COUN-6102 v1

Alderson, K. G. (2019). Addictions counseling today: Substances and addictive behaviors. Sage Publications, Inc.
Read Chapter 14 Gambling Addiction (pages 406-442).
This chapter discusses the history of gambling addiction, characteristics of compulsive gamblers, diagnostic criteria for gambling disorder (GD), risks of excessive gambling, and counseling methods used to treat GD.

Read Chapter 16 Sex Addiction (pages 486-511).
This chapter describes the difference between sexual addiction and having a high sex drive, categories of potential addictive sexual behaviors, characteristics of sex addiction, and counseling methods used to help people develop healthy sex lives.

Read Chapter 18 Food Addiction (pages 530-556).
This chapter describes the difference between food addiction and three eating disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5, common foods having addictive components and causes of food addiction, consequences of being overweight and obesity, and counseling techniques used to treat food addiction.

Cao Baker, L. (Speaker). (2015). Eating disorder movement therapy [Video]. Sage Knowledge.
This video provides information about treatment techniques for eating disorders that include dance and movement therapy, mindfulness relaxation, and creating awareness (0:00-14:52).

Puhl, R. (Academic). (2022). Weight stigma and mental health care [Video]. Sage Knowledge.
This video provides information about weight bias, discrimination, mental health issues, and providing compassionate care (0:00-9:20).

Rodda, S. N., Bagot, K. L., Cheetham, A., Hodgins, D. C., Hing, N., & Lubman, D. I. (2018). Types of change strategies for limiting or reducing gambling behaviors and their perceived helpfulness: A factor analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(6), 679–688.
This study focused on identifying the most helpful strategies problem gamblers used to limit or reduce gambling. Fifteen of the 99 strategies were found to be the most helpful and the authors proposed several areas of focus for interventions.

Williams, D. J., Thomas, J. N., & Prior, E. E. (2020). Are sex and pornography addiction valid disorders? Adding a leisure science perspective to the sexological critique. Leisure Sciences, 42(3/4), 306–321.
This article discusses methodological problems with applying an addiction framework to understanding frequent sexual behavior and pornography viewing. They compare a leisure perspective and posit that problematic sexual behavior is not the same thing as addiction.