Problem Gambling - A Guide for Families (PDF) - ProblemGambling.ca
Problem Gambling - A Guide for Families (PDF) - ProblemGambling.ca
Problem Gambling - A Guide for Families (PDF) - ProblemGambling.ca
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Getting Help<br />
Counselling <strong>ca</strong>n also:<br />
• help you understand the things that seem out of control<br />
• help you decide what actions to take<br />
• give practi<strong>ca</strong>l in<strong>for</strong>mation about dealing with money problems<br />
• link you to credit counselling, legal services and other resources<br />
• help you understand and reduce the triggers <strong>for</strong> your family<br />
member’s gambling<br />
• get in<strong>for</strong>mation about services in your community<br />
• help you manage stress, anxiety and depression<br />
• help you see that you are not alone.<br />
How Can Counselling Help the Person<br />
Who Gambles<br />
Counselling <strong>ca</strong>nnot make the person with gambling problems<br />
change. Only he or she <strong>ca</strong>n do that.<br />
At first, many people do not want to stop or change their gambling.<br />
Instead, they may go to counselling to get help with<br />
money or family problems. Through counselling, they learn<br />
that their gambling is a problem.<br />
The counsellor will give in<strong>for</strong>mation, advice and support. This<br />
will help the person see that gambling <strong>ca</strong>uses harm, and decide<br />
what to do about it. The counsellor will probably encourage<br />
the person to take a break from gambling, so he or she <strong>ca</strong>n get<br />
gambling under control and see what harm it is <strong>ca</strong>using.<br />
Counselling <strong>ca</strong>n help your family member:<br />
• find healthy alternatives to gambling<br />
• identify his or her gambling triggers<br />
• identify false beliefs that may <strong>ca</strong>use problems<br />
• find ways to cope with the urge to gamble.<br />
Counselling works best when the whole family pulls together<br />
and supports each other. This is why help is available to all<br />
members of the family.<br />
Counselling<br />
works best<br />
when the<br />
whole family<br />
pulls together<br />
and supports<br />
each other.<br />
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