Real-Time Course

on April 18 and May 2, 2025

Consisting of two daylong (9 am - 5 pm) sessions, this workshop shows how to integrate family and important others across the spectrum of problem gambling treatment services, including initial engagement, assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, psychoeducation, and relapse prevention. Additionally, the workshop builds on previous learning via the Problem Gambling Counselor Precertification course and participants’ experience in providing problem gambling treatment. Learners will explore advanced skills in relationship to assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment interventions based on a case example. Lastly, the course provides an opportunity for learners to seek general consultation on deidentified cases and to ask more in-depth questions.

Instructor

OHA Instructor Brandie Lyday

Brandie Lyday, MA, LMFT, CGAC II, CADC III owns and manages True Heart Therapy, a mental health group practice. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and serves as adjunct faculty providing family therapy supervision for Lewis & Clark’s Problem Gambling Services. Brandie previously worked as an Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Treatment Program Development Analyst and has extensive experience as an outpatient addiction treatment specialist, delivering individual, group, couple, and family therapies, including work with clients involved in the criminal legal system.

Pricing

This workshop is subsidized by the Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services (OHA PGS).

ACORN

is committed to excellence.

ACORN has been approved by the International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization (IPGGC) and the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) 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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