Trainings & Conferences

The Mass. Council is committed to teaching others about problem gambling. Each year we lead regional trainings and an annual conference, which clinicians can participate in to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

 

THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

 

The 2008 Massachusetts Conference on Gambling Problems Gambling Disorders in the Commonwealth: Honoring Past Achievements, Recognizing Present Accomplishments & Looking to the Future

 

Friday, May 9, 2008

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

University of Massachusetts, Boston Campus

 

Download the Conference Invitation.

 

Goals:

Participants will be able to:

• List several risk and protective factors for youth and young adults and discuss their application in youth services
• Discuss several strategies in self-directed treatment with a focus on ethnic and linguistic minorities
• Explore avenues for networking and collaboration with other gambling treatment specialist
• Review and discuss successful strategies for promoting your gambling-related services

Accommodations:

The Courtyard Marriott at 63R Boston St., South Boston, MA 617-436-8200

 

 

Directions:

For directions to the University of Massachusetts, Boston Campus, and parking information, please click here.

 

 

TWO ONLINE COURSES:

 

Friday, April 25 through Sunday, May 18, 2008

Recognizing and Managing Countertransference

in Problem Gambling Clinical Work

This online course is an intensive study of countertransference and how it impacts clinical judgment and treatment. This advanced-level course requires a review of current literature, as well as clinical seminar-type e-discussions with other participants and the instructor, Geoffrey W. Locke, MA, MSW, ABD, a clincian in private practice in Amherst, Massachusetts, for 12 CEUs.

 

Beginning Monday, May 26, 2008 -- end date to be announced

The Gambling Brain: How It Works & How to Treat It

This online course will explain the role of biochemistry in the development of a gambling problem and in its treatment. It will discuss the cross priming effect of other addictions on gambling disorders. The course will also review how gambling problems are addressed with medications and/or psychotherapeutic treatment. This advanced-level course requires a review of current literature, as well as clinical seminar-type e-discussions with other participants and the instructor, Jon Grant, JD, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School, for CEUs (pending).

 

Trainings will increase current substance abuse and mental health clinicians' skills in clinical interventions, addictions treatment, and case management for people experiencing gambling disorders. Clinicians will learn how to incorporate problem gambling information and treatment skills into their clinical practices. To learn more, please download our Spring 2008 Regional Training Brochure.

 

The Council also offers technical assistance and in-service trainings for clinicians (leading to certificates or national certifications as compulsive gambling counselors) and any other professional or community-based organization representatives who are interested.

For more information, please contact Peggie Milisci, Program Assistant, at 617.426.4554 / peggie@masscompulsivegambling.org.

 

You may also join our e-mail list for updated information. To register for any of the trainings offered by the Council, please use our secure registration and payment page.