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Training and Educational Programs
Compulsive Gambling has been called the "hidden addiction". Gambling Solutions and Counseling Services of Michigan, P.L.C. is committed to exposing the addiction while providing a message of prevention, intervention, and hope. As a part of our outreach and education mission, Gambling Solutions and Counseling Services of Michigan, P.L.C. provides training, inservices, and workshops.
Vision
- To increase public awareness of problem gambling.
- To decrease the negative impact of problem gambling on individual, their families, and institutions in Michigan.
- To provide public information that problem and pathological gambling are preventable and treatable.
- To provide training education, prevention and treatment for problem gamblers and their families.
Audiences
- Mental Health Professionals
- Health Care Professionals
- Substance Abuse Counselors
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Gaming Industry Personnel
- Probation and Parole Officers
- Financial Planners and Counselors
- Attorneys and other court officials
- School counselors, teachers and school administrators
Some of the Trainings Available for Professionals
- Assessment and Treatment of Problem Gambling
- Family Issues and Problem Gambling
- The Four Phases of Problem Gambling
- Problem Gambling and the Workplace
- Women's Issues in Recovery
- Recognizing the Warning Signs of Problem Gambling
- Similarities and Differences between Problem Gambling and Chemical Dependency
- Problem Gambling and the Elderly
- Teenage Gambling
This information on problem gambling is offered solely in the interest of helping those individuals who have developed problems with their gambling behaviors. If you or someone you know exhibits the behaviors of problem gambling, seek help. The information provided here is not meant to be a substitute for treatment.