Modern Psychoanalytic Approaches to Compulsive Gambling

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2 CE Credits for Social Workers, Psychologists, and CASACs

This workshop will focus on gambling as an expression of narcissistic pathology rooted in the preverbal period of development. We will explore the conditions necessary for gambling addiction to occur and what our clients or loved ones may be communicating via their addictive and compulsive behaviors. Topics to be addressed include the etiology of pathological gambling, character traits of the pathological gambler, how to assess the different stages of compulsive gambling, and age and gender differences in compulsive gambling behaviors. This workshop is designed for mental health practitioners and addiction counselors with an intermediate knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and addiction.

Raul A. Plasencia, LCSW, is a graduate of NYU School of Social Work and CMPS. He has over 20 years’ experience in the fields of mental health and addictions, specializing in compulsive and anxiety disorders. He is a practicing psychoanalyst in Hoboken, NJ, and NYC.