Psychologists are using the game to help patients notice patterns of behavior. Alaina Demopoulos gives it a try
Connell began listening to a D&D podcast that featured an interview with Raffael Boccamazzo, a Seattle-based psychologist, who used the game to teach social skills to children on the autism spectrum.. The practice Game to Grow, also based in Seattle, was founded in 2017 and now serves 150 clients. Another company, Geek Therapeutics, teaches therapists how to use the game in their work, and has a growing rolodex of “therapeutic game masters” based around the country.
, as concerned parents and law enforcement tried to stamp out anything that seemed remotely connected to the occult.In 1979, a D&D prodigy and college student named James Dallas Egbert III went missing and was later found dead. Detectives ominously theorized that the game made him experience delusions that led to suicide. Mazes and Monsters, a subsequent made-for-television movie loosely based on the case, starred a very young and rather cherubic Tom Hanks.
More foundational studies are required to track exactly how D&D helps patients. But Connell says she’s seen it work. “I’ve had several players talk to me about how getting to roleplay saying no helps them do it in real life,” she said. “It can be really powerful learning how to stand up for yourself and have boundaries, and doing it in the game can really help translate a lived experience.”
After I decide Goldie wants to make a run for it, Connell asks me to roll the 20-sided dice. She’s making a “survival check” for my character – and luckily, I’m able to find a path out of the dark woods. I get away from the fungi contagion and come upon a clear stream that leads to a small hamlet. What does my character want now? Food, I reply, and I head into the town center toward a communal oven.
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