Category Archives: Hoarding Crisis

How to Help Your Loved One who has Hoarding Disorder? Part 2

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Kim

What do you do when your loved one is not motivated to make changes to make their place safer and healthier? What will motivate them to want to make change? How can you help your loved one who has hoarding disorder? … Continue reading →

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How to Help Your Loved One who has Hoarding Disorder? Part 1

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Kim

What do you do when your loved one is not motivated to make changes to make their place safer and healthier?  What will motivate them to want to make change?  How can you help your loved one who has hoarding … Continue reading →

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The Connection between Mental Health and Chronic Disorganization

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Kim

What is the connection between Mental Health and Chronic Disorganization? It was once thought that OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, was the main issue with individuals who were living with “Hoarding Disorder” (which was deemed a Mental Health Illness in the DSM 1V … Continue reading →

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How to Determine if Your Client is Just Being Willful or Struggling with OCPD

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Kim

Is there a difference between OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and OCPD Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder? This was originally posted on April 25, 2015 at http://smarthappyorganized.com/tidy-and-messy-at-the-same-time-a-look-at-ocpd-and-hoarding/ There can be overlapping symptoms at times so it can be very confusing. It was … Continue reading →

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Help for Hoarders Facing Eviction – What can you do?

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Kim

I am currently working with two women who are facing eviction.  The fact that they are aware that they could lose their housing can be a motivational factor.  Both of them have been homeless or have moved and lost most … Continue reading →

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Help Card for Emotional Shoppers

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Kim

Do you need to cut down on your shopping?  Do you find yourself shopping to avoid uncomfortable feelings?  Are you in debt over your ears? ugh!!  Here is some help in the form of a card that you can cut … Continue reading →

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Help for Firefighters and First Responders

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Kim

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to about fifty Firefighters in the County (Arva) with a co-worker and a Peer Support Worker (volunteer) about how we can work with people who have clutter and hoarding issues.  They said … Continue reading →

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