{"id":3249940,"date":"2018-01-19T15:26:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3249940"},"modified":"2018-01-31T14:51:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:51:47","slug":"lunchbox-interview-matt-maclean-improv-gaming-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-matt-maclean-improv-gaming-mental-health","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Matt Maclean (Improv &#038; Gaming for Mental Health)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3249941\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-matt-maclean-improv-gaming-mental-health\/attachment\/lunchbox-2018mattmaclean\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-2018MattMaclean\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3249941\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Perhaps one of the greatest things to learn from improv is that we&#8217;re all just making it up as we go along anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My guest today is <a href=\"https:\/\/phonebook.unb.ca\/?dn=unbcaid=a45b055cdc688bca753d3afbb64f995578faa520,ou=people,dc=unb,dc=ca\"><strong>Matt Maclean<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>UNB&#8217;s Mental Health Strategist<\/strong>. He returns to give an update on the ongoing programs he&#8217;s implemented to help support students with their mental health well-being, including the peer support centre and board game nights. We also talk about two newer initiatives: the use of roleplaying games (specifically D&amp;D) in helping people confront and overcome issues they have in real life, and the use of improv to improve reactions to social anxiety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5065\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5065','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3249940-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Matt Maclean, UNB&#8217;s Mental Health Strategist. We talk about using improv and other games to help with mental health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5066\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5066','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3249940-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20180119%20-%20Interview%20-%20Matt%20Maclean%20-%20Improv%20for%20Mental%20Health.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-matt-maclean-improv-gaming-mental-health\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3249941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3249940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018MattMaclean.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249942,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249940\/revisions\/3249942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3249941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}