Real-Time Course

in November 2026

This advanced workshop consists of four half-day sessions, held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday mornings: November 6, 7, 20, and 21. You’ll build on what you learned in the Problem Gambling Counselor Precertification course, along with your own experience providing problem gambling treatment. Throughout the workshop, you’ll strengthen advanced clinical skills for engaging families and significant others in treatment, assessing and diagnosing problem gambling, developing treatment plans, and designing effective interventions. You’ll also have opportunities to ask more in-depth clinical questions and seek general consultation on deidentified cases. The workshop is designed to help you deepen your knowledge, sharpen your clinical judgment, and apply advanced strategies with greater confidence in your work.

What You'll Learn

After participating in this class, you will be better able to:

  • engage family and important others in treatment;

  • help families work together to identify how to support gambling recovery;

  • identify multiple domains that affect and are affected by gambling;

  • assess for co-existing addictions, co-occurring mental health disorders, and relational issues;

  • base treatment plans on stages of change related to gambling; and

  • engage clients and their families in relapse prevention.

Who This Course Is For

Problem gambling counselors (CGAC I) in Oregon and elsewhere seeking advanced training or advanced certification (CGAC II):

  • problem gambling treatment providers,

  • family therapists, art therapists, mental health counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health clinicians, and

  • Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADCs).

Who Developed This Course

Oblio Stroyman

Oblio Z Stroyman, LMFT, QMHP-R, CGAC II, ICGC II, BACC is a licensed relational therapist, Qualified Mental Health Practitioner and Addictions Counselor who works with ALL types of relationships, with a specialty in alternative relational models. Oblio enjoys working with various relational configurations, including working with individuals to develop healthy relationships with themselves.

Senior Instructor Teresa McDowell

Teresa McDowell, EdD, LMFT is professor emerita at Lewis & Clark, where she served as department chair and co-founded the college’s Problem Gambling Services. With over 40 years of experience as a clinician, educator, administrator, and consultant, Teresa focuses on workforce development, equity-based clinical practice, integrated treatment for problem gambling, and clinical supervision. She is a social researcher, program evaluator, and consultant with Partners in Social Research and Senior Instructor for ACORN. Dr. McDowell has authored more than 50 scholarly publications and is lead author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Applying Third Order Thinking to Theory and Practice (3rd Ed., 2026).

What About CE Hours

Certificate of completion will be made available on the Student Dashboard after you complete all required course activities and the course evaluation survey.

ACORN is approved by the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO), Provider ID: 26-0044, to provide continuing education courses. Additionally, ACORN has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7274. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACORN is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Free of charge, courtesy of Oregon Health Authority, Problem Gambling Services.

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