Webinar: From Theory to Practice: Best Practices in Gambling Treatment

Date: January 14, 2026     Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Cost: $15.00     CEU Hours: 1.5

This webinar will address the delivery of care for those struggling with gambling, with particular focus on military and veteran populations.  As the landscape of gambling has changed and the roles and impacts of military engagement shifts, we have found significant increases in gambling behavior.  The key to being an effective counselor is understanding your client’s culture and impactful psychosocial issues. This presentation aims to increase awareness and ultimately provider competencies to best practice, person centered, and culturally sensitive care.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify several best practice treatment models for the treatment of gambling disorder with specific attention to special populations such as veterans and military.
2. Identify several therapeutic interventions and their relationship to the psychology of change and how to pivot to meet the needs of the client.
3. Identify personal reactions and their impact on the therapeutic process, specifically while working with those with gambling disorder and military history.

Presenter Biography
Dr. Heather Chapman is a clinical psychologist, a National Certified Gambling Counselor and Board-Certified Clinical Consultant International Gambling Counselor Certification Board, and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.  She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, Deputy Director of the Veterans Addiction Recovery Center and the Director of the Gambling Treatment Program at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, the only residential and leader of gambling treatment for the VA and Department of Defense.  She speaks throughout the world on problem gambling. Her research interests include suicidality, treatment engagement and retention, and personality subtyping among those with gambling disorder.