Dungeons, Dragons, and Therapy Group
Utilizing play, storytelling, creativity, and therapy for a one-of-a-kind group experience
Where Healing Meets Imagination and Play
Join the therapist-led Dungeons & Therapy group and explore growth, courage, and connection through storytelling and adventure!
Welcome, Brave Adventurers!
What Is Dungeons, Dragons & Therapy?
Dungeons, Dragons & Therapy is a one-of-a-kind therapy group that blends mental health support with the playful, immersive world of tabletop role-playing games.
Guided by licensed therapist and game master Maggie Malone, LCSW, this group invites you to co-create a magical story where you play as a character aligned with your real-life therapeutic goals for growth. Practice communication skills, assertiveness, and teamwork and more!
No prior table-top roleplaying game experience needed—just bring your imagination and a willingness to explore.
How It Works
Therapeutic Goals
Before joining, you'll meet individually with Maggie to explore your goals and be assigned an archetype (like Assertive, Gentle, or Inquisitive) that your character will embody during the game.Create Your Character
You’ll receive a custom character sheet where you invent your character’s backstory, species, appearance, and personality. Maggie will help you create a character that aligns with your therapeutic goals and orient you to playing the game. Each character has a few “special abilities” and can collect magical items to help the team.The Game Itself
Together, your group will journey through puzzles, mysteries, and adventures. Progress happens through skill checks, creative decisions, and conversations—not combat or complex rules. Every scenario is designed to foster cooperation, self-expression, and interpersonal growth.Real-World Growth
Between sessions, you’ll receive “bounty quests”—therapeutic challenges designed to help you practice new behaviors in your everyday life. These connect your in-game growth to real-world change.
Who It’s For
This group is for you if:
You want to explore personal growth in a playful, collaborative way
You enjoy storytelling, fantasy, or RPGs—or want to try something new
You’re working on communication, boundaries, assertiveness, or self-confidence
You feel drawn to therapy that’s creative, supportive, and engaging
No prior experience with D&D or role-playing is required. Just curiosity and openness!
The Details
Next Group Begins: August 2025
Location: Online via Zoom (for Georgia residents); meets 2 hrs weekly
Group Size: 4–6 members
Pre-Group Appointment Required to Join - $225 for 1.5 hour intake
Investment: $80/group; 3 month commitment with option to renew
Meet Your Therapist
Meet Your Game Master
Hi, I’m Maggie Malone, LCSW (she/her), a therapist, group leader, and lifelong fantasy nerd. I created Dungeons, Dragons & Therapy to offer a warm, inclusive space where people can explore identity, practice new skills, and connect—through story and play. I specialize in working with anxious overfunctioners, people-pleasers, and perfectionists. And yes, I think therapy can include magic, fantasy, and mushrooms (magic mushrooms are another conversation).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Nope! Not at all. I’ll teach you and talk you through everything you need to know. Though experienced players are, of course, welcome!
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Yes, it really is! This is a therapeutic group led by a licensed therapist. Each game element is designed with clinical goals in mind. We also process some content in character during sessions and then after gameplay as ourselves.
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Definitely feel that. Our group will have trauma-informed safety tools to protect everyone’s emotional wellbeing. You’ll always have ways to pause or opt out of content, as needed. Being awkward and uncomfortable is sometimes part of getting outside of our comfort zone and is totally okay to feel, but we never want anyone to feel unsafe or unwelcome.
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Technically, yes, but honestly it wil probably not ever get to that. There’s a small chance of in-game consequences, but death is rare—and always handled therapeutically.
Have more questions? Email me at mmalone@rosebudpsychotherapy.com to ask!
Prefer One Big Adventure?
Join a Full-Day Group Intensive
I understand that weekly 2-hour groups aren’t accessible or sustainable for everyone. Maybe your schedule is unpredictable. Maybe you want to dive deep without stretching things out across two months. Or maybe you're simply curious about this unique therapeutic approach—but want to try it in a single, meaningful dose.
Enter the all-day Dungeons, Dragons, and Therapy Intensive!
In this single-day experience, you will:
Step into a fully customized fantasy character, designed to reflect and support your personal growth goals
Join 4–5 other participants on a therapist-led, narrative-rich journey that blends play, teamwork, emotional challenge, and reflection
Encounter puzzles, choices, and moments of courage—both in and out of character
Engage in guided therapeutic processing to translate insights into real-life change
Walk away with new tools, new awareness, and maybe even a new relationship with parts of yourself
Investment: $550 total, which includes…
A 45-minute 1:1 intake session
A 6-hour immersive group therapy experience (with breaks!)
Personalized character design + therapist-guided archetype work
Integration materials and a post-group reflection resource
Optional follow-up support and real-life “bounty quests”
If you’re craving change but don’t have the bandwidth for a weekly commitment, then this full-day adventure might be your next right step!
Ready to Join the Party?
Your story starts here.
If you’re curious, excited, or even a little nervous, don’t worry — you’re in the right place.
Let’s roll the dice and see what healing adventure awaits!
Note: This group is LGBTQIA+ friendly and neurodivergent-affirming.