Oct 8, 2018 | Counselors, Gambling Addiction Research, Gambling Recovery, Informative, Research Study
As most gambling counselors and therapists will attest, there’s no single treatment that works across the board for all clients. However, meditation and other mindfulness-based therapies, which have increased in popularity, are showing promise in helping people cope...
Jan 22, 2018 | Counselors, Training
“Kathy” had been doing well in her recovery from gambling addiction, having abstained for a dozen years with only occasional fleeting thoughts about gambling. But when a workplace assault created new trauma and awakened old feelings from previous traumatic...
Jan 4, 2017 | Counselors, Gambling Help Providers, Recent Northstar Posts
Club Recovery is a Minneapolis-based outpatient addiction treatment center specializing in alcohol and drug abuse and compulsive gambling. The center began operations in 1998 and has been providing treatment for gambling addiction since 2000. The gambling treatment...
Dec 20, 2016 | Counselors, Gambling Recovery, Recent Northstar Posts, Resources
In addition to the social and emotional devastation of gambling addiction, which may include loss of relationships, residence, physical health and career opportunities, the damage exacted to one’s finances is significant. While therapists and groups such as Gambler’s...
Nov 23, 2016 | Counselors, Gambling Help Providers, Recent Northstar Posts
The problem gambling program at Fairview Recovery Services is an intensive outpatient program that encompasses group therapy with a family component for concerned others. Fairview’s program is one of Minnesota’s oldest and most comprehensive gambling programs, dating...
Aug 17, 2016 | Counselors, Outreach, Recent Northstar Posts
Northstar’s “Northern Exposure” campaign, an effort to focus more attention on problem gambling in Northern Minnesota, is continuing to move forward. The latest phase is to generate public awareness about problem gambling through a media and advertising campaign in...
