Hoarding: Help For Families Dealing With Obsessive Collecting and Clutter (Life Psychology Series)

Hoarding: Help For Families

A practical guide to help families deal with a hoarder and make positive changes Part of the Life Psychology Series, books written by psychologists who have practical experience, bringing together the latest thinking and practice in a clear and easy to read format, aimed at people who need a simple but effective guide for addressing their problems. Hoarding: Help For Families covers the main causes of hoarding, and when it is more than just collecting. It can be a very upsetting and difficult situation to resolve, with hoarders often being reluctant to address their problem, or even admit is it an issue. This book is aimed at families of hoarders, and looks at the key ways of addressing this very difficult problem in a simple and straightforward way, written by psychologists with first hand experience in dealing with hoarding.
What others say about Hoarding: Help for Families:

“We finally decided we had to address our dad’s problem This book gave us a roadmap and clear guidance on what we should do and how we should do it. A great help at the start of our difficult intervention.”

“Really useful. Written by someone who has had first hand experience of hoarding and knows how difficult and upsetting and stressful it can be to others around the hoarder.”

“Our mom's house was so full of clutter everywhere, it wasn’t safe, and we had to do something about it. She was so stubborn but this book helped us find a way to steadily make small improvements. It's not easy, but the steps outlined were useful and practical.”