Breaking Free

Have you ever lied about your gambling habits to anyone, or tried to conceal the fact you've gambled? Have you ever bet more than you could afford to lose, or gone back the next day to try and win back the money you've lost? Your gambling may be becoming problematic and it's time to seek help. Breaking Free: How to Stop Gambling is a self-help workbook, packed full of practical exercises, worksheets and questionnaires, designed to help you assess the extent of your gambling problem, and develop strategies to combat it. The materials use a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach to guide you through practical steps and techniques that can help you take back control of your habit. All of the materials have been developed by leading experts in the field and are evidence-based interventions, and are designed to help you to break free from your gambling problem.

Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE is the Founder and Director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, the UK's first NHS clinic set up specifically to treat Gambling Disorders. She is spokesperson on Behavioural Addictions for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and President of Psychiatry at the Royal Society of Medicine. She was awarded an OBE in the 2019 New Year's Honours for services to Addiction Treatment and Research.

Venetia Leonidaki is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and BABCP-accredited Psychotherapist and Supervisor. She has developed the treatment pathways, supervised, and offered psychological treatment at the National Problem Gambling Clinic in the last three years.