Target
Define what the experience is meant to focus on.
BOARD GAME THERAPY
Board Game Therapy uses purposeful play, facilitation, and reflection to help people have more intentional conversations around the table.
Playing games.Deeperconversations.
ONE APPROACH, DIFFERENT SETTINGS
BGT can be adapted to different facilitation settings while keeping the same focus on purposeful play, conversation, and reflection.
For licensed clinicians who may use structured play as an adjunct inside an existing treatment relationship. Consent, judgment, and documentation stay with you. Not a stand-alone therapy product and not a diagnosis tool.
For coaches and facilitators working on communication, teamwork, leadership, and decision-making. Use deliberate goals and a structured debrief. Stay developmental. Do not frame this as psychotherapy.
For hosts, managers, chaplains, and community facilitators who want safer, more inclusive play with clearer debrief. Belonging and connection first. No diagnosis. No treatment claims. Stop when the material exceeds your role.
Board Game Therapy™ is one method with three scopes of practice: Host, Coach, and Therapist.
HOW BGT WORKS
BGT facilitators use TABLE to shape the experience before, during, and after play.
Define what the experience is meant to focus on.
Consider the people, setting, needs, and level of challenge.
Choose and shape the game experience intentionally.
Facilitate the table while allowing authentic play and interaction.
Reflect on what happened and connect useful insights to what comes next.
TABLE shapes the experience. Then reflection helps players make sense of what happened at the table.
Explore the TABLE MethodFROM PLAY TO REFLECTION
BGT brings purposeful game selection, facilitation, and reflection together. TABLE helps structure the experience before, during, and after play.
Ideas and practice notes
Practical notes on facilitation, play, and connection. Browse the full articles hub for what is published.
Facilitation
A practical note on matching mechanic to purpose without inventing a catalog.
Hosting
Board-first reflection prompts for hosts and leaders. Not a diagnosis tool.
Scopes
How three scopes share a method without marketing community play as treatment.
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