Training & Consultation

At BattleRobin Counseling, we believe that creativity, connection, and culturally responsive care can transform lives, not only for our clients, but for the providers, educators, and leaders who support them. That’s why we offer training, supervision, and consultation services that center trauma-informed practice, social justice, and imaginative approaches to healing..

Whether you’re a seasoned clinician, a pre-licensed provider seeking supervision, a graduate student pursuing practicum training, or a community leader looking to build inclusive, trauma-aware spaces, we offer opportunities to deepen your skills and expand your perspective. Our offerings include in-depth and experiential trainings in trauma-recovery, therapeutically applied role-playing games (TA-RPGs), guidance in integrating spirituality and holistic healing tools, and support in serving marginalized communities with cultural humility and care.

TA-RPG Provider Training Group

If you’re curious about running your own therapeutic role-playing groups, there’s no better way to learn than to step into the experience yourself.

The Critical Encounters group is our 10-week training group where mental health professionals, healers, educators, and community leaders can get hands-on training in TA-RPGs. This group is great for those who want to build competency in facilitating TA-RPG groups. This isn’t a lecture series or a passive webinar, this is experiential learning at its best.

You will get to experience a TA-RPG group first hand with Dr. Allison Battles, a certified therapeutic game master who has been facilitating TA-RPG groups since 2019. As a participant, you will get to see what therapeutic gaming is like as a player, including therapeutic character design, growth-oriented role-playing, reflective processing of group experiences, as well as learn about the TA-RPG process through didactic readings and discussions during each session.

Participants will:

  • Receive carefully curated reading materials to support skill development
  • Create and role-play characters in a structured therapeutic gaming group
  • Experience group dynamics firsthand from the participant perspective
  • Practice narrative storytelling, collaborative problem-solving, and emotional exploration through gameplay
  • Build an intuitive, experiential understanding of how to structure, facilitate, and deepen the TA-RPG group process
  • Engage in post-session processing and receive didactic instruction connecting the game experience to therapeutic group theory and techniques

Each 2-hour weekly session includes:

  • 10-minute group check-in
  • 80-minute guided gameplay
  • 30-minute didactic and consultation

By the end of this training, you’ll walk away with:

  • A strong experiential foundation in how TA-RPGs function as therapy
  • New techniques and strategies to enhance your therapeutic Game Mastering (GM) skills
  • Materials to support the creation and facilitation of your own TA-RPG group
  • Confidence in navigating group dynamics, emotional content, and collaborative storytelling in your own groups
  • A professional community of colleagues to consult with and share resources

Cost: $100 per session (sliding scale options available)
Format: Virtual (Telehealth platform)
Group Size: Capped at 6 participants to ensure personal attention

This training is a must for providers wanting to infuse their clinical work with creativity, experiential depth, and a little bit of magic. Spots are limited! Contact us today to schedule a consultation and reserve your place.

Supervision for Pre-Licensed Clinicians

Dr. Battles’ offers clinical supervision for pre-licensed professionals working toward licensure in psychology, counseling, or social work. Supervision is rooted in a relational and developmental approach, emphasizing reflective practice, ethical clinical decision-making, and growth of professional identity.

Whether you’re deepening your work with trauma, exploring group facilitation, or developing your voice as a socially conscious clinician, we will co-create a supervision space that supports your evolving goals.

Areas of focus can include:

  • Trauma-informed care and recovery-oriented practices
  • Relational, dynamic, and narrative therapy approaches
  • Culturally attuned therapy with Queer, Pagan, and/or military/veteran clients
  • Group therapy and therapeutically applied role-playing games (TA-RPGs)
  • Integration of social justice, identity, and activism into clinical work

Supervision is offered virtually to clinicians located in states where I am authorized to provide services.

Professional Consultation for Therapists, Healers, Educators & Community Leaders

Dr. Battles offers individual and small-group consultation for professionals seeking support in integrating creative, trauma-informed, and identity-affirming approaches into their work. This space is designed for therapists, community leaders, educators, and game masters who want to grow their skills, reflect on complex work, or deepen their commitment to healing-centered and justice-aligned practice.

Common consultation topics include:

  • Working with trauma and dissociation
  • Facilitating TA-RPG therapy groups or integrating games therapeutically
  • Supporting Queer, Pagan, and spiritually diverse clients
  • Addressing burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury in healing professions
  • Strengthening relational and group facilitation skills
  • Building inclusive, culturally aware, and socially conscious services

Consultation can be one-time or ongoing, and is tailored to your goals and context.

Custom Trainings for Organizations, Schools, and Workplaces

We design and facilitate custom trainings for therapy practices, community organizations, schools, and companies that are committed to fostering resilience, inclusivity, and holistic well-being. These trainings draw from evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, and culturally rooted wisdom to help teams build trauma-aware and socially conscious environments.

Trainings are tailored to meet the needs of your group, and may explore topics such as:

  • Understanding trauma and pathways to healing
  • Creating trauma-aware workplaces and community spaces
  • Introduction to TA-RPGs and therapeutic gaming for mental health and growth
  • Supporting LGBTQIA+ clients and communities with sensitivity and depth
  • Understanding and working with military members and Veterans
  • Culturally humble approaches to working with Pagan and other spiritual communities
  • Integrating spirituality into healing practices in ethical, inclusive ways
  • Using storytelling, ritual, and self-reflection to foster connection and transformation
  • Exploring tools for holistic healing such as tarot, Reiki / energy work, meditation, and shadow work
  • Addressing clinician and healer burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma

Whether you’re looking to support your staff, train clinicians, or build healing-centered community programs, We’ll work with you to create something engaging, relevant, and transformative. Trainings are available in-person (Twin Cities area and beyond) or virtually.

Dr. Battles’ Credentials

  • Certified Therapeutic Game Master through Geek Therapeutics, an APA-approved training program specializing in the clinical application of games like Dungeons & Dragons in therapeutic settings.
  • Level 3 Certified Facilitator through Game to Grow, a nationally recognized leader in therapeutically-applied role-playing games. Completed all three levels of training in the Game to Grow method.
  • Advanced Post-Doctoral Residency in Group Therapy at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, with specialized focus in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), TA-RPGs, trauma recovery, and psychoeducational group models.
  • Published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Traumatology, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Women’s Health Issues, Psychiatry Research, and the Journal for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
  • Experienced national, regional, and local trainer on topics including trauma recovery, creating trauma-informed workplaces and communities, therapeutic gaming (TA-RPGs), spiritually integrative care, and culturally humble care for marginalized communities.
  • Selected presentations include national organizations such as Walgreens, Disability:IN, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the American Psychological Association, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, as well as national and local gaming conventions including PAX East. I have also presented workshops and trainings for numerous local and regional mental health clinics, community organizations, and universities.
  • In progress: Board Certification in Group Psychology (ABPP)—a designation that recognizes advanced competence in group therapy through rigorous evaluation of clinical expertise, scholarship, and ethical practice.
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