Gambling Counseling Practice - 20 Hours
Objectives
- Learn about Gambling Addiction
- Differentiate between problem and non-problem gambling
- Review an introduction to the treatment of gambling disorder
- Explore Gambling in a societal context
- Identify game characteristics and their impact
- Compare and contrast substance addiction to gambling issues
- Explore concurrent disorders often present with gambling issues
- Identify special issues in understanding gambling in older adults, adolescents and women
- Review how the stages of change model can be applied to selecting interventions and goals for persons with gambling issues
- Explore criteria for exploring reduction vs. abstinence goals
- Identify common triggers for gambling
- Learn about screening and assessment instruments used in the identification of problem gambling
- Learn about issues often present in the family of a person with a gambling problem, and potential interventions
- Identify personality characteristics which are more predictive of problem gambling
$60.00 for 90 days