birdbarrett2

I like the idea of Doom being therapeutic. Is there much research on what style of games, whether they be tabletop or video, help address certain challenges people face? I'm on my last year of a social work degree and I'm curious if there's data on this for future therapy, or if you're blazing the trail so to speak.

I'm an old chef that decided to go back to college, but I have seen many people over the years successfully use gaming as a healthy escape from certain problems. I haven't looked into it yet though, so I'd love to know what papers exist, if any!

That's awesome, I look forward to reading about your ventures and possibly applying them!

I have seen rpg tabletop games be used for successful therapy, as a way to have an avatar to keep deep problems at hands length while still confronting them. There hasn't been specifically targeted styles of games to specific issues that I've read about, so I'm excited to see how the research goes there.