According to Public Health England approximately 1.5 to 2 million adults in Britain may be directly affected by someone else’s gambling. Of those, women are disproportionately represented among ‘affected others’ seeking support.
Many affected others do not seek support until crisis point.
Lorraine Perrons, mother-of-two returned from a family holiday to discover, unbeknown to her, her husband’s secret gambling addiction had pushed the family to the brink of financial collapse.
Now, years later, Lorraine, alongside fellow therapist Claire Jones, is helping affected others to rebuild their lives through a pioneering trauma informed programme designed to support women affected by the fallout from another person’s gambling addiction.
Experts estimate that for every person experiencing gambling harm in the UK, up to 10 other people suffer in silence alongside them, often partners and children living with secrecy, fear, debt and...
