No more bets please : overcoming problem gambling.
This straight-talking, empowering video program offers essential information on how problem gambling develops, its damaging impact on individuals and families, and how it can successfully be treated. Through candid first-hand accounts from four recovering gamblers, along with illuminating commentary...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York, NY :
Guilford Publications,
2003.
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| Series: | Counseling and therapy in video.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | This straight-talking, empowering video program offers essential information on how problem gambling develops, its damaging impact on individuals and families, and how it can successfully be treated. Through candid first-hand accounts from four recovering gamblers, along with illuminating commentary from mental health experts, the program shows gamblers, their families, and therapists: * How an alluring diversion becomes a shameful secret as problem gambling takes hold * Common myths and misperceptions about gambling-and why "winning big" is so unlikely * The benefits of individual and group therapy and self-help approaches * Ways to overcome setbacks in recovery and make meaningful, lasting changes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (39 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:38:26 |
| Audience: | For professional psychology therapists and psychology students. |