Beginner
Compulsive Spending
A 3-hour beginner-level course examining compulsive spending as a behavioural addiction with parallels to substance use disorders. Covers identification, assessment, and treatment strategies, helping practitioners recognize the progressive nature of spending disorders and apply evidence-informed interventions in Canadian clinical practice.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion15 lessonsMobile & desktop
Assessment & ScreeningCrisis InterventionCompulsive Spending
$30CAD
3 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Recognize compulsive spending (compulsive buying/spending) as a behavioural addiction and describe its progressive course.
Summarize Canadian epidemiology and common comorbidities (younger adult risk, mood/anxiety, substance use, impulse-control disorders).
Use validated screening and assessment tools (e.g., Pathological Buying Screener, Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale, Compulsive Buying Scale) and integrate them into clinical intake.
Differentiate compulsive spending from other disorders and assess severity, immediate risk and functional/financial harms.
