Category Archives: hoarding
How to Help your Family Member who has Hoarding Disorder
Do you have a family member who is struggling with hoarding? Have you tried to help them only to be left feeling frustrated and feeling angry with each other? This is certainly a huge challenge that I am sure would … 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
My Best Tips for Organizing Success
I found this list of tips in my handouts and have expanded on each of them for you. Hope they help you with your organizing success. OHIO – Only Handle it Once! This can be a hard one for all … Continue reading
How To Practice Harm Reduction in Hoarding
How can we practice harm reduction in hoarding? Lets face it, if you are struggling with hoarding or chronic disorganization, you likely are not going to have a home that you would see in a home and garden magazine! This … 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
Who Defines How We Live Our Lives?
I recently met a very interesting Jamaican man at a festival I was attending out of town with some friends. The festival was at the home of friends and in their backyard. He came over from his house because he … Continue reading
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
Clearing Clutter Support Group – Week 2
Week 2 will tell us which participants are really committed to the group. We had one person drop out and another did not call or show up. However, we had two new people as well. One a previous group member … Continue reading
Clearing Clutter Support Groups Work
Week One We had ten people signed up for the group and seven people showed up. Two men and the rest women. It is interesting that the stats show that more men have issues with “chronic disorganization or hoarding” than … Continue reading
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