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Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games|Elizabeth D. Kilmer

Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games : The Game to Grow Method

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Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games provides a comprehensive approach to implementing therapeutically applied role-playing game (TA-RPG) groups for mental health practitioners.

When facilitated by a trained professional, TA-RPGs are a powerful tool for insight, growth, and change for individuals and communities. The Game to Grow Method of Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games is a transdiagnostic, transtheoretical, group intervention developed over a decade of practice using Dungeons & Dragons and other popular tabletop role-playing game systems, as well as leveraging therapeutic factors from acceptance and commitment therapy, marriage and family therapy, drama therapy, and interpersonal process groups. TA-RPGs are conceptualized as a gaming system layered on top of established intervention techniques. They can accommodate a multitude of game systems and align with theoretical mechanisms for change found across therapeutic orientations.

This work serves as a comprehensive training manual for TA-RPGs, providing a valuable resource for mental health professionals interested in incorporating TA-RPGs into their practice.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781032251851
  • ISBN-10: 1032251859
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: April 2023
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.61 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.87 pounds
  • Page Count: 276

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