4/28/08:  Dr. Phil & Oprah...

Understanding, Assessing, and Intervening with Compulsive Hoarding
A Life Enhancement Seminar in the Work, Health, and Life Series. Program is part of the Spring 2008 'Get Trained' Series offered through the Office of Human Resources.
Boston University, 4/22

Northampton, MA:
Randy O. Frost, an internationally recognized expert on compulsive hoarding will be speaking on Tuesday, March 11, in Weinstein Auditorium. Frost will present the 50th Annual Katharine Asher Engel Lecture entitled “Buried in Treasures,” which is also the name of his most recent self-help book. The lecture will be free and open to the public.

The Institute on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering (ICHC) is excited to announce some of our upcoming trainings!  Compulsive hoarding is

 

the acquisition of, and failure to discard, possessions which appear to be useless or of limited value.  Please do not hesitate to pass these

 

announcements on to friends, family members and colleagues.

 

 

ICHC will be hosting a seminar for loved ones, friends or anyone interested in knowing more about compulsive hoarding and

 

cluttering titled: "Digging Out:  Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring" on March 18th, 6-

 

8pm at the World Affairs Council, located at 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco.  For more information about the seminar,

 

please click here.  The registration form can be found through this link. 

Organizing is Naturally Hard for Me. What’s up with that?

Judith Kolberg, founder of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, will delve into some of the ends and outs of what is sometimes called executive dysfunction. She examines ideas about disorganization we always suspected might be true but just never had anybody discuss before. New ideas, new understanding, and maybe a few new tricks for making things better.

Date is March 17, Monday.TIME is 9:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. PT)
Just make a call in the usual way from any phone or service.NUMBER TO CALL is 605-990-0700 and use access code 1035513# when asked.
The length is 45 minutes, 30 min. conversation and 15 min. Q & A.The teleclass is free. Your only expense is your usual phone service charge.
Go to http://www.messies. com to print out the listening guide.

Christiana Bratiotis, University of Nevada, Reno master of social work graduate and Boston University doctoral student, is coming home
to raise awareness and provide insight on the complex mental health problem of compulsive hoarding with a program titled, "This Full
House: Understanding Compulsive Hoarding."

The event will take place at noon, Feb. 28 at the Joe Crowley Student Union Theatre. The event is open to the public. There is no admission
fee and lunch will be provided to guests.

Additionally, an encore event will take place, from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in Mack Auditorium at Renown Regional Medical Center There is no
admission charge and refreshments will be provided. Free continuing education units will be offered to social work professionals in attendance.

Read more:
http://www.unr. edu/nevadanews/ detail.aspx? id=2547

Wednesday - January 30, 2008

"Get Rid of It!"

Who's the Hoarder?

Larry and Sheila are newlyweds struggling to merge their belongings
under one roof. Larry says he had to make room for Sheila's porcelain
figurines and plastic plants, while his stuff got stowed in the
garage. Sheila says Larry's stuff is crap, like his 110 hats and 54
coats.

Treasured Memories vs. Clutter

Duaan says her friend, Terri, has an out-of-control accumulation of
junk in four storage units and a garage. Terri says she feels
sentimental about everything — including a rubber chicken — and
doesn't know how to let it go.

Collection Obsession?

Kim says her husband, Paul's, Star Wars hobby has got to go. She says
he spends 30 hours a week playing with his collection, and he won't
even snuggle with her unless he has toys nearby! Paul says snuggling
bores him out of his mind.

Compulsive Hoarding: Special FREE NSGCD TeleClass Open to ALL Professionals Working with Hoarders
TITLE: Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring– Approach with Caution:
A Team Approach is the Way to Go!
DATE: January 7, 2008
TIME: 8:00 – 9:30PM, EST

Thursday, December 27 11:30pm

Dirty Work: A fascinating look inside the lives of hoarders. For these people compulsive collecting is an illness that can sometimes puts them, their families and their neighbors at risk. Imagine a home piled floor to ceiling with newspapers. Or millions of toothpicks. Christmas decorations covering everything from the walls to the couch. Or pile after pile, room after room of garbage -- and the animal and insect infestations that inevitably follow. That's where Cory and Tammy come in -- a dynamic husband and wife team of professional cleaners who go inside the homes of hoarders to clean up the clutter. In this special we'll meet a woman who must confront the shocking mess left after the death of her sister and her sister's pets inside a townhouse. And we'll meet Disco Bonnie, a former party girl desperately searching for tax records buried somewhere in the hundreds of boxes that have taken over her apartment and her life. Source

Wichita/Segwick County Hoarding Task Force
Presents a one day intensive workshop on Hoarding

“Saving, Collecting, or Hoarding?”
Hoarding -Understanding- To- Steps

Wichita Marriott

Community Services Conference
“Thinking Outside The Box”-A Housing, Service, Clinical and Enforcement Team Approach To Hoarding
Best Western Royal Plaza
Marlborough, MA

Who May Attend?
TAP Management Trainings are open to anyone.

Video Preview of Oprah Show on Hoarding on Thursday, 11/15

2 workshops on Hoarding at this Conference in Riverside County , California   Wednesday, December 5th.  (pdf)

March 13, 2008, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM-San Francisco Institute on Aging/Educational Program

RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO CLUTTER ADDICTION AND COMPULSIVE HOARDING IN OLDER ADULTS
Many older adults acquire excessive amounts of seemingly useless items, then have trouble letting go of them. When does collecting turn into pathological hoarding? What can be done when an older person lives amongst so much stuff that it interferes with activities of daily living and creates a safety hazard? Presenters will discuss phenomenology, risk assessment, use of community resources, planning and executing cleanouts, other alternatives, and the inherent ethical dilemmas. 

Are you the child of a hoarder?

Are you the child of a hoarder? If you grew up in the home of a parent
that was or is a hoarder, Peter would like to talk to you. Did the
hoarding play a role in your youth? Are you currently a hoarder, a
neat person or somewhere in between. If you are the product of a
hoarding household write or call 1866 Oprah XM and leave Peter a message.

1-800-Junk & NBC Today Show Seeking...

Message sent to our website:

1--800-GOT-JUNK? is producing an upcoming segment on Hoarding for the NBC Today Show and are looking for an ideal candidate to base their story on. This person would
likely be -a woman, between the ages of 30 and 60, who has come to the realization that her attachment to unneeded or unwanted items has  begun to
negatively impact her life and those around her. She must be willing to share her story on national television, as well as be ready to part with a portion of the clutter. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? would give this person a fresh start, and ensure that as much as possible the items would be recycled or donated to charity. The show is looking for candidates
in Chicago, Houston, or Dallas.

If interested, contact: Tania Hall, Senior PR Manager, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, 866.483.7042

"Interventions for Compulsive Hoarding", by Gail Steketee, Ph.D.

Presented by Foundation for Mental Health of the Shoals & The University of North Alabama.
See brochure (pdf)

Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering 2007
Progress Not Perfection: Improving Health, Safety and Comfort Through Harm Reduction

Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.)
Location: St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

This is MHA-SF’s 10th annual Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering.
More information and to register

Getting a Handle on Hoarding
Effective interventions to help individuals who hoard stay in their own homes

Date: Wednesday, 9/19/2007

Everyone Invited-Save The Date!

OCD Foundation Michigan
October 6, 2007, 11:30-3:00 p.m: Rainbow Luncheon, Warren, MI
Featured Speaker:  Elizabeth Nelson
"Children of Hoarders:  The View From The Other Side"(pdf)

Children of Hoarders, Oprah is looking for you...

AUGUST 18, 2007

VIDEO OF San Francisco HOARDING CONFERENCE
Featuring Randy Frost, Ph.D

1:30 - 3:30
Seton Medical Center, Room 315 - DePaul Auditorium
1850 Sullivan Ave., Daly City
www.ocd-bayarea.com or 415-337-4160

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of the San Francisco Bay Area
OCD Support Group

Help! I'm a Hoarder 
  
More than a million Americans suffer from disposophobia (Compulsive Hoarding) - the fear of throwing anything away. Meet three individuals who face the devastating effects of compulsive hoarding. You'll never look at your clutter in the same way again. Aired 7/22/07.

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007. This year's guest speaker will be Dr Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., a world-renowned OCD and hoarding specialist.

Please regularly visit our website for more details.


Annie Taillon
Secretary and administrator
Quebec Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation
Email: fqtoc@hotmail.com
Website: http://fqtoc.mtl.rtss.qc.ca

Health Department to tackle hoarding

Chris Rhatigan, Register Staff

06/27/2007

MILFORD — The Health Department will hold a symposium on hoarding dubbed "Bursting at the Seams: Too Many Pets and Too Much Stuff" at Platt Technical High School today.

The program will deal with hoarding, an issue officials say has become more of a problem...

SAVE THE DATE
2007 MHA-SF Conference on Hoarding & Cluttering
Thursday, October 18, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Event Center at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

This year’s conference will focus on harm-reduction approaches rather than treatment, per se. Harm reduction assumes that it is not necessary to stop all compulsive acquiring, or to clear homes completely in order to stop harm, and proposes that the goal of stopping all acquiring or removing all clutter is unrealistic.  Harm reduction emphasizes improving the safety, health and comfort of persons who hoard, while also improving relationships between the person who hoards and his or her family members or caregivers. ...

July 17, 2007
Time: 9:00 PM Eastern Time - Call in at 8:55
Call 605-990-0700 and enter the access code 1035513#.

From Messies.com

TELECLASS for Hoarders and their Family and Friends

Do you want to evaluate your own hoarding tendencies? If you think you are a hoarder or have hoarding tendencies, evaluate yourself on http://www.bio-behavioral.com where you can find a quiz that will help you. Call in to hear more about what you can do to overcome those tendencies.

Dr. Neziroglu also has a special desire to help family members learn how to help their loved one who hoards, to get them to at least the first step of help. She wants the family to know that there is hope and where to find it.

We will have a chance to talk to Fugen Neziroglu, the author of the very practical and insightful book, OVERCOMING COMPULSIVE HOARDING, for one hour total, with 20 or 30 minutes for your questions. Just call in as you would make any long distance call. A land line is probably better than a cell phone.

July 19–22, 2007
The Site for the 14th Annual OCF Conference
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center-The Woodlands, TX