There’s a rising development amongst therapists who carry individuals collectively –usually youngsters, however generally adults– to play Dungeons & Dragons and different role-playing video games in a therapeutic context. Run by sport masters who’re certified psychological well being professionals, these periods assist individuals coping with ADHD, autism, studying problems, nervousness, despair, post-traumatic stress dysfunction, and plenty of different diagnoses. Utilizing their experience each within the sport and in offering remedy, these dungeon masters set targets, information gamers into encounters that assist them attain these targets, after which pause in order that the group can replicate, ponder the applying of what they’ve skilled to life outdoors the sport, and develop.

How does it work? How WELL does it work? What makes tabletop role-playing video games such car for remedy on this approach? These are all questions I’ll ask of this episode’s visitor knowledgeable, Megan Connell, Psy.D. She’s additionally the writer or a brand new e-book on the subject!

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