Therapy of Tomorrow | John Francis Leader | TEDxUCD

With a growing recognition in our society of the importance of mental health there is a major opportunity to take what we have already learnt from the realms of media and entertainment and combine it with an understanding of therapeutic psychology in order to assist us in leading healthier, happier lives. John Francis Leader is a consultant psychologist and cognitive scientist who specialises in positive psychology, experiential learning and mixed reality therapy to assist people in successfully navigating the physical, the virtual and the imaginary. John spends his time between training, consultancy and therapeutic work in private practice and academic research which he conducts within the Cognitive Science Programme at UCD. By combining multimedia techniques with current psychological research John's work aims to make therapy more fun, immersive and effective, a type of theme park meets therapy experience. As part of his applied work John builds multimedia installations. His latest piece is an ex-military 1976 Series III Land Rover fitted with a virtual reality system that overlays a graphically-rendered version of the vehicle's interior. Twitter: @JFLdotCOM This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx