Abstract
This study explores perspectives on roleplaying games, roleplaying game therapy, and the application of a narrative therapeutic framework to that intervention medium among narrative therapists. It used qualitative content analysis on responses from interviews with 10 respondents. Participant selection involved snowball sampling supplemented by convenience sampling where necessary. Four main themes emerged through analysis of the data: Building Community and Re-Membering, Externalization and Identity, Stories of Hardship and Agency, and The Role of the Imagined. One major finding was that study participants explicitly drew connection between roleplaying games and narrative therapeutic elements of externalization, re-membering practices, reauthoring, and unique outcomes. Recommendations and implications for social work are also discussed.