Dr. Martha Richards, a licensed therapist and avid cEDH player, has unveiled a revolutionary therapeutic approach to help her patients struggling with a variety of mental health issues: telling them to “Git Gud.”
Dr. Richards, renowned for blending psychological practice with the complexity of Magic: The Gathering, explained her process. “Emotional resilience and strategic resilience are one and the same,” Dr. Richards explained. “By advising my patients to git gud and stop being little bitches I’m encouraging them to face adversity. If you can accept getting curbstomped by my $3,000 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels cEDH deck you can overcome any mental health hurdles life may throw your way.”
The therapy sessions of Dr. Richard’s involve patients hoping to navigate through their emotional and psychological challenges. Most are shocked to meet a stoic Dr. Richards destroying their lands and their irrational reconciliations indiscriminately.
Patient and cEDH player, Sally Kimmer, shared, “I opened up about my fear of abandonment, and she responded by exiling all my creatures. Then she just looked at me and said, ‘Git gud, Sally.’ At first, you’re kind of angry with her. But then I started to realize … even without any of my creatures or a way to get them back … I’m still okay. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but for me it’s a big step forward.”
Critics argue that Dr. Richard’s approach is potentially harmful and dismissive of the complex emotional and psychological struggles of her patients.
“Dr. Richard’s practice is doing very well and helping lots of people, but that’s just because she spent way more money than the rest of us. Must be nice to be able to afford such a swanky office with parking for herself and her patients. If I had her kind of money, I’d have articles written about me too. She thinks she’s better than the rest of us because her clients have a breakthrough by the second session. It’s not a race, Martha. Just because it takes me 8-10 sessions to do what she accomplishes in two doesn’t means she’s any better.”