Becoming the Gamemaster of Your Parts

About this Event

This course will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the foundational principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGS), exploring how these two modalities can be integrated to enhance therapeutic outcomes. Through this integration, participants will learn to recognize the significance of the therapist’s personal identity and presence (Person of the Therapist) in the therapeutic process, particularly when combining IFS and TTRPGs. Finally, participants will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on experiential activities, demonstrating their ability to apply this intersection in clinical practice through a specific intervention.

Disability Accommodations

It is the responsibility of the Individual to contact Geek Therapeutics to request disability accommodations at Hello@geektherapeutics.com.   

Geek Therapeutics is committed to helping each student reach his/her academic potential and to providing every student equal opportunity to participate in and engage with the course.  In keeping with this commitment, effort has been made to develop accessible learning materials that provide equal access.  Please contact Geek Therapeutics immediately if access to course materials is restricted due to a disability so the issue(s) can be resolved in a timely manner.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to describe the basic elements of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs) and analyze how these elements can be integrated to enhance therapeutic outcomes.
• Participants will be able to explain the importance of Person of the Therapist when integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs).
• Participants will demonstrate their understanding of the intersection of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs) through engagement in an experiential activity demonstrating one clinical intervention.

Course Instructor:

Dawn Davis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in PA and VA, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Certified Geek Therapist with six years of experience in the field. Dawn has been utilizing geek culture in her work as a clinician in community mental health settings and in her private practice, Therapy That Gets Me, LLC. She applies a variety of her client’s interests to individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Dawn has recently joined Geek Therapeutics as a contracting clinician to continue her work utilizing geek culture with geeky clients. Dawn has utilized geek culture in her experience as clinical supervisor through teaching therapists ways to utilize geek culture with their own clients to supplement their professional development. Dawn is a self-identifying geek who enjoys fandoms including gaming, Disney, Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, her and her favorite geeky band, Weezer. Dawn provided a presentation through Geek Therapeutics in March, 2023 on Classic Disney and Non-Traditional Family Dynamics

Continuing Education Credits:

Psychologists: Geek Therapeutics is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Geek Therapeutics maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Counselors: Geek Therapeutics has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7042. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Geek Therapeutics is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Social Workers: Geek Therapeutics, #1769, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Geek Therapeutics maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 05/19/2022 – 05/19/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

Play Therapists:  Geek Therapeutics has been approved by APT as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, No. 21-649. Programs that do not qualify for APT credit are clearly identified. Geek Therapeutics is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Other Professions: This activity qualifies for the specified number of hours of instructional content as required by many licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your board or organization for specific requirements. Completion of the course(s) with a post-test score of 80% or better is required to receive continuing education credit; there is no partial credit.