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

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Barnes, Steven
Conn, Charlotte
Patel, Aashiya
Tuluceanu, Ana-Cristina
Granda-Salazar, Mishell
Gavin, Jacob
Mercer, Daniel
Williams, Andrew
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2025
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Mental Health and Digital Technologies
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2
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2
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139-151
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2976-8756
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https://www.emerald.com/mhdt/article/2/2/139/1254820
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2025-11-14
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Purpose: 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.
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counselling
risk-assessment
training
self-efficacy
games for learning
serious games
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SDG 4. Quality Education ,
SDG 3. Good Health and Well-being
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