We go for monthly or quarterly health routine checkups not only because we're sick but to reduce any risk of getting sick before knowing. Right? same behavior can be applied to gambling , do you agree or it's not necessary until you start getting a gambling problem .
For me there is no need to go for gambling therapist checkup like the way people do medical checkup to reduce risk of having health issues. Medical issues is different from gambling addiction. Is just like taking psychiatric vasin to prevent insanity when you are not insane, obvious the person may become permanently insane. Gambling addiction is easy to reduce without any third part interference. if only the affected person can develop a self control method by reducing the level of his day to day gambling habit. Or may decide to focus on other things that will distract his attention on Gambling.
Therapist will accompany the symptoms, which means that a regular check-up is not as important as a check-up when gambling symptoms appear, it is very common that when we are in good physical and mental health, we can almost receive and accept such tests but if we know that we have suffered from some significant symptoms related to gambling, the characteristic fear of facing the disease begins. Instead of proper treatment, we are very resistant to accusations and advice, feeling that our level of self-awareness is greatly lowered.