Compulsive Gambling

15 Hours
Areas: 10 hours Addiction / 5 hours Counseling
Foundations: 5 hours Understanding Addiction (FUA) / 5 hrs Application to Practice (FAP)
Practice: 5 hours Clinical Evaluation (PCV)

This course is based on the text Counseling Problem Gamblers: A Self-Regulation Manual for Individual and Family Therapy by Joseph W. Ciarrocchi. Summary excerpt: “Problem gambling is on the increase in today’s society with devastating effects on family finances and relationships. Until now, clinicians had no comprehensive, user friendly, single source for understanding and treating the condition of pathological gambling.” Behavioral health professionals and counselors will learn well regarded assessment instruments for identifying gambling problems. The author is a noted pioneer and expert who brings together clinical wisdom in other addictions plus research findings to pull together a treatment package aimed at developing the component skills for successful recovery.