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11 - Challenging Gambling Thinking and Beliefs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

By
Frank Ryan
Edited by
Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE  and
Venetia Leonidaki
Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE
Affiliation:
National Problem Gambling Clinic, London
Venetia Leonidaki
Affiliation:
National Problem Gambling Clinic, London
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Summary

In the previous chapter, you learnt how gambling affects our thinking and how to be more alert to gambling-permissive thoughts and your thinking falling into mental traps. In this chapter you will first learn to re-evaluate these thoughts and replace them with thinking more likely to sustain change in the long term. Second, you will be introduced to three coping strategies to enable you to think your way out of situations when you are at risk of gambling.

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Breaking Free
How To Stop Gambling
 , pp. 101 - 111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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