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It's more of a peer to peer collaboration. The addict must be willing to open up with the therapist, to be able to give him the chances of changing him gradually. The healing process like you said is slow, that's why they'll need to create a friendship bond. Such that they'll never get tired of each other. During this period of emotional relationship, the therapist can know the gambler's dos and don't. Which will help him not to piss him off on the long run. Then causing more problem to the gambler, who may begin to think that nobody truly loves him. But if the therapist is able to understand his questions and make reasonable responses that will convince the gambler that he already understands right from the beginning the genesis of their problem. They'll be good to go. Like discussing freely about this and then offering advice to the gambler gradually. Mistakes that therapists make while trying to change addicted gamblers is that they begin to prescribe advice like it's drug to the addict. Instead of working on building a strong conversation with the addict. Nobody wants to be given numerous advises. It makes them feel less important. The addict only needs a person they can share their problems with and who can contribute the way the addicts wants to hear it. This is the only way, the addict can keep visiting the therapist, whenever he has a session. As he already enjoys the relationship bond he's created with the therapist. We all love having new friends, not just a new one, but a friend that seem to be better than all other friends in terms of changing our bad behaviors. That's the primary aim of a therapist on changing the lives of gambling addicts.
That is why gamblers who want to consult a therapist must be open enough to talk about their problems in their gambling activities. However, many don't want to admit that they are addicted to gambling, so this makes it difficult for those who want to help because there are always obstacles to starting the process. An experienced therapist will definitely know how to start a conversation with the addict because they already know that each addict's approach will be different, so that the therapist will use different methods too. They will not go straight to the heart of the problem, but they want to get to know the gambling addict first while finding out his background and what the problem is. The therapist will make the gambling addict feel comfortable in his place and will not realize that he is actually undergoing a therapy session. If it succeeds in attracting their attention, gambling addicts will not feel bored or uncomfortable seeing their therapist, and perhaps they will even ask to consult with their therapist when the therapist is not busy. It will create a close relationship between the therapist and the gambling addict so that it will make it easier for the therapist to start other therapy sessions to cure the gambling addict.
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Actually most of the gambling addicted person can't understand their addiction to the gambling sites after their big loss to the gambling sites.When the loss was happened in the gambling sites,the gambler should pause the game for few days and get the mind away from the gambling for few days.Once their mind was away from the gambling addiction and emotion was controlled.The gambler may start the gambling with small amount of the dollars,So he can understand the current time for the gambler was good or bad.If the gambler possess good time,he can increase the gambling bets,if he again possess the bad luck,it's better to hold for the certain period of time in the gambling.The rehabilitation center was not the good option to get away from the gambling addiction.
Gamblers should be able to rest their minds and bodies from gambling for a few days so that they don't remember what they have experienced. But unfortunately, that only applies to some gamblers, while others still choose to continue gambling so that they will only experience bigger losses. There is clear evidence that they actually have a gambling addiction, but they deny it and say that they are still fine. But if the gambler can resist the urge to return to gambling for a few days and can do other things, he can prevent the gambling addiction because his mind tells him that he must do other things so as not to think about the problem of gambling. He will also realize that he can return to gambling a week later or even a month later, and that is his way of avoiding gambling addiction.
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If better understanding and acceptance of their gambling activities dominates then the chance of coping back and trying to recover from this situation may take place, more on how gambler will react and accept his addiction, without that kind of thinking there's difficulty to adjust and to work on it to removed it from your daily activities.
It's your will to move forward and keep that gambling addiction away from you as a gambler, a self-resposibility that only you can fix in terms of completely skipping away.
If they can accept reality and admit that they have a gambling addiction, maybe healing will be easier because he has admitted their gambling addiction, and they need help to cure their gambling addiction. It also seems like he would have gotten more help if he had looked worse, so his therapist would have used a different approach as well.
A gambler should have the desire to heal himself. If someone else asks for it, maybe they won't react or won't accept it because there will be rejection from them. But if he accepts reality, he will definitely be willing to try to undergo therapy sessions. Even if he hasn't visited a rehabilitation center, maybe he will want to do something with the people around him to recover from his gambling addiction.