Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games provides a comprehensive approach to implementing therapeuticallyapplied 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.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2023

ISBN

9781000860221

Edition

Topic

Psychology

Subtopic

Psychotherapy

Index

Psychology

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 An Introduction to Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
2 An Introduction to Tabletop Role-Playing Games
3 Common Aspects of Tabletop Role-Playing Games That Support Growth
4 A Transtheoretical Approach to Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
5 Foundations of the Game to Grow Method of Theoretically Applied Role-Playing Games
6 Choosing the Right Tabletop Role-Playing Game System for Your Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Game Group
7 Population Considerations in Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
8 Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning in Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
9 Group Development and Therapeutic Factors in Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
10 Session Design in the Game to Grow Method of Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
11 Facilitation Strategies in the Game to Grow Method of Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
12 SPARK: Characteristics of a Great Therapeutic Game Master
13 Starting a Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Game Group
14 Spreading the Word: Sharing the Magic of Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games
15 The Curse of the Viney Woods: An Example Module
Index