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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 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
How Much Difficulty Do You Have with Letting Go of Stuff?
Key #3 Actually making decisions about letting go of items can be very stressful and anxiety producing. Being able to trust your instincts about what you want and don’t want is very important, however, this takes practice. Sometimes we will … Continue reading
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 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
Hoarding, Acquiring, Saving, Letting Go, Awareness, Action = Hope
Some people might think that there is no hope for someone who has a hoarding problem and I am not about to make light of it at all because as we know it is a very challenging issue. But…..there are … 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