In a therapeutic setting, games like Dungeons & Dragons give clients a safe space to explore everything from gender to social skills—and have fun while doing it.
Bean still GMs for some clients about once every other week and tailors his games to the players. “I really focus on certain objectives and goals that they need to learn, whether it's working with the autism population or working with some group of depression, anxiety, social skills,” Bean said. “You name it, we can create an entire story arc based on what their needs are.
Boccamazzo was diagnosed with autism at 35 and said that D&D provided a safe framework to practice various social scripts he was able to translate into his real life. Playing D&D also gave Boccamazzo a core group of friends, many of whom he is still in touch with. In a therapeutic context, Boccamazzo says role-playing can make the process of going to therapy less challenging. “It's way easier for me to go and engage in a process that I find enjoyable, as opposed to going to somebody's office knowing I'm going to talk about some very painful, very difficult things directly,” Boccamazzo says. “If something's fun you're gonna go to it again.
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