Our 10 session gambling addiction treatment program
Cost: €70 per session or €700 for the full program
Our program of gambling addiction treatment is spread over 10 sessions of one-to-one counselling. It is an empirically supported, manualised, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment program, meaning that the counsellor works from a Therapist Guide Manual, which has an accompanying Client Workbook. One of the many advantages of this approach is that all clients receive the same treatment, regardless of which counsellor they work with.
The treatment model we use was developed by Professor Robert Ladouceur, a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the Quebec Centre of Excellence for the Prevention and Treatment of Problem Gambling, and his colleague Stella Lachance, also a psychologist. It was developed over a 10 year period and studies have found that between 80% and 87.5% of clients who completed the treatment no longer met the diagnostic criteria for a Gambling Disorder. The results remained consistent at the 6 and 12-month follow-up sessions.
Our Addiction Counsellors are experienced, qualified and fully-accredited.
The program is approximately 10.5 hours in duration. At this time, all appointments are delivered remotely (video call or phone call). We recommend that sessions 1-8 are attended over an 8-week period, wherever possible. Sessions 9 & 10 are 6 and 12-month follow-ups. Additional sessions can be arrange, as required.
A detailed breakdown of the steps of the program is available, below.
The treatment model we use was developed by Professor Robert Ladouceur, a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the Quebec Centre of Excellence for the Prevention and Treatment of Problem Gambling, and his colleague Stella Lachance, also a psychologist. It was developed over a 10 year period and studies have found that between 80% and 87.5% of clients who completed the treatment no longer met the diagnostic criteria for a Gambling Disorder. The results remained consistent at the 6 and 12-month follow-up sessions.
Our Addiction Counsellors are experienced, qualified and fully-accredited.
The program is approximately 10.5 hours in duration. At this time, all appointments are delivered remotely (video call or phone call). We recommend that sessions 1-8 are attended over an 8-week period, wherever possible. Sessions 9 & 10 are 6 and 12-month follow-ups. Additional sessions can be arrange, as required.
A detailed breakdown of the steps of the program is available, below.
Session One - Assessment A detailed assessment, using the Diagnostic Interview for Pathological Gambling. It examines the client's current and past gambling habits, current living conditions, other addictions (past or present), mental health issues and support resources available.
60 - 90 minutes duration. 
Session Two - Motivational EnhancementThe objective of this session is to clarify the goals the client wants to accomplish during treatment and enhance intrinsic (internal) motivation to change by exploring and resolving conflicting thoughts and feelings relating to gambling.
60 minutes duration. 
Session Three - Behavoiural InterventionsThe objectives of this session are: to identify the chain of events that lead to excessive gambling, increase awareness of high-risk situations, identify strategies for avoiding high-risk situations, work on problem-solving skills.
60 minutes duration. |
Session Four - Cognitive Interventions #1The objective of this session is to identify irrational thoughts which the client would have experienced before, during and after a recent gambling session.
60 minutes duration. 
Session Five - Cognitive Interventions #2The objectives of this session include: defining the concept of 'chance', establishing the difference between games of chance and games of skill, examining the client's inner dialogue regarding gambling, identifying gambling traps and irrational beliefs.
60 minutes duration. 
Session Six - Cognitive Interventions #3The main objective of this session is to help the client develop skills for challenging and casting doubt on the irrational thoughts and beliefs that lead to excessive gambling.
60 minutes duration. |
Session Seven - Relapse PreventionThe objectives of this session are to: help the client understand relapse as a normal process, develop strategies that will help to prevent relapse, discuss emergency measures in the event of a relapse.
60 minutes duration. 
Session Eight - Post-treatment AssessmentThe objective of this session is to take quantitative and qualitative measures of the client's gambling habits and their perceptions of gambling. Also, to measure the client's belief in their own ability to manage high-risk situations (triggers to gamble) and evaluate the impact of the treatment on different aspect's of the client's life.
60 minutes duration. Sessions 9 & 10 - Follow-up sessions
Six months after starting the program - and again at twelve months - the client's maintenance of progress made during treatment is assessed.
60 minutes duration (per session) |