This article presents the results of diagnosis and correctional work with young people undergoing rehabilitation in private centers in Astana. The respondents had a gambling addiction and underwent their first rehabilitation. The analysis of the therapeutic activities of private centers, the problems of correctional work with this category of rehabilitators is given.

Currently, there is a high need for research not only on the personality and behavior of people with gambling addiction, but also on the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs for this group of clients.

The authors analyzed the personal and behavioral characteristics of rehabilitators obtained in the process of psychodiagnostics, personal consultations, observation during group classes and life activities in the centers. The directions of correctional work with people with gambling addiction are proposed. The results of the study of the psychological characteristics of young people with gambling addiction, as well as proposals for a correctional and developmental rehabilitation program, may be of interest to psychologists, psychotherapists specializing in psychotherapeutic assistance to people with behavioral addiction.