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Gambling Therapy: A
Treatment for
Gambling
Disorder:
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
February 6, 2006
As
anything in excess can cause a problem so is gambling
because it can cause a severe problem disruptions in any
major area of life: psychological, physical, social or
vocational. The adverse effect can lead to a lot of
problems like the roots of addiction can usually be
traced to a wish to suppress or avoid some kind of
emotional pain that can lead to severe problems later.
Gambling can be termed in the addiction category, as
there is a problem that many behaviors can become as
chemically addictive as a substance. There can be a
total ruin in personal life of a person as behavior
patterns that compromise, disrupt or damage personal,
family or career pursuits. There is a provision for the
people at a level that is
individual and couple counseling for anyone who is
experiencing difficulties resulting from a gambling
problem.
What can cause this disorder?
If s person has increasing preoccupation with gambling
or one needs to
bet more money more frequently when gambling is on. When such people do
not gamble then there is significant lack of patience
and problem of irritability begins when attempting to
stop. In some of extreme cases one faces problems like
loss of control, manifested by continuation of the
gambling behavior in spite of increasingly serious
negative consequences. If the problem is out of control
it have adverse effects like financial ruin, legal
problems, loss of career and family, and even suicide.
How
does the therapy work?
This
gambling therapy has a lot of effects and the
main one is that it can
help stop or reduce the frequency of problem gambling.
This therapy is the one that help to develop ways of
coping with problem gambling behavior. This therapy can
be truly useful for the purpose that it can understand
some of the underlying reasons why gambling has become a
problem. It is a major factor that can help to address
related issues that are causing harm or damage. It is
the best way to develop productive and healthy life
without problem gambling. There are many programs that
are specially based to give comfort to the people like
the twelve week programmer focuses on developing
emotional and practical skills to help prevent relapse
and encourages open discussion. Most of the gambling
care centers have
Forums giving you the opportunity to ask questions,
share advice and support with other people working to
overcome their own or somebody else's gambling problem.
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