Description
Therapeutic Benefits of Gaming
⏰ Start Time: Saturday 11:30
⏳ Finish Time: Saturday 12:30
👤 Host(s): Simon Brodie on behalf of Game Therapy UK
👥 Spaces: Max 30 (Advanced Online Booking Required)
📍 Location: “Coffee Lounge” Ground Floor
Description: Join a team of volunteers from Game Therapy UK for an insightful look at the positive mental health and community benefits of tabletop gaming. Following a short talk about how roleplaying and board games are being used as clinical and therapeutic tools, the team will host an open Q&A session to answer your questions.
🧠 Who should attend?
This session is perfect for healthcare professionals, teachers, youth workers, and charities interested in integrating games into their services, as well as gamers wanting to understand the science behind why our hobby makes us feel good.
🎲 Evidence-Based Play:
Game Therapy UK brings together doctors, psychologists, and avid gamers to use tabletop roleplaying games as deliberate therapeutic interventions, moving gaming from a simple hobby into a recognized force for social and psychological rehabilitation.
