Social Skills for
Teens & Pre-Teens
through Cooperative Role-Playing games (RPGs)
Helping socially anxious pre-teens and teens learn communication skills and conquer social anxiety through cooperative role-playing games (RPGs).
Supportive Brentwood Pre-Teens & Teens
Group Therapy
The pre-teen and teen years can be confusing and difficult socially, especially following the isolation from the pandemic. Role playing games create a unique fun and structured space for your pre-teen to practice and re-gain confidence interacting with her peers.
Groups are an amazing way to support your pre-teen because your pre-teen is at a critical developmental stage where connection is a priority.
In this group, pre-teens will engage in collaborative story telling by creating characters that will adventure together through the setting of Dungeons and Dragons.
though fun is to be had, the story line, characters, and problems this group will solve, will all relate and be tied back to real life skills.
This group is specifically designed to make a fun and playful environment translate into helping pre-teens and teens who may be struggling socially.
This group will provide members an opportunity to work on their social skills in a supportive structured environment, such as speaking up, turn taking, patience, self-confidence, creativity, frustration tolerance, impulse control, communication and coping skills.
Next Group series starts October 16th
This group is for your Teen & Pre-teen if she is struggling with:
- Isolation
- Difficulty making friends
- Lacking confidence
- Knowing how to resolve conflicts
- Understanding how actions affect others
- Understanding her own feelings and the feelings of peers
Group members will create characters with a personality, backstory, strengths, challenges and quirks that will adventure together through storytelling to solve problems, learn about each other, and learn skills along the way.
Group Therapy will help her learn and level up these skills:
- Feeling confident and worthy
- How to support peers
- Increasing frustration tolerance
- Learning how to overcome challenges
- Discussing and resolving conflicts
- Identifying and communicating feelings and needs
Pre-teen & Teen Social Skills through Board Gaming
Hi my name is Vanessa and I am a Therapeutic Game Master (yes, it’s a real thing!) and I have spent the last 15 years working inside mental health, and finding creative and expressive ways to meet therapeutic needs.
I am so HAPPY you landed on this page.
Therapy can be intimidating to our younger teens. They don’t necessarily have all the words and confidence to sit through traditional talk therapy, but sometimes feel that play therapy can be too kiddie for them.
Role Playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons, helps connect with teens in an imaginative and playful way, but also helps teens access deep feelings and truths that emerge through their character.
I love seeing the ways teens grow inside of this group, and would love to have your teen join our next cohort that is starting soon.
Enrollment Opens September 25th
Group Therapy Details
Cohort #1
Location: Replenish Her Office
# of Members: 4-6
Group Meeting Dates: Tuesdays
- Week 1: August 15th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 2: August 22nd; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 3: August 29th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 4: Sept 5th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 5: Sept 12th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 6: Sept 19th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 7: Sept 26th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 8: Oct 3rd; 7pm – 8:30pm
Cohort #2
Location: Replenish Her Office
# of Members: 4-6
Group Meeting Dates: Wednesdays
- Week 1: August 16th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 2: August 23rd; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 3: August 30th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 4: Sept 6th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 5: Sept 13th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 6: Sept 20th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 7: Sept 27th; 7pm – 8:30pm
- Week 8: Oct 4th; 7pm – 8:30pm
Price: $520 (10% discount if paid in full at enrollment)
Payment plan options available- please ask!
Limited Sliding Scale Options Available
How to Enroll in Group Therapy
Get Notified when Enrollment Opens & Apply for Group
Receive Call for Intake Coordinator to Schedule Group Intake
Complete Group Intake