Role-play, a staple in drama therapy, involves clients acting out roles or scenarios to explore behaviors and emotions in a safe and controlled environment. Clients can benefit in many ways when ...

In this blog series, we have been exploring how creative arts therapy interventions can be used to teach dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and enhance the therapeutic process. This article ...

In this week’s Healthy Living segment, UNM Health shows us how a community program is using a popular role-playing game to teach people how to face their fears.

Dr. Michael Reilly, a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Adventure Therapy Hawaii, is bringing an innovative approach to mental health treatment in the islands. Through his research-based ...

Imagine this: a group of people around a table, rolling dice, spinning a rich narrative. It looks like it’s just a game, but to others, this is therapy a new but potent way of treating social anxiety, ...

Think of a game where you’re rolling dice, but you’re rolling toward better mental health. Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), such as Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), are proving to be more than nerdy ...