The Play to Heal Campus Connection Hub is a digital wellness platform that combines interactive games, peer support, and healing-centered engagement content to help students build community, reduce stress, and practice emotional well-being in a fun, engaging way. Its purpose and mission are to create a safe, accessible, and student-driven space where you can come together to share, listen, and heal. Grounded in therapeutic dialogue games, the platform empowers students to break through isolation, reduce stigma around mental health, and build resilience through peer-to-peer support. It is designed to foster connection and belonging, and to strengthen community.

The hub is open to ALL students, regardless of background, identity, or academic standing. We are pleased to welcome students from marginalized communities, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and those who may feel isolated or underserved by traditional support systems. This is a place where everyone is welcome.

Playing is healing. Our platform uses gamified experiences, storytelling, discussion circles, and a positive social feed to:

> Promote emotional regulation

> Encourage self-expression and processing of life experiences

> Build real social connection, which leads to greater resilience and peace

> Break isolation and loneliness by creating authentic belonging and joy

No, everything offered through the Play to Heal Campus Connection Hub is completely free for students, as well as for faculty. Our games and resources are meant to be peer-based, preventative, and supportive — not clinical. We encourage students who need professional help to connect with licensed counselors or campus mental health services.

We offer:

> Peer / dialogue interactive game play groups

> Guided game play healing circles

> Mood Calendar

> Student-based issues discussion circles

> Positive & encouraging social feed

Some game and dialogue support sessions may require RSVP due to limited space, while others are open to join-ins.

Just create a profile and jump into a game or activity. It’s that easy!

Our platform includes virtual meeting spaces where students can:

> Join scheduled sessions

> Host peer-led sessions and / or conversations

> Create pop-up events using healing prompts or games

You can sign up as a peer host if you would like to facilitate.

Healing-centered engagement is a culturally responsive, strengths-based approach that views healing as a holistic and collective process — not just focused on trauma but also on restoring joy, dignity, and connection.

Yes, we absolutely respect and honor your privacy. Conversations and participation are treated with confidentiality, unless there is a safety concern that requires mandated reporting.

Unlike traditional models that often focus on mental illness or crisis response, Play to Heal is student-powered – built by and for students, culture-rooted, and focused on prevention, connection, and healing justice and it is designed to be interactive, not passive.

We offer leadership roles for students interested in:

> UX/UI and development

> Game and discussion group facilitation

Reach out to us through info@playtohealhub.com

No. The Hub offers peer-led and community-based emotional support, not clinical therapy. Game play and dialogue sessions are deeply therapeutic, but they are not “therapy”.

Email us directly at info@playtohealhub.com to connect with us. We love collaborating with students, educators, and youth-serving organizations.

The Play to Heal logo unites the phoenix and hummingbird to symbolize resilience, renewal, and joy. It reflects the platform’s mission to bring people together through play and dialogue, helping communities rise, connect, and heal.