Online CE Courses

Gambling Addiction
An overview of pathological gambling as an impulse control disorder.

Continuing Education Hours: 3

Stephanie Barshay, MSCC
Stephanie Barshay is a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health and Nationally Certified Gambling Counselor (NCGC-II). Ms. Barshay has lectured nationally on gambling addiction.

General Course Description:

Gambling is often referred to as the hidden addiction. You could be speaking to your neighbor, friend, relative, and never know that they were a suffering from gambling addiction. There would be no telltale behavior, smell, or white powder under the nose to alert you that this person was coping with a serious addiction. Likewise, the gambler may enter into recreational gambling without realizing that he is traveling into a perfect storm leading to personal and financial devastation.

This introductory course provides a through overview of pathological gambling as an impulse control disorder. Criteria for diagnosis are provided and reviewed, methods for assessment are presented, and a stages of gambling model is offered and discussed. Co-morbid disorders commonly associated with pathological gambling are examined. Psychotherapy considerations, and treatment strategies are presented to aid the therapist in working with clients struggling with a gambling addiction.

This continuing education course is designed to help you:

1. Describe pathological gambling based on DSM-IV criteria
2. Discuss the stages of gambling model
3. Explain common factors associated with pathological gambling
4. Identity frequently used methods of assessment
5. Discuss treatment considerations and strategies

Approvals

NASW, NBCC, NAADAC, CA Board of Registered Nurses, CA BBS, OH Social Work