Role-playing games in psychotherapy : a practitioner's guide / Daniel Hand.
Hand, Daniel, author.
2023
RC489.P7
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Title
Role-playing games in psychotherapy : a practitioner's guide / Daniel Hand.
Author
Hand, Daniel, author.
ISBN
3031317408
9783031317408 (electronic bk.)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31740-8
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (262 p.)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-31740-8 doi
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RC489.P7
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.89/1523
Summary
"Daniel Hand expertly weaves his experience and contagious enthusiasm into this thoroughly engaging, accessible and comprehensive introduction to using Role-Playing Games in therapy. This book is a must for therapists, Role-Playing Game geeks and all those interested in how storytelling and gaming can be integrated in to therapy." --Ellie Finch, MA, MBACP(Accred), Videogame Therapist, Family Counsellor and Social Worker Daniel Hand is an author, game designer and therapeutic counsellor in private practice. His work has appeared in venues such as Therapy Today and the Popular Culture Psychology series, and he regularly speaks on the uses of gameplay and storytelling in psychotherapy. This book offers an accessible, comprehensive resource to practitioners who wish to incorporate RPGs into their client-work. Tabletop role-playing games, RPGs, have long been associated with various unique emotional, cognitive, and social benefits, but only recently has the term 'RPG Therapy' entered into the mental-health lexicon. Presenting simple game- and storytelling mechanics, and demonstrating how they may be utilized in accordance with specific professional modalities, this supportive guide explores every step of the implementation process, from underlying therapeutic principles to initial creative exercises to actual in-session play, and encourages readers to have confidence in their own imaginative abilities. Written for practitioners of all levels of client- and RPG experience, this groundbreaking and authoritative book provides case examples and practical tools, along with pragmatic and straightforward advice on how to implement this exciting new form of intervention.
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Intro
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Role-Playing Games as Therapy
Fantastical Tales
What Are RPGs?
RPGs as Therapy
Using This Book
Part I: Underlying Principles
1: Theoretical Approach
Storifying the Therapeutic Process
The Fictional Frame
Parasocial Relationships
Projection: The Client-Character
Empathy: Trait-identification
Transference: Vicarious Relationships
Working with the Inner child
A Meeting of the Unconscious
Explaining RPG-Therapy
Next steps
2: Core Mechanics
Boundaries

What You'll Need
The Story Trinity
Theatre of the Mind
Actions
Prolonged Actions
Concerning Dice
Core Mechanics
Ability Modifiers
Encounters
Example of Play
Part II: Preparation
3: Character
The Importance of Character
The Character Sheet
Step One: Character Name
Step Two: Descriptors
Quick Start
Step Three: Traits
Step Four: Relationships
Step Five: Hopes and Fears
Step Six: Mannerisms
Step Seven: Special Abilities
Step Eight: Hit-points
Step Nine: Luck
Step Ten: Items
Job Done
Character Growth
Example Character

Reviewing the Character-Creation Process
4: Setting
The World Where You Live
Locale-Building
A Safe Space
Major Locations
Minor Locations
Non-Player Characters
Recycling Ideas
Example Setting
Reviewing the Setting-Creation Process
5: Obstacle
The Reward Is Always in the Journey
Obstacle Types
NPCs as Obstacles
Exploration
Interactions
Combat
Puzzles
Obstacle-Chains (Aka 'adventures')
Example Obstacles
Reviewing the Obstacle-Creation Process
Part III: Implementation
6: Telling the Story
Once Upon a Time
The Story So Far

The Story Cycle
Role-play
Improvisation
Consequences
Death
Downtime
Giving the Client Control
7: Playing the Game
The Role of the Dice
Exploration Mechanics
Interaction Mechanics
Combat Mechanics
Healing
Puzzle Mechanics
Note-taking
8: Applying Your Modality
Reflection and Insight
Supervision
Person-Centred Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Transactional Analysis
Attachment Theory
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive-Analytic Therapy
Jungian Analysis

Adlerian Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Gestalt Psychology
Narrative Therapy
Systemic Therapy
Play therapy
Group Therapy
Remote Practice
9: Extended Example of Play
10: Concluding Therapy
The End of the Beginning
Reviewing the Client's Journey
Just Ask the Client What They'd Like to Do
A Therapeutic Climax
Epilogues
Saying Goodbye
Future Adventures
Hasty Or Unplanned Endings
Example Conclusion
Reviewing the Practical Skills of RPG-Focused Psychotherapy
Resources
Further Reading
What Next?
RPGs
Theory

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