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Using D&D as a Healing Tool with Erika Walker
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Erika brings Dungeons & Dragons into therapy sessions, creating transformative healing experiences for clients through role-playing games and character development.
• Using D&D with clients to build characters and create new therapy modalities
• Personal journey with D&D helping develop real-world skills like confrontation
• Client's story of choosing friendship over combat reveals therapeutic needs
• Facing resistance from traditional play therapy circles despite proven effectiveness
• Creating accessible D&D sand tray therapy tools for therapists with no gaming experience
• Challenging therapy systems that reject innovation they don't understand
• Advocating for evolution in play therapy to meet clients where they are
Try incorporating elements of role-playing games into your work with clients. Consider how games provide narrative frameworks that enable clients to express their needs and process emotions in ways that traditional therapy might not reach.
A Hero's Welcome Podcast © Maria Laquerre-Diego & Liliana Baylon
Chapters
1. Using D&D as a Healing Tool with Erika Walker (00:00:00)
2. Introducing Erica: The D&D Therapist (00:01:09)
3. Dungeons & Dragons in Therapy Sessions (00:04:09)
4. Personal D&D Journey and Therapeutic Insights (00:10:06)
5. Making Friends with Spiders: Client-Led Gaming (00:17:54)
6. Breaking Barriers in Play Therapy (00:22:44)
7. Sand Tray D&D: Creating Accessible Tools (00:35:05)
8. Closing Thoughts and Future Training (00:42:58)
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