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Donna
COH & ACOA
Joined: Jul 22, 2006
Posts: 2018
Location: Cabo
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Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: Books & Reading to learn about hoarding |
 
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Here are some suggestions...I hope others will add their advice here too!
Awareness is the first step!
Here are some reading suggestions:
BOOKS
Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop
(New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
By Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome, Ph.D. Bubrick, Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias
Description
This book, the first ever written for savers and their families, provides an overview of compulsive hoarding and how it relates to obsessive-compulsive disorder. It discusses hoarding broadly, offering readers perspectives on the physical, behavioral, and value-oriented aspects of the condition. Readers can use its assessment tools to help decide why they or their loved one hoards. Skill-building exercises help readers determine how to beat the hoarding problem by addressing issues that often underlie compulsive saving. Even though this is fundamentally a self-help book, it contains a frank discussion about the need for professional help in some hoarding cases, how to find it, and what medications have been proven effective for savers.
http://astore.amazon.com/childrenofhoa-20/detail/157224349X/002-6223603-2676807
Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
By David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee
Description:
Buried in Treasures outlines a scientifically-based and effective program for helping compulsive hoarders dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes. Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you can accurately identify those things you really need and those you can do without. Learn to recognize the "bad guys" that maintain your hoarding behavior and meet the "good guys" who will motivate you and put you on the path to change. Features of this book include: -Self-assessments to determine the severity of the problem -Tips and tools for organizing your possessions and filing your paperwork -Strategies for changing unhelpful beliefs about your possessions -Behavioral experiments to reduce your fear of anxiety and fear of discarding.
http://astore.amazon.com/childrenofhoa-20/detail/0195300580/103-2867372-5541428
Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook
By Gail Steketee, Randy Frost
Description-
The self-help workbook that goes with Buried in Treasures:
Although most people enjoy acquiring and using their possessions and nearly everyone keeps some things they dont need or use, people with compulsive hoarding carry this to an extreme. For them, ridding themselves of extra possessions is emotionally exhausting. Organizing is difficult and resisting the impulse to acquire new things is almost impossible. This book represents more than a decade of research and practice to understand hoarding and develop an effective treatment program that address its many components. Used in conjunction with the treatment described in the therapist guide, this workbook teaches people how to minimize the negative effect clutter has on their lives, as well as the lives of those close to them. Using effective and practical techniques and skills, this program helps people get used to the idea of sorting, organizing, and gradually removing their unwanted possessions. People who hoard tend to overvalue the importance of the things they own and keep. This book will also help people to recognize errors in their thinking and modify their thoughts and beliefs to more accurately reflect the value of their belongings. Worksheets for developing a personal organization plan and determining categories for filing are also included in this interactive, easy-to-use workbook. With these books, users can be active participants who successfully overcome their compulsive hoarding.
http://astore.amazon.com/childrenofhoa-20/detail/0195310551/103-2867372-5541428
Articles/Other literature:
"Saving The World"
by Fred Penzel, Ph.D
http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Hoarding.html
Chapter 23
HOARDING: CLINICAL ASPECTS AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES
Randy 0. Frost, Ph.D., Gail S. Steketee, Ph.D.
HOARDING SYMPTOMS AND FEATURES
http://www.helpinghoarders.com/Chap23.html
Online Support Groups:
See this page for a list:
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/coh21.php
Many have found http://www.flylady.net very helpful.
Find a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist/Counselor/Doctor:
Go here and click on your area, at the top of the page:
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com
How it is treated, on the OCF Hoarding website:
http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/treatment/group-treatment-for-compulsive-hoarding.php |
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Donna
COH & ACOA
Joined: Jul 22, 2006
Posts: 2018
Location: Cabo
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