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GROUP THERAPY FOR WOMEN PROBLEM GAMBLERS: PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS -- Project Approved 2003-04

Dr. Noëlla Piquette-Tomei (Principal Investigator)
Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge

Evelyn McCaslin
Regina Qu'Appelle Health District

Dr. Sonya Corbin Dwyer
Faculty of Education, University of Regina

This pilot project proposed to examine 'effective counselling practices' for women problem gamblers. More specifically, it aimed to explore the impact of a group therapy approach in addressing the needs of these women using an action research approach. Implications for improving gambling treatment was considered in the context of their experiences.

Status (Complete)

The following sources of data were collected for this project:

1. Journals - participants’ personal journal in which they recorded their thoughts, questions and musings.
    
2. Field notes – documentation of the weekly group therapy sessions, in which notes outlining the effectiveness of the group approach, the questions posed and issues of treatment were recorded.
    
3. Interviews – participants’ reflection of their growth and the effectiveness of the group treatment were collected through tape recorded face-to-face interviews, then transcribed for thematic interpretation.
   

A thematic interpretation through a grounded theory research analysis of the data is complete. The research team is in the process of writing the results for dissemination through conference and scholarly journal submissions.

Preliminary findings were reported at the Research Reveals poster exhibitions in Edmonton, Lethbridge and Calgary in October 2004 and at the women’s problem gambling treatment group in January 2005 in Regina.  Project findings were also presented at the International Conference for School Psychologists, July 14-19, 2005 in Athens, Greece.

Corbin Dwyer, S., Piquette-Tomei, N., Buckle, J. L., & McCaslin, E. (2011). Journaling as a counseling tool: Explored as an effective counseling tool with women gamblers. Paradigm 16(1), 4-5. Retrieved from http://www.addictionrecov.org/Paradigm/DisplayParadigmIssue.aspx?ID=53

Piquette-Tomei, N., Norman, E., Dwyer, S. C., & McCaslin, E. (2008). Group therapy for women problem gamblers: A space of their own. Journal of Gambling Issues, 22, 275-296. doi:10.4309/jgi.2008.22.8

Piquette-Tomei, N., Dwyer, S. C., Norman, E., McCaslin, E., & Burnet, J. (2007). Women problem gamblers want more. Saskatchewan Notes [Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - SK], 6(5), 1-4.

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Last Updated: 08/19/11