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Adult Protective Services, State laws & Statewide Resources	National Center on Elder Abuse, by state Another source for by state listings Additional/related: Reporting elder abuse/self-neglect How APS works
Animal Hoarding Animal Hoarding:What caseworkers need to know Animal Hoarding News Only The H oarding of A nimals R esearch C onsortium News from HARC Humane Society of United States Animal Sheltering Interventions Public Policy Resource Manual More News New Report More Animal Hoarding articles Fact Sheet from wildlifeprotection.net	Animal Hoarding Crisis Intervention The Tufts University Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium (HARC) at is compiling a list of people who specialize in animal hoarding crisis intervention. One counselor available at present (See below). Fee-for-Service Consultations- Long distance telephone consultation services provided (or available) for out-of-state clients or organizations. References are available upon request. For further information and costs of service, contact Ms. Nathanson directly. Email: jnncnslt@aol.com or Telephone: (617) 325-4828
Cleaning Companies familiar with hoarded homes, local services for assistance cleaning out a hoarded homeNational: 1-800-GotJunk.com ThePlan.com BERGFELD's Estate Clearance Services KRICSC SE U.S.: Fagala Biohazard Specialists, LLC Warning! Some of these companies are for crime scene clean-up companies and the graphic images on their sites might be disturbing. Crisis Cleaning Advice: From those that have done it. Crisis Cleaning discussion forum	Statewide: Accident Scene Cleaners Statewide: Filthy House Cleaning Services South Florida: Clutterbusters •More information on their services for hoarded homes •Video about their services Tampa Bay/Metro area: Spaulding Decon 813-298-7122 "Packrat Cleanouts". Law Enforcement owned/operated. Tips if you don't see one listed in your area: •Check the online classifieds on craigslist.org for “junk removal” services or for “handyman” and cleaning labor. •Check your local churches to see if they have volunteer groups to help clean out these types of homes. •Post on Freecycle.org •If you don't see a company listed in your area, some people have reported finding companies to clean out these types of homes by searching "crime scene clean-ups" or "meth lab clean-ups." •Also see our Family Resource Community where members can post known resources. -Back To Top-
Child Protective Services and related resources :	Phone numbers/websites, by state seeking information
Codes/Legal/Housing Nolo.com: Nolo's mission is to make the legal system work for everyone -- not just lawyers. Library of Congress Links to Web, gopher, telnet, and ftp sites that contain the full text of state statutes, state constitutions and other legislative resources American Law Sources On-line (ALSO) Links to state laws, court information, Attorney General opinions, and more FindLaw: State Links to State statutes, codes, Supreme Court opinions, and case law National Conference of State Legislatures Links to State Legislatures State and Local Government Resources on the Net By Piper Resources American Assn. of code enforcement	seeking information -Back To Top-
Doctors, Therapists, Counselors familiar with treating compulsive hoarding Finding a therapist: ADAA, ACT, ABCT, OCD-LA OCD therapist list from OC-Foundation Attention Deficit therapist referrals OCD Treatment Therapist List from the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation How to know if your therapist knows how to treat OCD? What to expect from CBT; How to Choose a Therapist "Treatments That Work", Clinicians Guide to treating Compulsive Hoarding: Frost/Steketee Watch for Michael Tompkins book in 2008.	What is a BTI Graduate? Karen Larkey, PsyD 283 Crones Roost Blvd – Suite 111 Altemonte Springs, FL 32701 Phone: (407) 265-1900 Email: Drlarkey@aol.com Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorder/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Accepts Medicare/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Blanche Freund, PhD Turnberry Plaza 2875 NE 191 Street – Suite 903A Aventura, FL 33180 Phone: (305) 573-1733 Fax: (305.937.0625 Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum DIsorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Accepts Medicare/Home Visits/ERP/CBT Karen Comiter Beer, LCSW 2499 Glades Road – Suite 108 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Phone: (561) 620-4844 Fax: (561) 361-0368 Email: LCSWmom3@aol.com Adult/Medicare Provider/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/ Hoarding/Home Visits/ERP/CBT Bruce M. Hyman, PhD, LCSW OCD Resource Center of Florida, Boca Raton Office 398 Camino Gardens Blvd - Suite 207 Boca Raton, FL 33432 Phone: (954) 962-6662 Email: ocdhope@bellsouth.net Website Jodi Jacobson, LCSW, MSW 7301-A W. Palmetto Park Road Suite 106C Boca Raton, FL 33433 Phone: (561) 391-4669 Fax: (561) 391-1815 Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ERP/CBT Dr. Louis T. LaPorta, Jr. 7200 W Camino Real – Suite 314 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Phone: (561) 901-1430 Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Dis/BDD/Trich/Home Visits/ERP/CBT Priti M. Kothari, MD, PA 9325 Glades Road Suite 208 Boca Raton, FL 33434 Phone: (954)385.0353 Child/Adol/Adults/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Stacy Sanders Shaup, PhD Licensed Psychologist OCD Resource Center of Florida 1499 West Palmetto Park Road Executive Suites Boca Raton, FL 33486 Phone: (954) 962-6662 x4 Child/Adol/Adults/Behavior Therapy/OCD/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Home Visits/ERP/CBT Blanche Freund, PhD 1230 South Federal Highway – Suite 102 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Phone: (561) 523-0206 Fax: (561) 736-4025(fax) Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Accepts Medicare/Home Visits/ERP/CBT Francine Sherwood, LCSW Coral Springs, FL tsipi@juno.com Regine I. Diamond, JD, MSW, LCSW 2699 Sterling Road #A 105 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Phone: (954).964.3249 Email: regine@reginediamond.com Website Note: Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Gary R. Geffken, PhD 4324 NW 21st Street Gainesville, FL 32605 Phone: (352) 392-3856 Email: Geffken@psych.med.ufl.edu Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/ Hoarding/ERP/CBT Wayne K. Goodman, MD Dept of Psychiatry MBI L4-100 PO Box 100256 Gainesville, FL 32610 Phone: (352) 392-3681 Email: wkgood@psychiatry.ufl.edu Child/Adol/Adult/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Accepts Medicaid/Intensive Treatment/Support Group/Bilingual Staff/ERP/CBT Eric Storch, PhD University of Florida OCD Program Dept of Psychiatry Box 100234 Gainesville, FL 32610 Phone: (352).392.3613 Fax: (352).392.3614 Email: estorch@ufl.psychiatry.edu Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Psychiatrists on Staff for Medication Referrals/Sliding Scale/Home Visits/Accepts Medicaid/Bilingual Staff/ERP/CBT Jean H. Gibson, PhD 1198 Gulf Breeze Parkway Suite 3 Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 Phone: (850).934.4523 Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Karen Breakstone, MD 3475 Sheridan Street – Suite 308 Hollywood, FL 33021 Phone: (954) 893-9223 Email: kubmd@bellsouth.net Child/Adol/Adult/Medication/Sliding Scale/OC Spectrum Disorder/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/CBT Bruce M. Hyman, PhD, LCSW OCD Resource Center of Florida, Hollywood Office (see also Boca Raton) Sheridan Executive Center 3475 Sheridan Street #310 Hollywood, FL 33021 Phone: (954) 962-6662 Email: OCDHope@bellsouth.net Website Child/Adol/Adult/Medication prescriber on staff/Home Visits/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Group Therapy/Bilingual Staff/ERP/CBT Stacy Sanders Shaup, PhD Licensed Psychologist OCD Resource Center of Florida Suite 310 3475 Sheridan Street Hollywood, FL 33021 Phone: (954).962.6662 x 4 Child/Adol/Adults/Behavior Therapy/OCD/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/ERP/CBT Amaya Ramos, MD 8225 State Road 52 Hudson, FL 34667 Phone: (727) 861-1765 Child/Adol/Medication/Sliding Scale/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Biling ual Staff Cindy Richetti, Mental Health Counselor 100 Executive Way Suite 200 (Ponte Vedra 32082) Jacksonville, FL Phone: (904).280.8006 Fax: (904).280.8009 Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorder/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Sliding Scale/Support Group/ERP/CBT Mary E. Morel, LCSW 10225 Ulmerton Rd,8-B Largo, FL 33771 Phone: (727).586.0636 Fax: (727).585.6287 Child/Adults//OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/ Hoarding/ERP/CBT Roberta Shapiro PhD 4530 Prairie Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140 Phone: (305).674.8158 Fax: (305).534.2304 Email: rshap33@earthlink.net OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/CBT Amie E. Grills, Ph.D. University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816 (407) 823-2568 R. Scott Benson, MD Bldg 6 5190 Bayou Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32503 Phone: (850)476.0977 Fax: (850).476.2558 Child/Adol/Adults/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Support Group/ERP/CBT James Lemli, PhD 3900 Clark Road – Suite D1 Sarasota, FL 34233 Phone: (941) 924-8484 Fax: (941) 924-9980 Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Dis/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Home Visit/ERP/CBT Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 850-644-1454 Brad Schmidt, Ph.D. Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 850-645-1766 Amaya Ramos, MD 3515 E. Fletcher Avenue Tampa, FL 34667 Phone: (727) 861-1765 Child/Adol/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Sliding Scale/Bilingual Staff Kristi F. Weiner, PhD, PA Psychology Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. 13357 N. 56th Street Tampa, FL 33617 Phone: (813) 914-9000 Email: kweinerphd@tampabay.rr.com Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorder/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Home Visits/ERP/CBT A. Carter Pottash, MD, D.F.A.P.A. Post Office Box 511 West Palm Beach, FL Phone: (561).837.2215 Adol/Adults/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Home Visits Priti M. Kothari, MD, PA 1730 Main Street Suite 222 Weston, FL 33326 Phone: (954)385.0353 Child/Adol/Adults/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Regine I. Diamond, JD, MSW, LCSW 1730 Main Street # 212 Weston, FL 33326 Phone: (954).964.3249 Email: regine@reginediamond.com Website Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/Sliding Scale/ERP/CBT Nancy Rizzo, PhD - BTI Graduate 1850 Lee Road Suite 321 Winter Park, FL 32789 Phone: (407).822.4880 Email: nrizzopsyd@aol.com Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Hoarding/Graduate from Hoarding BTI/ERP/CBT,Behavior Therapy Institute Graduate -Back To Top-
Elder Services: National Center on Elder Abuse articles: Elderly & Compulsive Hoarding Elder law Disability Rights Resource Guide Preventing falls in older adults. More. Elder resource list Documents to have on aging parents Articles: Working With Individuals With Dementia Who Rummage and Hoard* (pdf) By: Rosemary Bakker, MS, ASID-Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Paulette Michaud, LMSW-Manager, Education & Training-Alzheimer's Association, NYC Chapter Senior's Cluttering Issues*: ClutterLESS.org Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease-One Daughter's Story Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force on Hoarding and Older Adults Preventing Falls Among Older Adults Center for Disease Control and Prevention Fall Prevention Center of Excellence Information for individuals and families	National Eldercare Locator The Eldercare Locator is the first step to finding resources for older adults in any U.S. community. Find Visiting Nurses Association in your area National Association of State Units on Aging National Association of Area Agencies on Aging find a resource in your area Locate your American Assn of Homes & Services for the Aged state association seeking local information
Fire Safety Services/Hazard related: Advice from a paramedic on emergency access Firefighter Discussion forum: Compliance, "Collyer Mansions"	seeking information -Back To Top-
Hoarding Task Forces: All known U.S. Hoarding Task Forces & Related Community News Transcript of 1/94 Conference of NYC Hoarding Task Force, with Dr. Randy Frost Models to follow in communities: Dane County Hoarding Task Force Report This 40-page report is by the Dane County Hoarding Task Force (Madison, Wisconsin: 2000). It contains extensive information on housing ordinances, assessments, interventions and community agency protocols. Ottawa Community Response to Hoarding Coalition Comprised of 35 organizations. New England Hoarding Consortium newsletters: 2006 2007 Ideas to help a Hoarder realize they need support & help. Advice from family members. Send in yours. Advice on How & When to help from various sources. Video: "Hoarders Aren't Alone" How to Help "Do/Don't List" from a professional Interventions: Communication & Roles. pgs 9-17 How & When To Help A Hoarder Advice from a paramedic on emergency access Degrees of Squalor by Squalor Survivors Compulsive Hoarding Rating Scale by OCF (pdf) Clutter-Hoarding Scale, by the NSGCD (pdf)	None known.
Local handymen/repair services (who have been personally used, are familiar with hoarded homes and will not judge):	seeking information
Local Meal Delivery Services (for when kitchens are not functional):	Sendameal.com: Not local, but can be ordered online for delivery. Just need an accesible microwave. Meals on Wheels near you.
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Affiliate:	OCF of Jacksonville, Inc. Gay Nightingale, President 4495-304 Roosevelt Blvd. PMB # 205 Jacksonville, FL 33310 (904) 728-7834 Web site: www.ocfjax.org Email: info@ocfjax.org
Professional organizers, familiar with treating hoarding clients and/or de-clutter helpers: Beth Johnson's one-on-one personal coaching via email and phone. (The Clutter Workshop)	You can see if any are listed here(National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization certificate program graduate lists.) seeking information -Back To Top-
Support Groups (in-person)for Compulsive Hoarders:	National-check for a local listing Clutterers Anonymous, ClutterLESS Recovery Groups seeking information Online groups, websites
Support Groups for family members:	Alanon Meeting locations Online: Family & Friends Online Community on COH website Family & Friends general discussion forum Support group list for family members COH-only Support Group: COH Support Group information. COH map. Group photo albums (members only) Repeating topics discussed (members only) For families where animal hoarding is a problem: See The Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium web site. Tips for families and friends -Back To Top-
Treatment Centers/Clinics: Intensive Treatment Programs for OCD	The University of Florida OCD Program Gainesville, FL (352) 392-3613 OCD Resource Center of South Florida Hollywood, FL 954-962-6662
Other resources & information to note:	Compulsive Hoarding Resource Discussion Forum -Find your state. Sign up to receive information by mail or e-mail about compulsive hoarding, a list of hoarding treatment providers nationwide, information about upcoming research studies, and announcements for new self-help references for compulsive hoarding. Note: this option is available to all, regardless of where you live.

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