Therapy Pub & Co is an entertainment company located in Tampa, Florida. The company was created based on the founders’ first-hand understanding of the vital role recreation plays in good mental health care.
During the pandemic, board games and tabletop games saved the sanity of our family and friends. Games were how we handled the anxiety of a world out of control.
Being social people, we could not just hide in the Matrix of the internet. We needed connection, interactions and we needed a way to blow off steam. Therefore, we developed a safe way to have weekly game nights.
Our “Game Raider” clan took all the necessary precautions. We kept the number small so that we were socially distant, wore masks, and we even developed a protocol for testing and sanitizing of the game pieces. We met religiously for three years and not once did any of us get COVID during that time.
Games were the way we managed our anger and resolved conflict. It also improved our family communication. We learned a lot about respecting boundaries and how to break board games. I suspect we purchased dozens of games over the three year period. We basically became the sommelier of board games and accessories.
As the world reemerged, we explored options to start having game nights out. Much to our disappointment, there was not really a place that served beer and wine, catered to adults, and had good food. The restaurants we tried pressured us to leave rather than stay and play, bars were too loud, and game shops were too young. Thus, Therapy Pub & Co. was born.
Therapy Pub is nothing like your run-of-the-mill neighborhood pub. We see ourselves as the introvert’s playground and tabletop gamers’ battlefield. We are a sensory compassionate gathering space for friends to gather and connect. We have soft music, lower lights and a comfortable atmosphere that feels more like a living room than a pub. We use specialized sterilization procedures and seat our patrons as socially distant as we can. Our goal is to make people feel safe when they come.
We are the place to take a date to have real conversation, lite bites, cold beers and laughter.
Therapy Pub is the reason an introvert leaves their house to socialize. Rather than staying plugged into the Matrix, people come to Therapy Pub to have human connection and recreation.
Therapy Pub Where Every Night is Game Night
Therapy Pub is the good place to find Fun, Connection, Adventure, Beers, Food, and Harmony