On-Demand/Asynchronous Courses

Gambling problems can be difficult to identify in clinical practice. Unlike substance use disorders, Gambling Disorder may develop without obvious physical signs of intoxication or impairment, and clients may conceal gambling behavior until significant financial, emotional, occupational, or relationship consequences have developed.

The increasing accessibility of online gambling and sports betting has also changed the ways individuals engage with gambling, making it increasingly important for behavioral health professionals to ask appropriate questions and recognize potential warning signs.

This asynchronous continuing education course introduces participants to the identification, assessment, and screening of problematic gambling and Gambling Disorder.

Participants will examine the continuum from recreational gambling to problem gambling and Gambling Disorder; common risk factors and warning signs; similarities and differences between gambling and substance use disorders; financial, relational, and emotional consequences; and the role of technology and accessibility in contemporary gambling behavior.

The course introduces several commonly used gambling screening and assessment tools and emphasizes the important distinction between screening, comprehensive assessment, and clinical diagnosis.

Participants will also learn practical ways to incorporate gambling-related questions into routine behavioral health assessment and identify when further assessment, intervention, or referral to a gambling-specific provider may be appropriate.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Differentiate recreational gambling, problem gambling, and Gambling
   Disorder using presented criteria.

2. Identify at least three risk factors or warning signs associated
   with gambling-related problems.

3. Administer and interpret the Lie/Bet Questionnaire and BBGS within
   their intended scope.

4. Describe how to incorporate gambling screening into clinical intake
   and referral decisions.

Topics addressed in this course include:

• Recreational gambling, problem gambling, and Gambling Disorder

• DSM-5-TR Gambling Disorder criteria

• Risk and protective factors

• Emotional and mental health factors

• Social and environmental influences

• Family and developmental factors

• Financial stress and chasing losses

• Gambling among college-age and young adult populations

• Warning signs of problematic gambling

• Behavioral, emotional, financial, and social consequences

• Gambling Disorder and suicidality

• Gambling Disorder compared with substance use disorders

• Technology and accessibility

• Sports betting and online gambling

• Gambling-related cognitive distortions

• Screening versus comprehensive assessment

• Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen (BBGS)

• Lie/Bet Questionnaire

• Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI)

• NODS-CLiP

• South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)

• DSM-5-TR diagnostic assessment

• Incorporating gambling screening into clinical practice

• Treatment considerations

• Working with families

• Referral to specialized gambling services

• Case examples and clinical application

Jumana Murphy, LCSW, CASAC-G, is a psychotherapist, addiction specialist, and founder of Shine Psychotherapy based in in NYC and Fairfield, Connecticut. Her work focuses on addiction, problem gambling, trauma, attachment, and the relational patterns that often underlie compulsive and self-destructive behaviors.

Jumana is a Level 2 AEDP therapist and has extensive training in attachment theory, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). She integrates these approaches to help clients move beyond simply managing symptoms and toward understanding the emotions, relationships, protective strategies, and unmet needs that can contribute to addiction.

Central to Jumana’s clinical philosophy is the belief that authenticity is one of the most powerful tools we bring into the therapeutic relationship. Rather than approaching addiction solely as a behavior that needs to be stopped, she emphasizes connection, curiosity, compassion, and the creation of a therapeutic relationship in which clients feel safe enough to be honest about the parts of themselves they may have learned to hide.

Jumana also brings lived experience to her professional work and has been in recovery from substance use disorder since 2008. Her recovery informs her deep respect for the courage, vulnerability, and complexity involved in change while reinforcing her belief that clinicians can be both highly trained and genuinely human in the therapy room.

In addition to her clinical work, Jumana provides education and training to mental health professionals, including training related to problem gambling and addiction. She is passionate about helping clinicians recognize addiction earlier, understand the person beneath the behavior, and use authenticity and connection to create meaningful therapeutic change.

This is an asynchronous online continuing education course. Participants complete the course independently and at their own pace through Teachable.

The course includes instructional content, clinical examples, reflection/application activities, gambling screening and assessment education, and a posttest.

Because this is an asynchronous course, participants do not need to attend at a designated date or time.

Participants must complete all required components of the course to receive continuing education credit.

To receive continuing education credit, participants must:

• Complete the entire course.

• Complete all required course components.

• Complete the posttest.

• Achieve a minimum posttest score of 80%

• Complete the required course evaluation.

Partial continuing education credit is not available.

Participants must achieve a score of 80% or higher on the course posttest to successfully complete the course and receive continuing education credit.

Participants who do not achieve the required passing score may retake the posttest until they receive a passing grade of 80%

Participants who successfully complete all course requirements, achieve the required passing score on the posttest, and complete the course evaluation will receive a certificate documenting completion of the course and the continuing education credits awarded.

Certificates will be emailed within 7 days after successful completion of all course requirements.

Participants must have:

• Reliable internet access.

• A computer, tablet, or compatible mobile device.

• A current web browser.

• The ability to access Teachable.

• Audio capability

• PDF reader

Participants are responsible for ensuring that their device and internet connection meet the requirements necessary to access the course.