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Unlocking the Subconscious: Hypnotherapy for Gambling Addiction

Lorraine Perrons and Claire Jones join hosts Dr Michael Auer and Jon Bruford to talk about treating gambling harm through hypnotherapy: the subconscious drivers beneath the behaviour, why commitment matters more than willpower, how therapy works effectively online, and the support that people affected by someone else’s gambling so often go without.

• Hypnotherapy for gambling harm and phobias
• Why commitment matters more than willpower
• How therapy works effectively online
• Uncovering subconscious trauma
• Building emotional regulation skills
• Safeguarding and emotional crises
• Personalised treatment plans
• Programmes designed for people affected by someone else’s gambling

My Husband's Gambling Addiction Destroyed My Life. Now I'm Helping Other Women Rebuild Theirs.

Lorraine writes openly about discovering her husband's gambling on a family holiday, the financial crisis that had been hidden from her, and the years of instability that followed while she was also losing her father.

“a very clear example of what gambling addiction can do to a family” A judge, quoted in the article

She describes being diagnosed with Complex PTSD years later, and why that diagnosis became a turning point rather than an ending. It led her to retrain, to meet Claire, and to build the support she could not find when she needed it: something for the partners, parents and children left carrying the fallout.

Voices of Change in Gambling Recovery

Lorraine and Claire join Jon Bruford to talk about their work with gamblers and people affected by someone else’s gambling. They share the personal journeys that led them into this work, and their approach to recovery: holistic, and built around the individual rather than a single template.

The conversation also turns to the wider challenges in gambling recovery, including funding, accessibility, collaboration, transparency, mental health awareness, and making sure the voices of those affected by gambling harm are actually heard.

Lorraine and Claire's interview begins at 37:36 and runs to 1:21:57.