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PROBLEM GAMBLING AND THE FAMILY PROBLEM GAMBLING IS A FAMILY MATTER TREATMENT INSTITUTE JUNE 29, 2007 Donna Whitmire, Problem Gambling Counselor and Linda Graves, Problem Gambling Program Manager, DASA
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ProblemGambling is a Family Matter Problem Gambling is a Family Matter Progression of the Family with Problem Gambling Issues A Family Out of the Money Understanding the Three C’s in Family Recovery Family Systems Therapy
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Denial Phase –Occasional worries –Keeps concerns to self –Makes excuses for gambling –Considers gambling temporary –Questions unpaid bills –Easily reassured –Unexplained financial crisis –Accepts remorse of gambler
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Stress Phase - Spouse spends less time with family - Arguments - Spouse feels rejected - Demands upon gambler - Attempts to control gambling - Provides bailouts - Avoids children, family and friends - Isolation
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Exhaustion Phase Intense resentment Thinking impaired Confusion Physical symptoms Immobilization Doubts sanity Rage Anxiety-panic
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Film—A Family out of the Money Mom Sons Daughters
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Three C’s in Family Recovery Communication Compromise Commitment
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Family Systems Therapy family structure rules Flexibility of boundaries Enmeshment in families Disengaged-rigid families Aligned family systems Coalitions – between family members against another family member Structural Family Therapy– Minucin Observed family interactions
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Family Systems Therapy Murray Bowen developed a system where he saw psychological characteristics in families were passed on generationally with: Fusion Differentiation Pseudo self Triangulation Family projection process Emotional cut-off
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Thanks a bunch for your participation ! Donna Whitmire, NCGC-II dwwanna@aol.com Linda Graves, NCGC-II gravell@dshs.wa.gov
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