Perspective: Counselling Simulator - A gamified tool for the development and consolidation of risk assessment skills in trainee counsellors

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dc.abstract.enPurpose: Risk is a core element of counselling. The training of risk detection, assessment and management is therefore essential to ensuring effective and ethical practice. Design/methodology/approach: The gamification of education and training aims to strengthen engagement with serious material and enhance learning and consolidation by using a motivating medium. This showcase presents “Perspective: Counselling Simulator”, a gamified tool for developing and assessing risk-assessment skills in trainee counsellors in the UK. Findings: We present a showcase of the game and its development, plans for further validation and evaluation. Originality: To our knowledge, “Perspective: Counselling Simulator” is the first of its kind as a gamified education and training tool for risk-assessment in counselling. Practical implications: Following ongoing evaluation, the game is intended to be a scalable and accessible tool for trainee counsellors to develop knowledge and self-efficacy in relation to a vital professional skill.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Katowicach
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Steven
dc.contributor.authorConn, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Aashiya
dc.contributor.authorTuluceanu, Ana-Cristina
dc.contributor.authorGranda-Salazar, Mishell
dc.contributor.authorGavin, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorMercer, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Andrew
dc.date.access2025-11-14
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-14T12:08:04Z
dc.date.available2025-11-14T12:08:04Z
dc.date.created2025-02-20
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:sec> <jats:title>Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>Risk is a core element of counselling. The training of risk detection, assessment and management is therefore essential to ensuring effective and ethical practice. This paper aims to outline an applied game for training risk assessment skills.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Design/methodology/approach</jats:title> <jats:p>The gamification of education and training aims to strengthen engagement with serious material and enhance learning and consolidation by using a motivating medium. This showcase presents “Perspective: Counselling Simulator”, a gamified tool for developing and assessing risk assessment skills in trainee counsellors in the UK.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Findings</jats:title> <jats:p>The authors present a showcase of the game and its development, plans for further validation and evaluation.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Practical implications</jats:title> <jats:p>Following ongoing evaluation, the game is intended to be a scalable and accessible tool for trainee counsellors to develop knowledge and self-efficacy in relation to a vital professional skill.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Originality/value</jats:title> <jats:p>To the best of the authors’ knowledge, “Perspective: Counselling Simulator” is the first of its kind as a gamified education and training tool for risk assessment in counselling.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
dc.description.accesstimeafter_publication
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical139-151
dc.description.sdgQualityEducation
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume2
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/MHDT-08-2024-0019
dc.identifier.issn2976-8756
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1996
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.emerald.com/mhdt/article/2/2/139/1254820
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.encounselling
dc.subject.enrisk-assessment
dc.subject.entraining
dc.subject.enself-efficacy
dc.subject.engames for learning
dc.subject.enserious games
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titlePerspective: Counselling Simulator - A gamified tool for the development and consolidation of risk assessment skills in trainee counsellors
dc.title.journalMental Health and Digital Technologies
dc.typeJournalArticle
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