Inpatient treatment for gambling addiction
Confidential, compassionate, evidence-based care to help you break the cycle and rebuild your life.
Get help for gambling addiction — confidential, compassionate, evidence-based
If you or someone you care about is struggling with problematic gambling, you may feel overwhelmed, ashamed, or unsure where to turn. Gambling addiction often develops quietly and escalates quickly, especially with the rise of online gambling, sports betting, and mobile casino apps.
Homewood Ravensview provides one of Canada’s only specialized inpatient treatments for gambling, offering medically led, trauma-informed care for Gambling Disorder (GD) and co-occurring mental health conditions.
If you are looking for gambling addiction help, problematic gambling treatment, or a safe place to regain control, you’re in the right place.
If you or someone you care about is in immediate danger or experiencing thoughts of self-harm, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. In Canada, you can also call or text 988 for the Suicide Crisis Helpline.
What is Gambling Disorder?
Gambling Disorder (GD) is a behavioural addiction that affects decision-making, mood, and impulse control. It can lead to serious financial, emotional, and mental health consequences, including depression, anxiety, trauma symptoms, relationship breakdown, and—in some high risk cases—suicidality.
Common signs of gambling addiction include:
- Difficulty controlling gambling time or spending
- Hiding losses or financial activity
- Chasing losses or escalating risk
- Borrowing money, using credit cards, or taking payday loans to gamble
- Increased anxiety, stress, or shame after gambling
Why choose Homewood Ravensview for gambling treatment?
Ravensview is recognized as a national leader in behavioural addiction and mental health treatment. Our 9-week dedicated inpatient treatment for gambling disorder offers:
- Specialized behavioural addiction therapy
- Integrated mental health care for depression, anxiety, PTSD/trauma, or substance use
- Financial stabilization and harm-reduction planning with occupational therapy support
- 24/7 clinical care in a safe, private environment
- Removal from high-risk environments and support to block online gambling access
- Relapse prevention planning to and help to transition back to community supports
- Family-focused education and support
- This is not general addiction care. This is specialized gambling disorder treatment, designed for people whose gambling has become dangerous, destructive, or unmanageable.
What makes Ravensview’s gambling programming different?
- One of the only dedicated inpatient treatment offerings for gambling disorder in Canada
- Delivered within a separate, tranquil mental health setting
- Led by clinicians with behavioural addiction and trauma specialization
- Support to engage with financial recovery resources
- Designed specifically for online gambling and sports betting realities
- Embedded in a broader continuum of psychiatric care
Who we help with this programming
People come from across Canada to Ravensview when they experience:
- Online gambling addiction
- Sports betting addiction
- Casino gambling harm
- Slot machine or online casino dependency
- Financial and relational collapse related to gambling
- Repeated relapse despite outpatient counselling
Our approach to gambling addiction treatment
Comprehensive Assessment
Our team evaluates problematic gambling behaviour, mental health, trauma history, and financial impact to build a personalized treatment plan.
Evidence-Based Therapy
Including CBT, CPT, DBT, trauma therapy, occupational therapy, psychoeducation, and addiction counselling and relapse prevention informed therapy.
Financial Recovery Support
Guidance on identifying risks, stabilizing finances, and creating a realistic recovery plan.
Integrated Mental Health Treatment
We treat the issues that often fuel problematic gambling, including:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- PTSD and trauma
- ADHD
- Substance use
Structured Continuing Care
We help you transition safely back home with a personalized relapse prevention plan and coordination of outpatient or virtual supports.
- Weekly individual therapy and physician sessions
- Group therapy focused on gambling recovery
- Skills-based groups (impulse control, emotional regulation)
- Sessions to support financial recovery strategies
- Trauma and mental health treatment
- Physical activity and wellness programming
Is inpatient gambling treatment right for you?
- Uncontrolled online gambling or sports betting
- Severe losses or escalating financial risk
- Relationship breakdown or social withdrawal
- Co-occurring mental health concerns
- Multiple failed attempts to stop
- Risk of harm, suicidality, or crisis
Take the first step toward recovery
✔ Take a gambling self-assessment
- Understand whether your gambling behaviour suggests moderate or high risk.
Start Your Recovery at Homewood Ravensview
Gambling addiction can feel isolating and overwhelming, but recovery is possible with specialized care.
If you’re searching for gambling treatment in Canada, inpatient gambling treatment, or professional help for gambling addiction, Ravensview is here to support you.
Take back control. Rebuild your life. Healing starts with asking for help.
Specialized Programs
Other Conditions We Treat
Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress
Medically-focused and physician-led trauma care that serves adults who have experienced traumatic events in their adult life and/or childhood.
Anxiety
Individualized treatment for anxiety using a set of therapeutic, evidence-based approaches that get to the heart of recovery.
Concurrent Disorders
Effective, treatment for individuals with co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders.
Depression
Specialized and adaptable treatment programs providing effective treatment for individuals coping with depression.