Problem Gambling Treatment Psychoeducation
Free · On-demand · 2 CE hours · Learn at your own pace
On-Demand Course
at your pace and convenience.
This course is approved for 2 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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plan and facilitate problem gambling treatment psychoeducation groups;
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integrate psychoeducation into treatment sessions; and
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identify and offer clients and their families additional educational information and resources.
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
Psychoeducation can be a powerful tool for helping clients and families better understand problem gambling. In this online, on-demand training, you’ll learn how to thoughtfully integrate psychoeducation into individual, group, and family treatment settings. You’ll explore strategies for planning and facilitating effective psychoeducation groups, incorporating educational conversations into clinical sessions, and connecting clients and families with helpful information and resources.
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The course is organized into four 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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Practical handouts and worksheets are included, giving you ready-to-use tools that can strengthen understanding, engagement, and meaningful change.
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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, view content as many times as you like, and access suggested readings and resources when possible. 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 a 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
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.
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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
Useful material
Zoe Pavlou
I am thankful for the useful material. It was a great course.
I am thankful for the useful material. It was a great course.
Read LessThe video on psychoeducation was very helpful and educati...
Rene Breedlove
Easy to maneuver and well structured.
Easy to maneuver and well structured.
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Sarah Burgess
client appropriate and easy to use
client appropriate and easy to use
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Zoe Pavlou
I am thankful for the useful material. It was a great course.
I am thankful for the useful material. It was a great course.
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Anibal Galarza
all good
all good
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celeste lakey
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Joshua Boyd
An amazing course for counselors
Angria Bassett
I have worked within the addiction recovery milieu for decades and have recently certified in Problem Gambling. This course will complement your prior knowle...
Read MoreI have worked within the addiction recovery milieu for decades and have recently certified in Problem Gambling. This course will complement your prior knowledge and add current reseach and provides practical tools . I would encourage every counselor to take this free course.
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Angela Bekederemo
A very interesting course. Thank you.
A very interesting course. Thank you.
Read LessExcellent training!
Linda Moore
Very comprehensive and useful. I am so very glad for this training and the resources I can use with my clients.
Very comprehensive and useful. I am so very glad for this training and the resources I can use with my clients.
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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 is 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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