Character Evolution Cast - E22 - RPGs as Therapy Tools with Daniel Hand

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast where we sit down with Daniel Hand, licensed therapist and author of the book Roleplaying Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide, to talk about how licensed therapists can use RPGs to assist with the therapeutic process. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Daniel Hand Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.hand.161 Website: https://monomythcounselling.co.uk/ Newsletter: https://monomythcounselling.co.uk/podcast Books discussed this episode: Roleplaying Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide: Amazon: https://amzn.to/445n9W5 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:18 - Introductions 00:05:24 - How Daniel got into RPGs 00:09:51 - Any significant impacts that Daniel experienced playing RPGs? 00:13:13 - What was the inspiration for the intersection of RPGs and Therapy? 00:17:44 - An overview of how RPGs can be used as a therapeutic tool 00:26:21 - What other benefits are there for using RPGs in therapy? 00:29:19 - What kinds of things does playing RPGs do that traditional therapy isn't as easy to get at? 00:37:18 - How do RPGs allow clients to work through self-expression in novel ways? 00:45:01 - What type of systems are good for this, or are there some that should be avoided? 00:57:09 - How do specific therapeutic goals go into the game sessions? 01:00:35 - Are there any unique considerations for therapists to keep in mind? 01:02:41 - How do you make sure these sessions are safe? And how do you end those sessions? 01:06:06 - Does it take much prep time? 01:09:52 - What else can we expect in the book? 01:13:54 - How could people approach their therapists with doing this? 01:18:27 - Let's make some people! 01:18:47 - What type of game do we want to play? 01:21:51 - Names 01:22:42 - I am a blank blank 01:24:52 - I am blank and blank 01:27:25 - Relationships - Family, Friends, Adversaries 01:44:17 - Hopes, Fears and Mannerisms 01:51:30 - Mechanics 01:52:29 - Signature Moves 01:58:19 - Final Details 02:00:08 - Luck Points 02:00:58 - Items 02:04:40 - Our thoughts on the process 02:12:28 - Episode Closer 02:21:00 - Call to Action 02:30:52 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices