Tarquin Murnane has been running and teaching games since the mid 90’s and has become very good at it. After meeting Michael Thorburn, he was convinced to use his talents and knowledge on a professional level in the health industry by using games to help people socialize, build confidence, develop on many levels, and have fun whilst doing so.
Tarquin says, “Setting goals (is good), but it doesn’t matter what you do in a game session: in the end as long as everyone walks away laughing and happy then job done. Doing it right makes the stories we like to tell”
(Game Therapy can be a lateral therapy)
Tarquin is currently a long-standing (and paid) therapeutic dungeon master and minecraft moderator for Aspergers Victoria.
Over the years Tarquin has played games with people suffering depression, anxiety, confidence issues, developmental issues like: autism, panic disorders, the list goes on.
In almost 30 years of collecting Tarquin has a huge catalog of games that he will make available to you. When he meets you, learning about you is a massive part of picking the right games for you. Going solo is easy, if you want to invite friends to play that’s easy too.
This also means Tarquin can do group bookings if you’d like (with enough warning so he can make sure the correct area needed is booked) and split the cost of an appointment.
Tarquin runs his therapeutic game master practice in a variety of community settings, at times alongside other Game Therapists or Therapeutic Game Masters. Tarquin offers a controlled and secure environment, that can be private or public, depending on whether you want more social interaction and experience.
Tarquin uses the Mable (formerly Better Caring) platform to book his services. (link to come), and is fully covered by the relevant public liability insurance, etc. The Mable (formerly Better Caring) uses Zurich Australian Insurance Limited and Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd to establish a suite of covers that are made available to all its affiliated care workers when providing services arranged and invoiced through the Mable platform.
The Community Care Liability Insurance cover made available to affiliated care workers includes:
Group Combined General Liability cover