Treatment of pathological gambling. Ladouer R., Lashans S.

If it seems to you that you cannot control your actions during the game, if your passion for the game creates problems in family, social and professional life, this workbook will help to cope with the problems of this kind. In modern society, where games are gaining more and more popular and become more affordable, gambling, that is, a pathological fascination with a game, turns into a serious problem. An excessive passion for the game has a negative impact on the personal, social and professional life of a person, generating serious financial problems. Most of these problems are generated by incorrect ideas about the nature of the game: it seems to a person that he can “outwit the system” or learn how to control the outcome of gambling. During the proposed treatment, you will learn not only to avoid “problematic” situations, but also learn the whole truth about gambling. This book was written by scientists who have spent more than twenty years on the study of the psychology of gamers. This book describes the treatment method, with the help of which, according to the authors, you can, as effectively as possible to control the craving for the game, understand the true nature of gambling and prevent future problems with excessive passion for the game. This workbook, which is supposed to be used under the guidance of an experienced therapist, includes different methods of self -esteem, as well as exercises that will help to achieve the ultimate goal - to completely get rid of the harmful passion of the game. This book and the corresponding guide of the therapist make up a full package of treatment, which will help to cope with the excessive enthusiasm of the game.