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Interview with Dr. Megan Connell, psychologist and author of Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy!

Dr. Megan Connell is a psychologist, author of Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy, member of Leyline Geek Therapeutics, co-founder of HealthQuest and Geeks Like Us, host of Psycology at the Table and Brain Noodles Podcast, and GM for Clinical Role! She shares her XP and lessons learned as she tells us about how she uses TTRPGs for therapeutics and her tips for clinicians looking to start using applied TTRPGs.
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Interview with Katie Lear, counselor, therapist, and founder of Young Dragonslayers!

Katie Lear is an experienced child counselor and therapist who combined her profession with her childhood love of theater and newfound love of TTRPGs to create Young Dragonslayers, an online D&D group for kids! Find out more about her XP, advice, and awesome work with Young Dragonslayers here!
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Interview with Peter, applied RPG user, Roll for Kindness blogger, and Caravan Endures creator!

I had the pleasure to chat with Peter about his background in applied RPGs, especially with autistic youth, and his new game, Caravan Endures! We talk about helping your players grow, gentle fantasy RPGs, and so much more.
Critical Core - a therapeutic and accessible tabletop RPG

Review of Critical Core, an accessible tabletop RPG focused on growth

Critical Core is a therapeutic tabletop RPG built off of D&D 5e mechanics! With its intuitive format, focus on social interactions, and clear facilitator guide, this is an awesome TTRPG and tool for players to have fun while building skills and for parents, educators, and facilitators to be able to smoothly provide a welcome gaming environment.

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Interview with Adam of Game to Grow and Critical Core!

I had a wonderful talk with Adam, about both Game to Grow, a non-profit organization that uses therapeutic gaming to help youth, and Critical Core, a 5e based game specifically designed for building social skills and confidence through gaming. This was a great chat, I learned quite a bit about educational gaming, and I am happy to share our discussion with you!