Date & Time
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Name
C29 — Therapeutic Dungeons and Dragons for Building Empowerment, Self-Awareness, and Connectedness
Description
Tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs), such as Dungeons and Dragons, are imaginative storytelling games that empower players to work towards collaborative goals. Therapeutic TTRPGs provide many mental health benefits for children, adolescents, and adults (Henrich & Worthington, 2023), but can particularly strengthen clients’ self-awareness (Merrick et al., 2024), sense of empowerment (Gutierrez, 2017), and connectedness with others (Abbott et al., 2021). This presentation introduces TTRPGs, reviews promising research, and provides opportunities to experience and process TTRPG activities.
Session Type
Session — CE Hour 1