The Nexus Station is excited to take you on the ultimate quest: Self-exploration, the first therapeutic Dungeons & Dragons game in Davis.

Why Experiential Group Therapy?

Adolescence marks a time of physical, emotional, and social changes. Teens engage in more complex relationships with others, which can present new challenges. There is also a developing need for independence, which plays a critical role in developing one’s identity. This creates the need for self-exploration and learning tools to navigate new ways of relating to others. Social and academic pressures also start to mount, which can bring on new and more complex emotions. 

Enter experiential group work; an exciting, engaging and therapeutically novel way of helping teens successfully navigate this period with a psychologically and neurologically appropriate intervention.

Dungeons & Dragons has been hugely popular with people of all ages for decades. This game speaks to the intrinsically human need to tell stories, role play, engage our creativity and to do so in a place where we are accepted as part of a group. D&D provides a unique opportunity and tool for personal growth, self-exploration, social skills, and much more. In an original Dungeons & Dragons campaign spanning 10 weeks (10 sessions), Therapist and facilitator will integrate the game with therapeutic interventions and mindfulness techniques to:

-Help develop social skills

-Practice emotional communication and improve emotional fluency

-Learn emotional regulation coping skills

-Hone creativity and imagination

Group Schedule:

The group will meet Tuesdays 3:45-5:00pm from April 1st - June 10th.(Group will not meet May 27th) There will be also be a one-on-one session prior to commencement to to meet the facilitators and build a character. *Please keep Thursday April 3rd open in the event of any unforseen cancellations of sessions during the normal course of the group.

Group Includes:

- 10 therapeutic group sessions, each 75mns in length

-1 50 mn initial one-on-one session with each player individually to develop each individuals’ character and become familiar with our group therapist and facilitator.

-A set of personal dice for each player to keep

-Character sheet

-Customized miniature

-Plenty of snacks

Players will leave the group:

-Better equipped to resolve conflict in a healthy and communicative way

-Identify and communicate one’s internal state of being and needs

-Utilize scientifically proven strategies to aid in emotional regulation

-Better understand how to navigate social situations and groups

-Improve confidence

PRICe of group:

The price of the group is $1000 for 10 weeks.