Column: Tabletop Roleplaying Games benefit positive mental health
Column: Tabletop Roleplaying Games benefit positive mental health
Column: Tabletop Roleplaying Games benefit positive mental health
By Harrison Larson
January 26, 2023
Summary
Tabletop roleplaying games have had a massive resurgence in the past few years, becoming a popular pastime for both newer and older generations.
A group of mental health professionals, Geek Therapeutics, want to use those qualities to help people improve their mental health.
Geek Therapeutics focuses on teaching mental health professionals how to use TTRPGs for treatment.
Games to Grow, another group implementing the games in therapeutic settings, expressed that TTRPGs used for treatment can be helpful to people struggling with varying forms of mental distress and illness, especially those suffering from social difficulties and identity discovery.
While other practices of therapy have the same results as TTRPGs, the element that separates it from the others is the main point of all games - fun.
While TTRPGs are being used for therapy, it is not the only way they can benefit mental state.
The design of many TTRPGs is to foster a close community among the players and runners of the games.
Reference
Larson, H. (2023, January 26). Column: Tabletop roleplaying games benefit positive mental health. The Utah Statesman. Retrieved February 9, 2023, from https://usustatesman.com/column-tabletop-roleplaying-games-benefit-positive-mental-health/