Cognitive Behavioral Interventions in Problem Gambling Treatment
Free · On-demand · 3 CE hours · Learn at your own pace
On-Demand Course
at your pace and convenience.
This course is approved for 3 continuing education (CE) hours. To earn CE hours, you will need to complete 1) all required course activities and 2) the course evaluation survey. A certificate of attendance will be made available on the Student Dashboard upon course completion.
What You'll Learn
By the end of this course, you will be better prepared to:
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identify and intervene (restructure) in cognitive distortions related to gambling;
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track and help clients intervene in the gambling action cycle;
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use between-session tasks to encourage awareness and change of gambling thoughts and behaviors; and
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help clients explore and address gambling related schemas.
Who This Course Is For
Behavioral health providers across the globe, including:
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family therapists, art therapists, mental health counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health clinicians,
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problem gambling treatment providers,
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Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADCs),
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Certified Gamling Addiction Counselors (CGACs),
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problem gambling treatment supervisors, and
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prevention specialists.
What Is Included
Cognitive behavioral interventions offer powerful, practical tools for helping clients recognize and change the thoughts and behaviors that contribute to problem gambling. In this online, on-demand training, you’ll explore core cognitive behavioral interventions specifically tailored to problem gambling treatment and learn how to put them into practice with your clients.
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The course is organized into five modules, each featuring a combination of immersive case studies, engaging presentations, and supplemental readings designed to deepen your learning and support practical application.
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This course includes videos of experienced mental health clinicians demonstrating clinical skills in scenarios adapted from real sessions. Clients are portrayed by actors. This provides authenticity while protecting client privacy.
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We suggest you take your time and view content as many times as you like. It is not necessary to complete the course in a single sitting. You are free to open and close the course as many times as you like.
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Once you have reviewed and mastered the content of each module, you will be required to pass a short quiz before proceeding to the next module. You must pass all of the quizzes before you are eligible for verification that you have successfully completed the course.
Who Developed This Course
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).
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What Others Are Saying
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Shilain Patel
Learned a lot about how to to help those who suffer from gambling addiction.
Learned a lot about how to to help those who suffer from gambling addiction.
Read LessExcellent instruction!
James Walsh
Accurate representation of CBT, expertly demonstrated!
Accurate representation of CBT, expertly demonstrated!
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Salvador Reyes
Was very informative.
Was very informative.
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Judith Nix
Relevant to my job
Relevant to my job
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Zoe Pavlou
The seminar was helpful, informative, and left me full of knowledge and techniques that will allow me to continue my work with gamblers, as a counseling psyc...
Read MoreThe seminar was helpful, informative, and left me full of knowledge and techniques that will allow me to continue my work with gamblers, as a counseling psychologist working on the recovery of gamblers.
Read Lessvery informative and clear
Cheryl Petite
very helpful information
anthony balentine
training was educational and engaging
training was educational and engaging
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Greggory Radspinner
It was very well done and the videos are very helpful.
It was very well done and the videos are very helpful.
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Donna Lepley
excellent
excellent
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Traci Ramirez
Very well done!
Very well done!
Read LessAll was really applicable and good as well as updated inf...
Bonnie McIrvin
I really liked having the worksheets in the training as downloads.....thanks
I really liked having the worksheets in the training as downloads.....thanks
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Bilal Simms
If you are interested in helping those that suffer from a gambling addiction, this is fantastic.
If you are interested in helping those that suffer from a gambling addiction, this is fantastic.
Read LessWhat 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 has been 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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