Overcome Hoarding

Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know demystifies this complex problem, what it looks like and why it may develop and how it can be treated. With their combined expertise in psychological treatments for hoarding and community interventions, Drs. Steketee and Bratiotis explain how to understand hoarding as a mental illness, describing the disorder in layman's terms and explaining the various facets and manifestations of the behavior.

Conquer the Clutter offers hope to anyone affected by hoarding. Real-life vignettes, combined with easy-to-use assessment and intervention tools, support those who hoard - and those who care about them.

The truth is, if you are suffering from limitations because of your hoarding habits and haven't been able to change, it's because you are lacking an effective strategy and understanding of where your hoarding is coming from and why it is so hard to stop. This book goes into the causes and risk factors of hoarders, signs and symptoms of a compulsive hoarder, and a step-by-step strategy that will help you free yourself from your addiction and help you take control of your life.

Hoarding disorder can be classified from mild to severe in some cases it may not have a much adverse effect on your life while in other instances it seriously affects your life and people around you. Many people with this disorder at first see it as a normal behavior making treatment challenging. So if you are a hoarder or someone close to you, then this audiobook is going to help you to know about the symptoms, complications, treatments, and much more about this disorder.

Somehow you find shopping almost addictive and can't help yourself but then, your great purchases soon mount up and you find you have spent quite a bit of money? What are the signs of overspending? What types of buyers exist, do you know? This audiobook makes a great gift and can be listened to from any section or sequentially. These days, the focus is completely on consumerism, and this can make it hard for those who simply like to browse and buy. This audiobook will provide proven insights into shopaholic spending sprees and how to stop, get out of debt, and save money.

Many people enjoy collecting things. But what happens when their "collections" grow out of control? People who have a psychological disorder called hoarding may let their teddy bear collections or garbage collections take over their entire homes! Their obsessive and compulsive acquiring of junk, collectibles, and everyday items may result in their homes becoming uninhabitable. Many hoarders' homes are even condemned!