A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling - Namrata Raylu, Tian Po Oei

A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling

Therapist Manual
Buch | Softcover
258 Seiten
2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-54816-8 (ISBN)
58,60 inkl. MwSt
This book is a comprehensive manual providing guidance for therapists treating clients with gambling addictions. The authors use a cognitive behavioural approach to identify a session by session guide for overcoming problem gambling.
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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