Need Help with Hoarding?

Hoarding Disorder is defined as persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions leading to clutter and accumulation of items that fill and congest living areas. This distress and clutter significantly interferes with functioning in social, occupational, or other important areas of life. 

People with Hoarding disorder may struggle with: 

• Emotional Attachment to items: beliefs that they must have an item in order to to maintain a connection or memory associated with the item.

• Categorization and Organization: where to start and what method to use? 

• Differentiating between churning items and true organization and purging

• Decision Making

• Perfectionism

• Hoarding disorder frequently co-occurs with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders (like generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Everyone's version of a home is different. My goal is not for you to simply discard items before you are ready. My goal is to build insight, motivate you, and instill skills that empower you to address your living condition in a way that is therapeutic and trauma-informed.