Values, Mindfulness, and Emotion in Problem Gambling Treatment
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 able to:
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identify the role of emotions and emotional regulation in problem gambling treatment;
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engage clients in mindfulness activities; and
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help clients identify and commit to what they most value to encourage problem gambling recovery.
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
Emotion, mindfulness, and personal values each play an important role in problem gambling treatment and recovery. In this course, you’ll examine how emotions and emotional dysregulation can influence gambling behavior. Additionally, you’ll learn mindfulness-based strategies that can help clients respond more effectively to urges and explore ways to help clients reconnect with the values that matter most to them. The course also introduces the ACT Matrix as a practical tool for supporting values-based change.
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The course includes four modules, each featuring a combination of immersive case studies, presentations, and readings.
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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 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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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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What Others Are Saying
Very Satisfied
Zoe Pavlou
I am very satisfied on every level, as a Counselling Psychologist working with gamblers. This course is very helpful for me so i could help them.
I am very satisfied on every level, as a Counselling Psychologist working with gamblers. This course is very helpful for me so i could help them.
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EZINNE KIM BOARDMAN
I learnt a lot and it refreshed my memory
I learnt a lot and it refreshed my memory
Read LessEngaging and helpful for clients and clinicians
Kerry Ropte
Engaging and helpful for clients and clinicians
Engaging and helpful for clients and clinicians
Read LessVery educational
Joshua Boyd
Informative
Jason Brooks
very important
Rica Ottenbreit
very helpful to my job
very helpful to my job
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Glenda Lewis
Lots of reading, but watching the interactions was worth it.
Lots of reading, but watching the interactions was worth it.
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Reeve Lewis
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Adrienne Wicker
Learned many things I will be able to use with my clients.
Learned many things I will be able to use with my clients.
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Windy Clevenger
thank you
thank you
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Lisa Knudsen
Very useful
Very useful
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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 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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