Therapists Are Using Dungeons & Dragons To Get Kids To Open Up

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Therapists Are Using Dungeons & Dragons To Get Kids To Open Up

Adam Davis, co-founder of the Dungeons & Dragons therapy group Wheelhouse Workshop, thinks kids with social issues aren’t being asked the right questions. In a dreary school counselor’s office, it can be hard to engage with “Why aren’t you doing your homework?” and “Have you tried joining clubs?” For Davis, more fruitful lines of inquiry start with “Who has the axe? Is it two-handed? What specialty of wizard to you want to be?”

criticalrolequotesandstuff:

@wishiwould and I were talking about this just the other day, so she sent this article my way. Such a neat idea.

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