Namrata Raylu, Tian Po Oei

A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling (eBook, PDF)

Therapist Manual

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a treatment manual providing guidance for therapists treating clients with gambling addictions.

In this book the authors use a cognitive behavioural approach and provide a session by session guide for overcoming problem gambling. Essential topics covered include:

• assessment and psychoeducation
• cognitive behavioural strategies to stabilize gambling
• identifying and challenging thinking errors
• relaxation and imaginal exposure
• problem solving and goal setting
• managing negative emotions
• relapse prevention: maintaining a balanced lifestyle and coping with high risk situations

A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling supplies detailed information to help the therapist and client understand gambling behaviours, as well as practical advice on techniques that can be used with the client to change these behaviours.

This practical guide will provide helpful guidance for addiction counsellors and therapists worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136962264
• Artikelnr.: 43821632

Autorenporträt

Namrata Raylu has been involved in a number of research activities in the area of addictive behaviours over the last 12 years and has published in the problem gambling area. Currently, she works as a research collaborator at the Psychology Department, University of Queensland and as a clinical psychologist in private practice.

Tian Po Oei has published widely in the areas of substance, anxiety and mood disorders and processes of change in psychotherapy, especially CBT in Asian cultures. Currently, he holds a personal Chair in Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland and is the Director of the CBT Unit at Toowong Private Hospital.

Inhaltsangabe

Overview. Review of the Problem Gambling Treatment Literature. Session One:
Assessment. Session Two: Psychoeducation and Self-management Strategies to
Stabilize Gambling. Session Three: Cognitive-restructuring I: Identifying
Gambling Specific Thinking Errors. Session Four: Cognitive-restructuring
II: Challenging Gambling Specific Thinking Errors. Session Five:
Cognitive-restructuring III: Identifying and Challenging Other/General
Thinking Errors. Session Six: Relaxation and Imaginal Exposure. Session
Seven: Problem Solving and Goal Setting Skills Training. Session Eight:
Management of Negative Emotions. Session Nine: Relapse Prevention and
Maintenance of Therapeutic Gains I: Balanced Lifestyle. Session Ten:
Relapse Prevention and Maintenance of Therapeutic Gains II: Coping with
High Risk Situations. Elective Session: Assertiveness Skills Training.
Elective Session: Getting Out of Debt. Elective Session: Teaching
Significant Others Strategies to Cope/Deal with the Gambler's Behaviors.
Appendices.