Thus, the potency for using both traditional and new media as a positive driver and influence on mental health demands a deep analysis to support more thoughtful and comprehensive investigations as to the risks and benefits that could be accrued from a fully-connected, experiential, and globally accessible “metaverse.”
This is what is so compelling about “Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma: Research and Practice.” In one package, this fascinating book presents expert perspectives on the power of film, video games, mixed reality, etc., to create new strategies for dealing with the impact of trauma, as well as for improving mental health more generally.” Dr. Albert “Skip” Rizzo (Cohen, 2022).
In the second volume, we are working with game developers and the people who helped collaborate with ILM to build the virtual film set to use the Unreal Engine to create a safe therapeutic space for Film/Video-Based Therapy and Virtual Reality without the headset. To learn more about how the Unreal Engine was used in virtual productions with ILM and Lucasfilm’s Mandelorian click here.
2021 05 13 Podcast 02 Brett Leonard (Rizzo, 2021)
“This is the second episode of my new video podcast, sponsored by Cognitive Leap Solutions, with my good friend, Brett Leonard, the director of the movie “The Lawnmower Man”. For those of us who were kicking around the Virtual Reality space back in the 90’s, we can remember how this movie had a dramatic effect on bringing the concept of Virtual Reality to the masses. While some folks may say it oversold what VR could do at that point in view of the limited maturity of the technology at the time, its impact on the public consciousness about VR cannot be underestimated! It had some very cool CGI for the time as well and is a fun Sci-Fi horror flick! Well, Brett has kept busy over the years and I am happy to say that he has a new, very inspirational film that came out in theaters on April 30, 2021 called “Triumph.” I don’t want to give too much away, but the film is based on the true story of Michael D. Coffey’s life, a person who has had to face the challenges of having Cerebral Palsy. The lead is played by RJ Mitte, who some of you will remember as Walter White’s son in the classic TV show, “Breaking Bad”. In that role as “Walter Jr”, he also played a teenager with Cerebral Palsy, which was authentic as he actually has that condition.
In this interview/conversation, we will stroll down memory lane with some discussion of The Lawnmower Man and its impact on the field of VR back then and now, have a discussion about the new movie, and then dig deep into the trajectory of VR, what he’s involved with now in the VR space related to Psychedelic Therapy! This was a very discussion with a brilliant innovator in film and VR!” –Skip Rizzo
Rizzo, A. S. (2021, May 22). Podcast 02 Brett Leonard. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vndMozRMOv8
To contact Dr. Cohen, please email him at drjoshcohen@filmandvideobasedtherapy.com
Call for abstracts
FILM/VIDEO-BASED THERAPY AND TRAUMA : Research and Practice.
Volume one finished August 1 2021
Volume 2: Call for Abstracts
Call for abstracts
author type: Looking for authors in PTSD, Virtual Reality, and Trauma for a second volume through Routledge
description of work that we are looking for
Anyone who wishes to publish along with the American Psychological Association and Routledge may apply. We are looking to see if you have any experience clinically, personally, with storytelling, Virtual Reality, and or trauma-based in the body similar to Peter Levine and Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk’s work on how the body keeps the score. Virtual Reality is not as important as licensed psychologists, media psychologists, SEP Practitioners, people experienced with bodywork, and some understanding of storytelling and or Zoom. Virtual Reality experience is optional.
Virtual Reality and Virtual Sets
Universities and Businesses associated with Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma: Research and Practice
Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice https://www.worldcat.org/title/video-and-filmmaking-as-psychotherapy-research-and-practice/oclc/903488925 is already finished, and so is the new book, which has been split into two volumes and pioneers new work with the forward by prominent pioneer with Virtual Reality and Trauma. Volume 1 and 2 are supported by Universities around the world and locally including but not limited to the University of Southern California, New York Medical College School of Pediatrics (peer-reviewed research on Cancer and digital storytelling), A member of EARP – The European Association of Body Psychotherapy, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Sao Paulo Chronos as the VR Director of Intercontinental Projects & Partnerships from October 2015 to the Present Day, Phillips Institute, Aberystwyth University, Politécnica University in Valencia, Spain, North American Drama Therapy Association, UCLArts, and Healing program, University of the Arts Berlin, the California Institute of the Arts, New York University and Rutgers University, Edinboro University, RAND Corporation, Chieti University in Italy, University of Colorado–Denver, and organizations such as Painted Brain and Peer Mental Health, and Routledge.
Validated by Routledge and The American Psychological Association, and the National Library of Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101641447
Contracted work and the call for abstracts for Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma: Research and Practice
Book 2; Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma: Research and Practice
Editor’s credentials
Dr. Cohen is a Research Psychologist and Media Psychologist and Author and a member of the American Psychological Association’s Media Psychology division 46.
https://www.routledge.com/authors/i13230-dr-joshua-cohen.
for more information, please visit the book’s website
https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/2019/07/06/2019-7-5-call-for-abstracts/
author type:
Looking for authors in PTSD, Virtual Reality, and Trauma for a second volume through Routledge
description of work that we are looking for
Anyone who wishes to publish along with the American Psychological Association and Routledge may apply. We are looking to see if you have any experience clinically, personally, with storytelling, Virtual Reality, and or trauma-based in the body similar to Peter Levine and Bessel Van der Kolk’s work on how the body keeps the score. Virtual Reality is not as important as licensed psychologists, media psychologists, SEP Practitioners, people experienced with bodywork, and some understanding of storytelling and or Zoom. Virtual Reality experience is optional
Statement of Aims
Trauma is not just about the event, it is about how one responds to triggers as described in pioneers of trauma researchers and practitioners such as Bessel Van Der Kolk, Peter Levine, evidence-based, and qualitative and quantitative research. In this book on the topic of digital storytelling as therapy (film/video-based therapy), we will build on the work the first book, Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice, which looked at film/video-based theory across issues and populations in a general sense. Contributors to this book will add to the previous theory and new contributors will help further narrow the focus of practice in video film/video-based therapy by addressing the important issues of trauma in everyday life as well as a global phenomenon. https://vimeo.com/136879992 We will do this by focusing on the topic of trauma through media psychology, depth psychology, neuroscience, medicine, and advocacy’s role in using film/video-based therapy. A client needs to be aware of all the triggers of trauma in order to help build resilience. Film/video-based therapy can help one to become not only aware of those triggers, but to be an advocate for change using digital storytelling and by learning how to process triggers in the home, local community, state, country, and the world that may otherwise leave one vulnerable to trauma.
Guidelines:
If you are interested in writing a chapter for the book Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma: Research and Practice, the abstract must be about trauma and related to film/video-based therapy, which can relate to art therapy, media psychology, digital storytelling, and virtual reality. You have the choice of focusing on various methods including film/video-based therapy, depth psychology, neuroscience, medicine, somatic experiencing, digital storytelling, Virtual Reality, and other evidence-based approaches to using a technological medium to tell the story. The goal is to broaden the field of both Virtual Reality and Digital Storytelling and Therapeutic Filmmaking by helping to develop badly needed content for developers in the health field who use narrative and technology for an intervention. Please write a 300-word essay in a word document to drjoshcohen@filmandvideobasedtherapy.com as soon as possible if interested. Deadline is going to depend on applications and volume and quality. APA citations and references are mandatory. If you feel that you might struggle with APA style, please do not hesitate to contact me.
The chapter itself will be about 15 pages, about five thousand words. We will do about three rounds of revisions 3 months apart. The final deadline for the rough drafts will be determined by the publisher.
Posted position in WorldCat
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Josh Cohen Ph.D.
phone
213-267-2416
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LinkedIn Joshua L. Cohen Ph.d.
Media Psychologist
Founder and Owner of Your Digital Storytelling Project
and Media Psychology Consultants PC
http://www.yourdigitalstorytellingproject.com/
Author and co-editor of
Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101641447
Dr. Cohen is clinically trained as a researcher at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Walden University. He has experience as a film/video editor for Avid and Final Cut Pro in Burbank, California after graduating from Colorado College. His experience includes “A” list work in Hollywood with significant people in the film world before turning back to psychology to complete his doctorate in clinical psychology. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology and published numerous articles and academic journals. He speaks in public on virtual reality, and digital storytelling. He was also on the board of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association’s nonprofit foundation. His clinical experience involves working with people of several populations including community mental health, hospital settings, and private practice. He is also a student of Somatic Experiencing which plays a role in his theory of film editing and teaching trauma.
Dr. Cohen is also the author and co-editor of a book called Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice, published by Routledge in 2015 which has reached almost 100 libraries across the world. As a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC), Dr. Cohen has experience introducing this material to students in the social work department. The book is the first of its kind, proposing to make films as a part of psychotherapy in a comprehensive academic book. It is also in the national library of medicine. In the 15 chapters, sources came from authors associated with Psychology, Counseling, Anthropology, Social Work, and Art Therapy. One chapter is written about military trauma that is in a clinical trial about the therapeutic use of film by the grandson of George Patton Jr and his multi-day filmmaking workshops used to treat service-related stress. To see examples of abstracts and media from the book please visit the following website.
https://www.filmandvideobasedtherapy.com
Background of his company
Dr. Cohen works in the field of mental health education with clients, groups, and colleagues from around the world and is now studying for licensure to be a clinical psychologist.
Dr. Cohen has extensive experience doing public speaking. He had presented his knowledge at conferences in the US and Canada, as well as hospital settings. He has made public speeches at addiction treatment facilities, universities, and webinars on topics such as addiction and trauma. Dr. Cohen is also currently on staff at the video therapy school in Israel and has lectured for a class in Haifa. For more info please visit the following link.
https://www.kolnoam.com/teaching staff
During his presentation at an addiction treatment facility in 2016, Dr. Cohen introduced relax VR, soon to become one of the top 10 apps on the Google Daydream and now available on Android, Daydream View, Samsung Gear VR, iOS, and Pico Goblin.
Dr. Cohen’s company is based out of Long Beach and it’s called Your Digital Storytelling Project in collaboration with Media Psychology Consultants and Peer Mental Health and AnaVault, a psychological corporation and an XR/VR Startup. Your Digital Storytelling Project involves public speaking, digital storytelling, virtual reality, and a publication. The press of his company includes a radio show, webinars, poscasts in VR, articles, and presentations at conferences and universities. To see examples of the press, please visit the following website.
https://www.yourdigitalstorytellingproject.com
Editor’s credentials
Dr. Cohen is a Research Psychologist and Media Psychologist and Author and a member of the American Psychological Association’s Media Psychology division 46.
For more information, please visit the book’s website https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/2019/07/06/2019-7-5-call-for-abstracts/
To contact Dr. Cohen
Research Psychologist and Media Psychologist and Authorphone213-267-2416Facebook Josh Cohen https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaLCohenPhdFacebook Group film/video-based therapy facebook group
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/joshua-cohenTwitter https://twitter.com/drjoshcohen
or visit https://yourdigitalstorytellingproject.com/contact-dr-cohen/
