You step into a Story: Exploring BADth's new Digital Solo Role-Playing Game

You step into a Story: Exploring BADth's new Digital Solo Role-Playing Game

You Step into a Story is a digital choose-your-own-adventure style game, designed specifically for use with young people, that can be used both in online drama therapy and in-person sessions. This workshop will introduce the resource in two ways: firstly, by looking at the theoretical underpinnings of the game, and then with practical explorations of how the resource can be incorporated into drama therapy sessions. The game can be used as an assessment tool, or as a scaffold for creative work, and specifically references embodiment and nervous system regulation, meaning it can also be used as a psycho-educational tool. Come and find out how to incorporate the game into your therapy practice!

Monique Hill qualified as a drama therapist in South Africa in 2015, and was part of the first cohort of drama therapists trained on the continent. As a Certified Cyber Therapist, Monique now runs a private practice in Germany, where she specializes in Drama Therapy through video chat, text, and email. Monique runs webinars assisting therapists in adapting to the online space, which have reached therapists in 11 countries on 5 continents to date. She is currently completing her PhD focusing on text-based drama therapy and Role-Playing Games, and she is both a lecturer and research supervisor for the drama therapy program at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a clinical supervisor. Her research interests also include Virtual Reality, and she co-authored a recent white paper on ethical clinical research in therapeutic Virtual Reality with the Mental Health Virtual Reality International Coalition