Overcoming Pathological Gambling: Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work) | 
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As gambling becomes more prevalent and more accessible in our society, pathological gambling is growing as a serious problem. In most instances, excessive gambling negatively affects a persons home, social, and professional life, as well as leads to serious financial trouble. In repeated trials, cognitive-behavioral therapy has proven an extremely effective treatment for this problem.
Written by the developers of an empirically supported CBT program for the treatment of pathological gambling, this guide includes all the information and materials necessary to implement successful treatment. Most pathological gamblers exhibit misconceptions or erroneous beliefs about the nature of gambling, believing they can beat the system. One of the central points of focus of this treatment is to help clients correct these beliefs and understand the true nature of games of chance.
The authors provide step-by-step instructions for clinicians to help clients understand all of the facets of their problem. In addition to correcting erroneous beliefs about gambling, this program teaches problem solving skills, self-assessment techniques, and trigger recognition and avoidance. Designed to be used in conjunction with the corresponding workbook, this guide provides results not only in supervised therapy, but in long-term relapse prevention as well.
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Customer Reviews:
• Overcoming Pathological Gambling 20 January, 2007
This book relies entirely on a companion workbook that was not mentioned in the advertisement for this book. Of course, the workbook needs to go to the gambler, who may have no money to purchase it. I feel ripped off.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3O7NFHF72DWPJ
• Pathological Gambling 17 February, 2007
Therapist Guide combined with Workbook from UOP Treatments That Work series is a terrific combination for an effective treatment approach.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A9TAUQ09PU0A
• Logical, Evidence Based Therapy For Gamblers 22 March, 2007
This book uses CBT to treat gambling problems and presents it in a logical order. Like many addiction treatment books, it is part education and part trigger recognition. What is different about gambling treatment, is that the book deals with erroneous thoughts many gamblers have about their gambling. This book is easy to use for the gambling treatment professional, and by one of the top gambling treatment guys in the field.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1WLH1BZYWUTR3
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