RI Gambling Treatment Program
Program Staff

Henry R. Lesieur, PsyD, PhD, NCGC

Henry R. Lesieur, PsyD, PhD, NCGC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and a nationally certified gambling counselor. Lesieur has been involved with problem gambling and addictions for over 30 years, first as an internationally recognized researcher, and more recently as a therapist. He has published a book (The Chase: Career of the Compulsive Gambler), numerous book chapters and professional journal articles. He founded the Journal of Gambling Studies and has edited it for 12 years.

An instrument that Lesieur developed, the South Oaks Gambling Screen, is currently in use on six continents and has been translated into more than 35 languages. He has spoken on pathological gambling and has trained other therapists on how to screen, assess and treat pathological gamblers in 15 states, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. He has also been a consultant on legal issues related to pathological gambling in several state courts, federal court and the Ontario provincial court.

He treats pathological gamblers, spouses, partners and parents in the Rhode Island Gambling Treatment Program in both individual and joint sessions. Lesieur and program director Bob Breen, PhD, alternately run the recovery skill therapy group and the continued recovery support group.

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