It's Your Turn: Exploring the Mental Health Benefits of Board Games

This presentation is all about using board games in therapy! Board games offer so many benefits to mental health including problem-solving, critical thinking, building confidence, communication skills, focus, and understanding oneself and others better. This presentation will focus on these benefits as well as how to practically use games to help clients build skill sets. The discussion will also include information on different types of games, appropriate games for different situations, and how to choose games based on the client’s area of need.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about board game types/mechanics and how to use them in therapeutic practice.
2. Participants will learn the different benefits of games and how to pick games based on needs of individual clients.
3. Participants will learn how to use games to facilitate discussions on solving real-life problems and challenges with their clients.