Top Twitch streamer Kai Cenat got a therapist to help him beat a video game boss he was stuck on for over 60 hours

• Twitch streamer Kai Cenat was so frustrated with a video game that he got a therapist on his stream.

• He had been struggling for 60 hours to beat the final boss of "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree."

• Cenat eventually beat the video game boss about six hours after the mental health session.

Frustrated with his performance against a video game boss, Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat went viral on Tuesday evening for bringing a therapist to his livestream to help process his emotions.

Cenat, 22, was well into his 60th hour of fighting the final boss of the "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree" when Aubri Ebony Williams appeared in his streaming room.

Williams, a full-time model who also provides counseling sessions, told Cenat that someone booked him an appointment with her, but did not say who.

What ensued was a bizarre blend of two worlds. For half an hour, Cenat haphazardly talked through the mechanics of "Elden Ring" as Williams taught him to breathe, think positively, and envision the outcomes of him achieving his gaming goal.

Cenat had been streaming his playthrough of the video game for a total of 92 hours, with six to seven hours of sleep interspersed between gaming sessions.

Cenat, with 11.7 million followers on Twitch, is one of the biggest creators on the streaming platform, just behind the likes of Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who holds the top spot with 19.1 million followers.

The Amazon-owned platform has had to rely heavily on big streamers as it struggles to stay afloat and laid off about 500 staff, or more than 30% of its workforce, in January. At the time, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said the company was no longer profitable.

Bandai Namco's "Elden Ring," the game that frustrated Cenat, is notorious among avid gamers for its almost torturous difficulty but has sold over 25 million copies since its release in February 2022.

For context, Hogwarts Legacy, another AAA game, sold 15 million copies and made over $1 billion in revenue, gaming news company IGN reported.

'60 hours of my life that I can't get back'

"I've been on the last boss for the past 60 hours of my life that I can't get back," Cenat lamented. "And I'm trying everything, I went to get a new weapon, I went to go upgrade new stuff like my dexterity, my arcane, I dropped my faith, I got more strength. I've done so much."

"Let's close our eyes for a sec," Williams said.

"Oh, I got scared, I see Radahn again," Cenat said, referring to the final boss blocking his victory.

Calming down and steeling his mind under Williams' guidance, Cenat played the boss fight again for her to observe.

"When I win, I win," Cenat said. Williams applauded his newfound positivity.

After a few breathing exercises — and a brief segment where Cenat seemed to get suspicious that his therapist was laughing at his gaming performance — Williams wished Cenat luck and exited his stream.

Speaking to Business Insider on Wednesday, Williams said her interaction with Cenat was a "wild experience."

"I think he responded as receptive as he could, given everything that was happening from the live streams, how long he's been on there, how many times he's tried to go for the game," said Williams, who added that she has a Master's Degree in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counselling from Stetson University.

Williams said she regularly provides counseling to content creators and — more recently — gamers and streamers, but opted not to run a full clinical session with Cenat when he was livestreaming.

"When I see how tough it can be to continuously go at something and to not win and what that loss feels like, that frustration and self-doubt," Williams said. "Even Kai had those moments. He's like: 'Am I bad at this game? I'm a bad player.'"

Cenat would defeat Radahn about six hours and 40 deaths later, or 67 hours after his first encounter with the video game boss.

It was the end of an ordeal for the streamer, who broke down days earlier in front of his fans because he kept losing.

Representatives for Cenat did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular business hours.

June 27, 2023: This article was updated with comment from Williams.

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