Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games: The Game to Grow Method

• When facilitated by a trained professional, therapeutically applied role-playing games (TA-RPG) are a powerful tool for insight, growth, and change for individuals and communities • Leverages therapeutic factors from acceptance and commitment therapy, marriage and family therapy, drama therapy, and interpersonal process group • Conceptualized as a gaming system layered on top of established group intervention techniques and can accommodate a multitude of game systems and align with theoretical mechanisms for change found in various therapeutic orientations