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The Institute on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering (ICHC) is pleased to announce that a new treatment group is starting April 28th, from 6pm to 8pm, and will be held every Monday evening thereafter for 16 weeks. This treatment group is unique because it is the first treatment group of its type that is available in the Bay Area, designed to specifically treat the behaviors associated with compulsive hoarding and cluttering. The Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHA-SF) and Family Service Agency of San Francisco are collaborating to provide this opportunity to those individuals who meet criteria for the group. For an intake, please contact Judy Hirsch, PsyD, of the Family Service Agency of SF at (415) 474-7310 ext.483.
This treatment group is sponsored in part by a grant from the City and County of San Francisco Human Services Agency, Department of Aging and Adult Services.
For more information about this and other programs of ICHC, please visit MHA-SF's website at www.mha-sf.org.
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San Francisco Support Group for People Who Compulsively Hoard and Clutter
Compulsive hoarding and cluttering is the acquisition and failure to discard a large number of possessions, appearing to be useless or of limited value, in an attempt to decrease stress and anxiety. This serious and prevalent problem can lead to eviction and homelessness. It is often a feature of several psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder, and major depression, and can be cause or aggravated by problems associated with increasing age or physical disabilities.
The following are the dates, times, and locations for upcoming support group meetings in 2008...
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-Southern California OCD and Hoarding Support Group
Family support group for any family members residing in and around southern California invites others to join us. We are parents,grandparents, spouses, significant others, brothers and sisters,who have an adult dealing with OCD and compulsive hoarding. We meet every 6-8 weeks in private homes chosen by our members for 2-3 hour meetings to share ideas, issues, problems, community information, therapist resources, positive results, success stories, etc. We help one another and on occasion have invited guest
speakers who are experts in the field. If you are intersted in more information, future meeting dates, times and location, please contact Sydney Turk Porter at email address:
turk.porter@ verizon.net or call 310 475 8077.
Click "read more" for new Christians with Hoarding online support group
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Are you a hoarder? Ask yourself the following questions. Do you have too much stuff? Can’t even find your get organized books? Have you concluded that your problem goes beyond being disorganized? Do you want to purge your home of all of that stuff, but feel so overwhelmed that you can’t even get started? Is your clutter making you unhappy or even making your home dangerous to your safety and health?
Do you buy things that you don’t need? Save things you don’t use? Have to buy replacements for things you can’t find? Spend hours looking for lost bills, tickets, permission slips, or library books?
Are you embarrassed for people to see your home? Do you feel bad because you can’t have family or friends over because there isn’t any place to for them to sit? If you said yes to any of these questions and want to change, then this group is the place for you!
Share your fears and success stories with other women who understand just how hard it is to overcome hoarding. Develop and share your vision of what you want your home to look like. Share in a judgment-free zone where we can unload some of the emotional burden that goes with this problem. We can tackle this together!
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The MHA-SF Institute on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering (ICHC) is a center for information, training, education, policy and dissemination of research on compulsive hoarding and cluttering.
The ICHC includes:...
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OCD sufferer, who got therapy, now leads (NH)12-step support group
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There will be an update on the Treatment of Hoarding Program for anyone who suffers from hoarding.
Family members and friends may also attend for support. The program is FREE!
Presented by C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D.
Director, Anxiety Disorders center, St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institue and Professor of Community and Family Medicine-St. Louis University
August 4, 2007 (1-2:30 pm)
St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute
1129 Macklind Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
Call Kelly Furr for more information (314) 534-0200 ext. 415
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Compulsive Hoarding Group
Dr. Elspeth Bell
Charles S. Mansueto, Ph.D.
Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, MD
301-593-4040
Support Groups:
Intro group typically is offered twice a year, but days vary. On-going group now meets once a month, typically on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month.
For more specific information, e-mail ebellphd@yahoo.com,call 301-593-4040, x238, or visit:
www.behaviortherapycenter.com
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Home-Visit Options:
The Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
Suite #4
137 East 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.686-6886
For those clients with particular subtypes of OCD, such as hoarding or contaminating, home-visits may be available to conduct in vivo flooding and exposure exercises. What this translates into is the opportunity to have professionally trained help available to guide clients through the challenging home-based exercises. Generally these exercises are conducted in a very gradual systematic approach. Research findings suggest that behavior therapy's potency is increased through greater frequency of weekly exercises, which is reinforced during the home visits with the therapist. Ultimately, these exercises, conducted in the presence of the therapist, are performed independently by the client.
More services and groups offered:
http://www.ocdonline.com/services.php#family
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Compulsive Hoarding Support Group
Next: Wednesday June 20 - 06/20/2007 6:00 PM
Butler Hospital - Ray Conference Center
345 Blackstone Boulevard
Providence , RI 02906
Location Notes: Ray Conference Center on the Butler Hospital campus, on the East Side of Providence.
For patients, family and friends of people with compulsive hoarding.
Call Dr. Maria Mancebo at 455-6216
http://tinyurl.com/2smloy
3rd Wednesday of every month in Room 1 at the Ray Conference Center
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Online support groups through Messies Anonymous
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hoarding support group
(English-Montreal)
(450) 671-2824 (Gail)
1435 Van Horne ave. (Outremont metro station)
7:30-9h30 pm
next meetings: April 12th, May 10th, June 7th
Click "read more" below for Compulsive Hoarding therapists in Quebec
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House Clearing in Grief:
10 Ways To Support Yourself In Letting Go Of A Loved One's Possessions
E-Book for de-cluttering
With foreward from Dr. Randy Frost
(not an advertisement, like all services we list, to let you know of available resources for Hoarding-childrenofhoarders.com)
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Hoarding Group
A new group for compulsive hoarding and collecting is now available. The group is led by Dr. Alec Pollard. It meets every Tuesday evening from 7:15 to 8:30 at the 1129 Macklind Avenue location (directions). The group is only for individuals who are actively working on their problem. Group members must be referred by a healthcare professional and evaluated by the group leader before attending the group.
The group fee is $55.00 a session.
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Online Clutterers Anonymous Meetings
Description:
A 12 Step group which follows the Steps and Traditions of Clutterers Anonymous.
We share our Experience, Strength and Hope as we learn to declutter our lives, our homes, and our spirits.
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Free Resources for Helping Hoarders and books
click "read more"
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Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Greater Boston
This group says "closed", but if you call, maybe they know of another resource to direct you or possibly have a waiting list?
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617.353.9610 |
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Boston University, CARD Program |
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HOARDING SUPPORT GROUP
Anxiety Resource Center-312 Grandville Ave., SW
Grand Rapids, MI -(Location of Old Firehouse #6)
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
A support group for people who have trouble with compulsive hoarding.
Open to friends and family members.
Contact the Anxiety Resource Center at (616)356-1614
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Clutterers Anonymous
11:30AM Saturday
Alano Club (12-STEP Club, Non-smoking)
1557 E. Main St. Springfield, Ohio 45503-4633
phone contact: Kathy B.
937-390-2181
kathyb-...@hotmail. com
Parking is in the rear, access from N. Florence(next to Ridgely's)
"If you are close enough, please join us. This is such a private disease and so embarrassing. We are new at this, but many of us are
familiar with the 12 Steps and the healing process. Please join us on our journey to recovery!!"
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Clutter Support Groups in Bay Area
Clutterers Anonymous -- 7:30-9 p.m., Thursdays. Solutions for chronic hoarding, clutter, and disorganization. St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Room 3, 2491 San Miguel Dr., Walnut Creek. Free. Sharon, 925-285-7165; www.cluttersanonymous.net.
ClutterLess Self Help Group -- 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Pleasanton Presbyterian Church, Room 7, 4300 Mirador Drive. 925-297-9246, 925-426-5311.
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Wished, Felt and Dreamed is a FREE support group for older adults
...that meets the 4th Wednesday of each month from 1:30pm to 2:30pm at the Pavilion Center, 199 N. First Street, Wheeling, IL., for older adults suffering from chronic clutter and compulsive hoarding. For more information contact Jan Christiansen, MSW at: (847) 459-2670.
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Debtors Anonymous
A twelve-step meeting for those having problems with compulsive debting and spending, under-earning, inability to pay bills, hoarding, living above their means or below their potential, and other continuing financial stress. Saturdays, 10a. First Church of Religious Science, Room 1 (upstairs), 1420 E. Harmon Ave. (across from UNLV on Maryland). For more information call Martha: 866-6682. Link.
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