Topics
Pick one, or I’ll build a session around what your team is seeing.
Screening and assessment
Brief screens, the PGSI, the DSM-5 criteria and how to ask about gambling so people answer honestly.
Sports betting in the legal era
Apps, parlays, promos and live betting, and why they change how fast harm builds.
Trading, crypto and prediction markets
When investing turns into gambling, and how to talk about it with clients who don’t call it gambling.
Money and safety first
Protecting finances in the first weeks: access limits, self-exclusion, blocking tools and handing over control.
Suicide risk
Why risk runs high with gambling disorder, and how to assess it when debt and shame are part of the picture.
Partners and families
Helping the people around the gambler, including CRAFT, and what the evidence does and doesn’t show.
Gambling with alcohol and drugs
Treating gambling inside a substance use program, and what has to change.
Relapse and long-term recovery
Triggers tied to the sports calendar, lapses, and building a life that doesn’t need the action.