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For those looking to do something unconventional with your clients over telehealth: Brawl Stars is a free-to-play game where you use brawlers to defeat the other players in the game and/or complete missions between your group of three.
What we tend to use Brawl Stars for in therapy is engagement with our clients to talk about what may have gone wrong in our interactions. Were we playing as a team? Did someone go rogue? What happened when someone who didn’t play as a teammate went off on their own? What could we have done differently?
Bullying is a tactic to be used within the game to talk about aspects of bullying and how we confront them. If we do it ourselves, then we may perish, but if we work together in numbers, then the bullying can be destroyed, as exemplified through destroying an opponent in the game. One has to work together with another person to reduce bullying.
I also like to have my clients direct what I am supposed to do and for leadership issues when individuals are having problems with self-esteem and feelings of hopelessness. By playing the game together, we can have a discussion about the issues at hand, how they can be helped, and what we can do about it together. Allowing the client to lead can help show them that they can be a leader, and sometimes choices are hard, but that we can always try again. Offering advice to possibly see what could have been done differently helps them as well to listen to others while learning more about themselves—an avenue needed in real-life circumstances.
Showcasing their strengths while minimizing their weaknesses can be superbly helpful using such a simple game, plus the opportunities for discussion are endless.
How to Play Brawl Stars
Brawl Stars is a 3v3 top-down shooter game where players from all over the world can battle in the ultimate fight! As you progress through the game, you'll unlock new characters, upgrade your brawlers' stats, and even unlock new game modes.
The objective is different based on which game mode you play. There are four different game modes in Brawl Stars, but you have no control over which game modes will be available to you at any given time, as they're randomly selected. Here's a brief description of each game mode.
Gem Grab
Each team will be tasked with grabbing crystals from the center of the map while battling the opposing team. When a player dies, they will drop all of the crystals they have onto the battlefield. The first team to collect 10 crystals and hold onto them for the 12-second countdown wins the match.
Heist
In this mode, you'll be defending and attacking as a team. You play as both at once defending your safe and attacking the other. Teamwork is necessary here in order to win, making it a super engaging tactic for those who don’t like to play well with one another.
Each match of Heist only lasts 2.5 minutes; if the safe is still standing by the end of the countdown, the team who has dealt the most damage wins the match.
Bounty
Bounty is a good ol' team-on-team deathmatch. Collect stars for your team by defeating opponents, but try not to get picked off yourself. The team with the most stars at the end of the match will claim victory! As you take out other opponents, you gain stars, making you a higher priority of targeting.
Showdown
The only game mode that isn't 3v3, Showdown is actually a 10-player free-for-all or two-person team battle where the last brawler standing wins!
Travel around the map cautiously as everyone is out to kill you, and you won't respawn! Be on the lookout for barrels, as they contain power-ups that will give you an edge over your opponents.
The longer you last in a Showdown, the better the rewards you'll get at the end of the match.
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