A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual

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Routledge, Jun 10, 2010 - Psychology - 272 pages

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.

 

Contents

Overview
1
Review of the problem gambling treatment literature
9
Session one Assessment
36
Session two Psychoeducation and selfmanagement strategies to stabilize gambling
56
Session three Cognitiverestructuring I identifying gambling specific thinking errors
71
Session four Cognitiverestructuring II challenging gambling specific thinking errors
80
Session five Cognitiverestructuring III identifying and challenging othergeneral thinking errors
89
Session six Relaxation and imaginal exposure
108
Case formulation and treatment plan sheet
198
Contract for completion of the treatment programme
200
Monitoring gambling sheet
201
Motivations towards gambling worksheet
202
Identifying gambling triggers and establishing safeguards worksheet
203
Daily schedule
205
Alternative activities worksheet
206
The START technique contract
209

Session seven Problemsolving and goalsetting skills training
117
Session eight Management of negative emotions
127
Session nine Relapse prevention and maintenance of therapeutic gains I balanced lifestyle
138
Session ten Relapse prevention and maintenance of therapeutic gains II coping with highrisk situations
146
Elective session Assertiveness skills training
155
Elective session Getting out of debt
164
Elective session Teaching significant others strategies to copedeal with the gamblers behaviours
168
Guidelines for home exercises
184
Guidelines for roleplaysbehavioural rehearsals
187
Assessing and managing suicidal clients
188
Notes on stages of change
191
Notes on motivational interviewing
194
Notes on controlled gambling
197
Irrational thoughts record A adapted from Beck et al 1979
210
Irrational thoughts record B adapted from Beck et al 1979
211
Relaxation techniques
212
Imaginal exposure worksheet
216
Problemsolving worksheet
217
Goalsetting worksheet
219
Negative emotions worksheet
221
Balanced lifestyle worksheet
223
Budgeting worksheet
225
References
226
Author index
244
Subject index
251
Copyright

Other editions - View all

A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual
Namrata Raylu,Tian Po Oei
Limited preview - 2010
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual
Namrata Raylu,Tian Po Oei
No preview available - 2010
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual
Namrata Raylu,Tian Po Oei
No preview available - 2016

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2010)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual
AuthorsNamrata Raylu, Tian Po Oei
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2010
ISBN1136962255, 9781136962257
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Psychology / Mental Health
Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction
Psychology / Psychotherapy / General
  
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