
Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer Ph.D. (she/her)
Director of Education and Training, Game to Grow Elizabeth D. Kilmer, PhD of Game to Grow, has developed therapeutically applied role-playing game (TA-RPG) programs for use with children, adolescents, and adults.
About this Presenter
Elizabeth D. Kilmer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who received her doctoral degree from the University of North Texas. She has developed therapeutic groups utilizing table-top role-playing games to promote well-being, personal safety, and interpersonal effectiveness in children and adolescents who experienced trauma, as well as to promote cognitive flexibility, frustration tolerance, and social skills in military veterans in primary care and substance abuse treatment settings. Elizabeth is passionate about the development and research of applied therapeutic gaming for adolescents and adults.