APTPG - Professionals Assembled to Address Clinical Issues and Treatment Solutions for Compulsive Gambling Problems
*** In Remembrance of Jeff Beck ***
1953 - 2018
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jeff Beck, former APTPG Vice-President, outstanding Clinician, and the cornerstone of the gambling recovery community. He will be lovingly remembered by all those who came in contact with him.
NEW - Read our Five (5) part series on the topic of: "Unresolved Gambling Treatment Issues". Part 1 addresses the Crisis Stage of a gambling disorder. Part 2 deals with the role money plays in the life of an addicted gambler. Part 3 discusses social and psychological losses that accompany abstinence, and Part 4 addresses grief associated with cessation of gambling. The final part discusses the "magical thinking" of the compulsive gambler.
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Our next A.P.T.P.G. meeting is on May 12, 2018 at the New Jersey Law Center. Steve Block will be presenting on: "Paving the Way to Recovery: Symposium on Ways to Facilitate Help”.