Category Archives: Hoarding Crisis
How to Help Your Loved One who has Hoarding Disorder? Part 2
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
How to Help Your Loved One who has Hoarding Disorder? Part 1
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
The Connection between Mental Health and Chronic Disorganization
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
How to Determine if Your Client is Just Being Willful or Struggling with OCPD
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
Help for Hoarders Facing Eviction – What can you do?
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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Tagged chronic disorganization, Clutter Support Groups, facing eviction, hoarding, hoarding crisis, home
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Non-Acquiring Help Card for Shoppers
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? Have you noticed that you are bringing items home and then questioning yourself about why? … Continue reading
Posted in compulsive acquiring, De-Clutter Your Life, downsize, Emotional Clutter, hoarding, Hoarding Crisis, Organizing, retail therapy
Tagged chronic disorganization, clutter, Clutter Support Groups, compulsive shopping, decluttering, decluttering your life, downsizing, emotional Clutter, emotional shopping, retail therapy, shopping
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Help for Firefighters and First Responders
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
Posted in Clutter, families, hoarding, Hoarding Crisis
Tagged chronic disorganization, clutter, families, hoarding
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