writing a paper right now’ to ‘I’m writhing a paper right now’ - which made me feel surprisingly validated in my writing process
two girls are sitting at desks in a classroom with a bulletin board that says ' chinese ' on it
ALT: two girls are sitting at desks in a classroom with a bulletin board that says ' chinese ' on it
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My phone just autocorrected ‘I’m writing a paper right now’ to ‘I’m writhing a paper right now’ - which made me feel surprisingly validated in my writing process
I would go to an entire exhibit that on the art of models designed to represent internal states and beliefs. Look at this one that I just ran into:
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I would go to an entire exhibit that on the art of models designed to represent internal states and beliefs. Look at this one that I just ran into:
Here's a fun mythic shout out:
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but Elisabet Sobeck (Horizon Zero Dawn) shares a name with Sobek, the ancient Egyptian alligator god of war, reunion, and fertility.
Sobek could be fierce/hostile but was also a protective deity.
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but Elisabet Sobeck (Horizon Zero Dawn) shares a name with Sobek, the ancient Egyptian alligator god of war, reunion, and fertility.
Sobek could be fierce/hostile but was also a protective deity.
February 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's a fun mythic shout out:
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but Elisabet Sobeck (Horizon Zero Dawn) shares a name with Sobek, the ancient Egyptian alligator god of war, reunion, and fertility.
Sobek could be fierce/hostile but was also a protective deity.
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but Elisabet Sobeck (Horizon Zero Dawn) shares a name with Sobek, the ancient Egyptian alligator god of war, reunion, and fertility.
Sobek could be fierce/hostile but was also a protective deity.
A numinous experience happens when familiar, casual events of every day life are connected to a symbolic, mythic parallels. The tethering of the mundane & the mystical can be revealed thru ritual.
- One of my favorite, underrepresented concepts: Rudolf Otto's the Idea of Holy
- One of my favorite, underrepresented concepts: Rudolf Otto's the Idea of Holy
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A numinous experience happens when familiar, casual events of every day life are connected to a symbolic, mythic parallels. The tethering of the mundane & the mystical can be revealed thru ritual.
- One of my favorite, underrepresented concepts: Rudolf Otto's the Idea of Holy
- One of my favorite, underrepresented concepts: Rudolf Otto's the Idea of Holy
Editing for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture (@drkowert.bsky.social) is truly a pleasure - I get to re-up on my cosmogony & metaphysics/religious studies background. Every time I reread these classic books it makes me excited for the mythic structures & figures that populate our everyday lives.
February 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Editing for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture (@drkowert.bsky.social) is truly a pleasure - I get to re-up on my cosmogony & metaphysics/religious studies background. Every time I reread these classic books it makes me excited for the mythic structures & figures that populate our everyday lives.
Hey everyone!
I loved speaking on romance in games at PAX East and PAX West last year - but I want to balance representing this topic with making room for many voices.
If anyone is submitting on this topic at PAX this year, please reach out and let me know - maybe I can help! :)
I loved speaking on romance in games at PAX East and PAX West last year - but I want to balance representing this topic with making room for many voices.
If anyone is submitting on this topic at PAX this year, please reach out and let me know - maybe I can help! :)
February 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hey everyone!
I loved speaking on romance in games at PAX East and PAX West last year - but I want to balance representing this topic with making room for many voices.
If anyone is submitting on this topic at PAX this year, please reach out and let me know - maybe I can help! :)
I loved speaking on romance in games at PAX East and PAX West last year - but I want to balance representing this topic with making room for many voices.
If anyone is submitting on this topic at PAX this year, please reach out and let me know - maybe I can help! :)
Reposted by Dr Celeste Sangiorgio | DTx Games for Mental Health
Game dev community: It's time to make your voices heard.
Votes are now open for the 2025 Independent Games Festival Audience Award! Polls are open through Jan. 31 at 11:59pm PT. Send in your vote today!
#IGF2025
gdconf.com/news/igf-202...
Votes are now open for the 2025 Independent Games Festival Audience Award! Polls are open through Jan. 31 at 11:59pm PT. Send in your vote today!
#IGF2025
gdconf.com/news/igf-202...
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Game dev community: It's time to make your voices heard.
Votes are now open for the 2025 Independent Games Festival Audience Award! Polls are open through Jan. 31 at 11:59pm PT. Send in your vote today!
#IGF2025
gdconf.com/news/igf-202...
Votes are now open for the 2025 Independent Games Festival Audience Award! Polls are open through Jan. 31 at 11:59pm PT. Send in your vote today!
#IGF2025
gdconf.com/news/igf-202...