Advanced Gambling Counselor Certification

This four-part course provides 30 of 60 hours needed to meet all of the educational requirements for the CGAC I credential.

Topics and presenters

Day 1: Cultural Competency and Diversity, Oblio Stroyman, M.Ed., MFT, and Janese Olalde,  M.Ed., QMHP, CADC II, CGAC II.

Day 2: Family Treatment, Oblio Stroyman, M.Ed., MFT.

Day 3: Treatment Issues with Problem Gambling: “The Meaning of Money”, Joe Reisman, LPC, NCGC II, CADC I and Mark Douglass, LPC, NCGC-II/BACC, CADC I; and “Seeking Safety”, Rick Berman, M.A., LPC, CADC III, CGAC II. 

Day 4: Counselor Care: Transference/Countertransference, and Mindfulness, Cathy Moonshine, Ph.D., MSCP, MAC, CADC III

Advanced Supervision Issues, Nicole Corbin, LPC, CGAC II, CADC I, CPS.

The day will conclude with a panel discussion on “Where We Are and Where We Are Going”.

Prerequisite: Currently working in the field and/or hold CGAC I, or successfully completed Gambling Specialist Pre-Certification.

Dates: Saturdays, February 4, 18 and March 3, 17, 2012

Time: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus, Conference Center room 116

Instructor: Tom Ten Eyck, M.A., CDAC II, CGAC II

CEU/PDU: 30 hours, $195. Morning coffee and pastries and lunch are included in the course fee.

Registration form.

This course is co-sponsored by Problem Gambling Services of the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Council on Problem Gambling, and the Addiction Studies Program at Lewis & Clark.

About the Instructor

Thomas G. Ten Eyck, MA, CADC II, CGAC II, is an addictions specialist with emphasis on co-occurring disorders and pathological gambling. Starting in 1992, he was a pioneer in helping establish and shape Oregon’s gambling treatment offerings. He designed, implemented and supervised three separate gambling treatment programs, one which received the State of Oregon award for excellence. He has presented at international, regional, and state-wide conferences and institutes. He has taught problem gambling and other addictions courses at Lewis & Clark College, Mount Hood Community College, Chemeketa Community College, and for the State of Oregon. He continues as adjunct faculty in Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and serves as one of Oregon’s pioneer program of Approved Clinical Consultants (ACC) to current gambling counselors and their supervisors.