Pages & Links for Children of Hoarders & Family

About/Understanding Hoarding & Treatment

About Helping a Hoarder & Resources

Additional navigation help

Reaching Out To A Person That Hoards:

How To Talk About It-Ideas on things to show your hoarding loved one

Advice from family members

Send in yours

Understanding Compulsive Hoarding
(Lots of info on this page)

Quick Overview

Reading/More information:

Animal Hoarding

Articles & Further Reading about Compulsive Hoarding. See also.

Books about Compulsive Hoarding and related conditions

Chapter 23 about Hoarding by Frost/Steketee

Genetics

Hoarding vs. Cluttering

Links to other sites to learn about Hoarding. See also.

Online Videos and Audio Programs about Hoarding

The Learning Channel's "Help I'm a Hoarder" videos

Oprah Winfrey Shows: Online Videos/Summary/Visitor Comments

Reasons behind Hoarding

From leaders in research (main page):
Frost, Dr. Randy (researcher-articles by/quotes/links)
Questions and Answers with professionals/other about Hoarding
Saxena, Sanjaya (researcher-articles by/quotes/links)
Steketee, Dr. Gail (researcher-articles by/quotes/links)
Tolin, Dr. David (researcher-articles/quotes/links)

Research

Q & A with mental health professionals

Fact Sheets

Latest news articles about Hoarding

Links to Research Articles/Abstracts

Overcoming
Self-Help Tools for those with hoarding tendencies

(Also see our companion site Tool Page)

Support Group for COH following the FLY Lady program

5 Stages of Change for Compulsive Hoarding

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Compulsive Hoarders

Dysfunctional Thought Record

Inspirational Quotes

Online Support Groups

Questions to ask yourself while decluttering

Rating Your Anxiety Level (SUDS)

Hoarding Hope, Help & Healing Discussion Forum

Cleaning It Out :

Crisis Cleaning Advice from those that have done it

Cleaning Companies by state

Crisis cleaning advice, including discarding & donating

Discussion Forum About Cleaning Out

Resources:

Elderly/Aging & Legal Resources

Hoarding Task Forces by state & related news stories

Professional Organizers specializing in chronic disorganization


Treatment Centers & Support Groups for compulsive hoarders by state/country

Resources listed by state/country

Doctors, Therapists & Counselors by state/country (main page):
Alabama-Arkansas
Argentina-Australia
California
Canada
Colorado-Florida
Georgia-Iowa
Germany
Kansas-Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan-Montana
Nebraska-New Mexico
New York
North Carolina-Oregon
Pennsylvania-Tennessee
Texas-Wyoming
Also see listings here