A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-54816-8 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 59 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 498 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-54816-0 / 0415548160 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-54816-8 / 9780415548168 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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