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Treatment

Gambling: Criminal Justice

This session will introduce the need for a relationship with the justice system to help in diagnosing and treating disordered gambling clients.

Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the prevalence of disordered gamblers in the judicial system and their most likely entrance points into the justice system.
  • Participants will be given the 5 “R’s” of reporting to the justice system on the recovery progress of disordered gambling clients.

Gambling: Family Dynamics – Part 1

This session will introduce the family role in recovery and the diagnostics used to help family members understand their role in addiction.

Objectives:

  • Participants will begin to understand the similarities and differences in co-dependency between SUD and Gambling Disorder.
  • Participants will be introduced to the integration of family into gambling disorder recovery process.

Gambling: Finances – Part 4

This session covers the counselor’s ongoing role in maintaining the budgeting process to insure “pressure relief” and the ability to continue in the recovery process.

Objectives:

  • Participants will be given the tools for ongoing revisiting of the prepared budget
  • Participants will be given the tools to “fix” the budget should relapse or unexpected expenses happen.

Gambling: Finances – Part 3

This session will help counselors deal with creditors and others in developing a restitution plan to pay back all those they have harmed.

Objectives:

  • Participants will be introduced to questions needed to complete for an accurate budget to be completed.
  • Participants will be given hands on testing of the tools based on their own budgeting skills.

Gambling: Finances – Part 2

This session will concentrate on the counselor’s role in assisting an individual to develop a budget that is sustainable in early recovery.

Objectives:

  • Participants will understand their role in the development of a budget for recovery of disordered gambling clients.
  • Participants will be given tools to help in development of the financial budget for their clients.

Gambling Counseling – Part 4

This session will concentrate of discharge criteria and how clients with disordered gambling can show signs of increased SUD issues.

Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the “later” stages of recovery
  • Participants will be given tools to help in the discharge and integration of the recovering disordered client back into self-care.

Gambling: Finances – Part 1

This session will introduce the importance of restoring finances is in the recovery of addictions both SUD and Gambling Disorder.   

Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the important role of restoring finances as a foundation of recovery
  • Participants will understand the role of finances and money in the progression and recovery of gambling disorder.