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Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring
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Product Description
Many people who hoard understand the extent of their problem and are open to help. This book is not for them. Digging Out is for the concerned and frustrated friends and family members of people who do not fully accept the magnitude of their hoarding problem and refuse help from others. If you have a friend or loved one with a hoarding problem and are seeking a way to guide him or her to a healthier, safer way of life, this book is for you.
In Digging Out, you will find a complete guide to helping your loved one with a hoarding problem live safely and comfortably in his or her home or apartment. Included are realistic harm reduction strategies that you can use to help your loved one manage health and safety hazards, avoid eviction, and motivate him or her to make long-term lifestyle changes. You'll learn how to handle a roommate or spouse with a hoarding problem, identify and work through special considerations that may arise when the person who hoards is frail and elderly, and receive guidance for healing strained relationships between people who hoard and their friends and family. Take heart. With this book as a guide, you can help your loved one live more comfortably and safely, salvage your damaged relationship, and restore your peace of mind.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10217 in Books
- Published on: 2009-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 188 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9781572245945
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
In Digging Out, two psychologists who specialize in compulsive hoarding show readers with a friend or family member who hoards how to use harm reduction, a proven-effective model, to help their loved one live safely and comfortably in his or her own home and improve their relationship with the hoarder.
About the Author
Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy. He is also an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books on cognitive behavior therapy and related topics, including Therapy Homework and the book and video series Essential Components of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression. Tompkins has presented nationally on the topic of compulsive hoarding and is a member of the San Francisco task force on hoarding. He works in private practice in Oakland, CA, where he specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults, adolescents, and children.
Tamara L. Hartl, Ph.D., is a clinical instructor at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, and a staff psychologist in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She also has an independent clinical practice in Saratoga, CA. Hartl has coauthored several seminal publications on hoarding behavior, including a cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding that she co-created in 1996 and later published in Behavior Research and Therapy. Hartl specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and sexual dysfunction as well as compulsive hoarding.
Foreword writer Gail Steketee, Ph.D., is a professor and co-chair in the department of clinical practice at the School of Social Work at Boston University. She is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Foreword writer Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., teaches abnormal psychology at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles and books on cognitive behavior therapy and related topics, including My Anxious Mind and the book and video series Essential Components of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression. He has presented nationally on the topic of compulsive hoarding and is a member of the San Francisco Task Force on Hoarding. He specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults, adolescents, and children and is in private practice in Oakland, CA.
Tamara L. Hartl, Ph.D., is an independent clinical practitioner in Saratoga, CA, and a psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She has coauthored several seminal publications on hoarding behavior, including the first cognitive-behavioral model for the treatment of compulsive hoarding with Randy Frost. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and sexual dysfunction as well as compulsive hoarding.
Foreword writer Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., teaches abnormal psychology at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Foreword writer Gail Steketee, Ph.D., is a professor and co-chair in the department of clinical practice at the School of Social Work at Boston University. She is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a founding partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles and books on cognitive behavior therapy and related topics, including My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic and the book and video series Essential Components of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression. He has presented nationally on the topic of compulsive hoarding and is a member of the San Francisco Task Force on Hoarding. He specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults, adolescents, and children and is in private practice in Oakland, CA.
Tamara L. Hartl, Ph.D., is an independent clinical practitioner in Saratoga, CA, and a psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She has coauthored several seminal publications on hoarding behavior, including the first cognitive-behavioral model for the treatment of compulsive hoarding with Randy Frost. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and sexual dysfunction as well as compulsive hoarding.
Foreword writer Gail Steketee, Ph.D., is a professor and co-chair in the department of clinical practice at the School of Social Work at Boston University. She is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Foreword writer Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., teaches abnormal psychology at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He is coauthor of Buried in Treasures.
Customer Reviews
A must read for people whose loved ones are hoarders
This book fills a gap in published information about hoarding. Other excellent books exist for hoarders themselves or for professionals who treat hoarders, but there has not been a book directed at the people whose loved ones hoard. The authors deal with the frustration family members or friends feel regarding an uncooperative person with excessive clutter. In addition to addressing the emotional toll on those around the hoarder, the book educates readers about hoarding, including setting realistic expectations for changing the situation. Particularly useful is the application of harm reduction theory to hoarding. This examines how friends and family can help the hoarder to minimize health and safety hazards. Digging Out presents a comprehensive, easy to read guide for those who are at their wit's end. No doubt it will be a seminal book for working with hoarders.
