Conference Schedule:

Friday

  8:30 AM : Welcome Address

Jeremiah Knowles-Associate Director Clinical Services Counseling and Psychological Services

9:00 AM – 10:00AM : Session (All Participants):

    Healing Through Joy: Reviewing the Narratives of Blerd Adults who have experienced Mental Health Benefits Through Creativity & Play- Niah Singletary and Justin

10:15AM – 11:15AM Session (Choose One Presentation):

  b. Healing Through Geek Joy: Applying Hermeneutic Photography Research to Support Trans Women and Trans Femme Geeks in Therapy-Corrine Buchanan

11:30AM – 12:30PM Session (Choose One Presentation):

  a. Media as an Integral Part of a Client’s System: A Systemic Perspective on Media- Erik Panna

  b. Using Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a DBT Teaching Tool-Erin Chamberlain

12:30 LUNCH Break

Breakout Sessions – Networking, Gaming, and More

2:00PM – 3:00 PM Session (Choose One Presentation):

  a. LGBTQIA+ community, Therapeutic Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) and Mental Health- Suzanne Spratt

  b. The Yoda on Your Shoulder: Integrating Geek Culture into Foundational Therapeutic Interventions- April Luman

3:15 PM – 5:30 PM Keynote Speaker: Justin Roblero—filmmaker

Saturday 

 8:30 AM : Morning Welcome

Dr. Bean

9:00 AM – 10:00AM : Session (All Participants):

    Professional Ethics through the framework of alignment in Dungeons and dragons Real-world ethics and decision-making vs. fantasy systems.- John Stinebaugh

10:15AM – 11:15AM Session (Choose One Presentation):

  a. Navigating the Skies and Lows of Depression: A Deep Dive into Kiki’s Delivery Service and the Struggles of Self-Discovery – Helson Meirino, LCSW

  b. Healing Through Geek Joy: Applying Hermeneutic Photography Research to Support Trans Women and Trans Femme Geeks in Therapy-Corrine Buchanan

11:30AM – 12:30PM Session (Choose One Presentation):

   Constructive Narrative Therapy: Clinical Applications of Game Master-less and Solo Tabletop Role-playing Games- Britain Shaw

12:30 LUNCH Break

Breakout Sessions – Networking, Gaming, and More

2:00PM – 3:00 PM Session (Choose One Presentation):

Building and Testing Digital Narrative Game Interventions for CBT Skills- Dr. Celeste Sangriorgio

3:15 PM – 5:30 PM Closing Speaker: Jemarc Axinto

Mastering the Mind in Mindfulness For Geeks 

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 courses receive 1 continuing education credits per hour of attendance.

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.