Matthew MacGibbon has been playing roleplaying games since the late 70s, and has been gamemastering for over 40 years.
As a therapeutic game master, he strives to bring roleplaying games to the world of therapy, and he enjoys running games for his friends as well as professionally as well. Additionally he has been a software engineer for over 30 years works both in and out of the RPG space with that as well.
Heather MacGibbon is a licensed clinical Social Worker trained in psychodynamic therapy who integrates tools from CBT, DBT, ACT, IFST, MI, and other therapeutic modalities to treat clients in emotional distress. MacGibbon believes in the importance of understanding clients’ multiple intersectional identities and how they affect their mental healthcare. Heather graduated from Fordham in 2018 and continued her training as a Post Graduate Fellow at Fordham’s College Psychological Services. She did her clinical hours post-Fordham at Brooklyn Psychotherapy, working with various client populations, including but not limited to the LGBTQIAA+ community. She specialized in working with artists, giving her a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from NYU. She is currently in private practice via telehealth in multiple states and is licensed in NY, NJ, PA, MA, LA, IA, and TX
At Battle Your Demons we’ve started using role playing game therapy as a way to allow our clients to connect and work on interpersonal issues in a group setting.
Role Playing Game Therapy is group therapy that brings clients together with a therapeutic GM (Game Master) and a therapist to actually play interactively in a game and work on issues like personal interaction, social connection, compromise, conflict resolution, all kinds of different things that can be worked on in a gaming setting.
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