Self-Exclusion as a Recovery Support Tool: Helping Clients Navigate Illinois’ Voluntary Exclusion Program
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Please join us on July 8th from 11:00-12:30pm CT with Elizabeth Thielen and Anita Pindiur for Self-Exclusion as a Recovery Support Tool: Helping Clients Navigate Illinois’ Voluntary Exclusion Program!
Training Summary
Self-exclusion can be a valuable recovery support strategy for individuals experiencing gambling-related harm. This training provides counselors, therapists, social workers, peer support specialists, and other behavioral health professionals with an overview of Illinois’ Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (VSEP) and its role within a comprehensive treatment and recovery plan. Participants will learn how the program works, eligibility requirements, enrollment processes, benefits and limitations, and practical strategies for discussing self-exclusion with clients. The training will also explore ways to integrate self-exclusion into individualized recovery planning to reduce access to gambling opportunities and support long-term recovery goals.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Describe the purpose, eligibility requirements, and enrollment process of Illinois’ Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (VSEP).
- Explain the role of self-exclusion as a recovery support and harm reduction strategy for individuals experiencing gambling-related harm.
- Evaluate the benefits, limitations, and appropriateness of self-exclusion based on a client’s unique treatment and recovery needs.
- Apply practical strategies to educate clients about self-exclusion and incorporate it into treatment planning, relapse prevention, and recovery support services.
Live and On Demand CE pending approval.
This training is sponsored in whole or in part by the Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery.
ICPG workshops and trainings provide CEU (continuing education units) through the Illinois Certification Board based on approval for individual trainings.
The State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has approved all ICPG workshops and trainings as a Registered Social Worker CE Sponsor. This program is recognized as providing CE hours for: LSW/LCSW and LPC/LCPC under IDFPR license #159.001302.
The International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization recognizes ICPG as a preferred partner for workshops and trainings in line with the ICGC Level I & II.
Anita Pindiur
Anita Pindiur- Executive Director of the Way Back Inn has been with the Way Back Inn since 2002. Anita is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and holds certifications in substance use disorders, gambling disorders, domestic violence and anger management. Anita attended Loyola University for her undergraduate degree and Benedictine University for her Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology. Anita sits on the board of the Illinois Council on Problem Gambling, the Illinois Alliance on Problem Gambling, the Addiction Recovery Team in Oak Park, and the Oak Park Opioid Task Force.
Elizabeth Thielen
Senior Director
Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
Elizabeth Thielen is a Senior Director at Nicasa Behavioral Health Services in Lake County, Illinois with over 20 years in the addictions field. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Problem and Compulsive Gambling Counselor, Elizabeth is passionate about increasing awareness of gambling disorder in the community and among helping professionals. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Council on Problem Gambling, and has also been an adjunct faculty at the College of Lake County, teaching about Process/Behavioral Addictions. Elizabeth co-chairs the Gambling Disorder Committee, a sub-committee of the Illinois Substance Use Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery. Having spoken at the local, State, and National levels, Elizabeth is recognized as an engaging speaker on the subject of gambling disorder and prevention. A former amateur athlete, Elizabeth is also committed to helping athletes avoid disordered gambling as our state adjusts to recently legalized sports betting.
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