Onlinevents: Therapeutic Adventures in Minecraft! 12 September 2025 (live online - recording available)

16 Jul

About this event

Therapeutic Adventures in Minecraft! Workshop with Ellie Finch

Discover how Minecraft can be used as a therapeutic tool. No gaming experience necessary! Ellie will demonstrate how Minecraft offers a creative and expressive space for children, young people and adults. Minecraft can be likened to a digital sandtray, LEGO, and role-playing adventures all rolled into one hugely popular game. Learn actionable therapeutic interventions to apply with clients.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

Verbalise the benefits of using Minecraft in sessions.
Identify the data protection, privacy, security, and consent issues that need to be addressed before using videogames like Minecraft therapeutically.
Recall 3 examples of how Minecraft can be used in sessions.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and other Mental Health Professionals. Health and Social Care Professionals. All welcome.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

Gain practical ideas on how to engage with clients’ interest in Minecraft and other video games.

RECORDING

This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

Book your place here: https://onlinevents.co.uk/event/therapeutic-adventures-in-minecraft-ellie-finch/

Ellie Finch

Ellie Finch, MA MBACP (Accred), is a clinical supervisor, counsellor, and social worker specialising in support for neurodivergent clients and families of children with additional needs or complex conditions.

Her work is rooted in a neurodiversity-affirming approach, which values neurodivergence as a natural variation in human experience and focuses on building supportive, respectful environments rather than 'fixing' difference.

Ellie is known for her innovative use of creative digital tools and videogames like Minecraft in therapy to create accessible, engaging support. She is founder of PlayMode Academy, a non-profit social venture that trains professionals in the therapeutic use of creative digital tools.

PlayMode® Academy is part of Ellie Finch Counselling, Consultancy and Training Ltd, a non-profit company limited by guarantee (a structure often used by social ventures in the UK).

Ellie is also part of the University of Cambridge research team behind Bridging the ChASM: Creating Accessible Services using Minecraft - a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) that explores the therapeutic potential of videogames and how they can be used to create more inclusive mental health support.

NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT

https://www.playmodeacademy.org