Advanced Family Issues in Problem Gambling with Sports Wagering

Creating Environments Conducive to Change: Advanced Family Issues in Problem Gambling with Sports Wagering

From children’s T-ball teams and soccer games to watching sports on TV, enjoying sporting events has often been a family activity and indeed been viewed as a means for parents and children to bond. However, with the legalization of sports betting, more and more families are being disrupted by the harm of excessive gambling and treatment providers are seeing more parents trying to cope with the gambling problems of their adult children or young couples trying to salvage fragile relationships. This interactive workshop will explore strategies for helping families develop adaptive coping strategies, protect their finances, and create relational environments that are conducive to recovery-oriented change for everyone.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify at least 2 strategies for helping establish common 
counseling/recovery goals and understandings among loved ones and those experiencing sports betting problems 
• Participants will be able to define at least 2 strategies for helping family members/loved ones increase their sense of financial safety while maintaining relationship with a person who has a sports betting problem
• Participants will be able to identify at least 3 characteristics of a recovery-oriented environment 
• Participants will be able to describe at least 3 coping strategies for loved ones/family members to cultivate relational environments that support recovery-oriented change and self-care

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