Overcoming Gambling Addiction, 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Overcoming Gambling Addiction, 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Prof Alex Blaszczynski
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 126
Category/GenreCoping With Personal Problems
Popular psychology
Gambling - theories and methods
ISBN/Barcode 9781472138682
ClassificationsDewey:616.858410651
Audience
General
Illustrations B&w integrated illustrations throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Robinson
Publication Date 19 October 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Take control of your habit and your life! Struggling with a gambling habit? If you feel that a 'flutter' has evolved into something out of your control, this indispensable book is for you. This self-help manual uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, aspects of which were pioneered by clinical psychologist Professor Alex Blaszczynski, and now used all over the world, to help with gambling addiction. It will help you to understand how your own gambling problem has developed and what is keeping it going; also, crucially, how to develop the motivation to stop and control any future urges to gamble again. This fully revised and updated new edition takes into account the growth of sport betting and the increased ease of online gambling, as well improvements in clinical interventions. Specifically, you will learn: Who is put at risk by gambling, with support given to friends and families Step-by-step recovery techniques OVERCOMING self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme. Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper

Author Biography

ALEX BLASZCZYSNKI is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Director of its Gambling Treatment Clinic, and Chair, Responsible Gambling Research Group. He is editor-in-chief of International Gambling Studies.