Books,Video

San Francisco Bay Area Internet Guide for Extreme Hoarding Behavior
Clutterers Syndrome or Pack Rat Syndrome

http://www.hoarders.org
Supported by Peninsula Community Services, Inc

To obtain more information on Books related to hoarding go to http://www.amazon.com Type in any of the books listed here to find out more about them.  You may add the word Hoarding under the category books and an endless list will pop up. You can see the table of contents in most instances to see if it something you would like to buy for every day use or check out from the library or read on line.

 

BOOKS:

The Hoarding Handbook A Guide for Human Service Professionals
by
Bratiotis, Schmalisch, and  Steketee
Follow this link for more information


*Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding
Why You Save and How You Can Stop by F.Neziroglu,
J.Bubrick, and JoseYaryura-Tobias; 146 pages;
New Harbinger Publications, 2004.

This book will: Differentiate between hoarding and collecting, Recognize what
type of hoarder you are, Overcome the fear that makes you hoard, Stop the clutter from taking over
your life, and give Cognitive Therapy Perspectives
.


Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

by Randy Frost, a psychology professor at Smith College and
co-author Gail Steketee, dean at Boston University's School of Social Work,


Digging Out
Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding & Compulsive Acquiring
by Tamara Hart PhD., Michael Tompkins, PhD.
New Harbinger Publications 2009
This book gives manageable steps for helping your loved one make gradual and lasting change. 


Buried In Treasures
Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
by David Tolin, Randy Frost, and Gail Steketee
Oxford Press 2007
Self Help book that is has the latest information and strategies including step by step plans
and ways to maintain the gains.             



Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook
Gail Steketee and Randy O. Frost
0-19-531055-1, Paperback, November 2006
Oxford University Press
Although most people enjoy acquiring and using their possessions and nearly everyone
keeps some things they don’t 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.

 


Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring
Therapist Guide
by Gail Steketee and Randy O. Frost
Oxford University Press 2006 
Written by the developers of this groundbreaking treatment, this manual is the first to
present an empirically supported and effective CBT program for treating compulsive
hoarding and acquiring.
ISBN13: 9780195300253ISBN10: 0195300254 paper, 240 pages


Obsessive - Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well
by Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Morbid obsessions with sex or germs or with one's appearance, and uncontrollable compulsions to
hoard objects, to check and recheck locks, or to pull one's hair are just a few of the symptoms of
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. Problems such as these afflict over ten million Americans. Many
suffer in isolation, not knowing that their disorder has a name, how to seek help, or how to help
themselves. Now Dr. Fred Penzel, a psychologist with over eighteen years experience in treating
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, has written a book to help this group of sufferers, their families,
and those who would help them


The following two readings are suggested and available at the H-C group inquires:
 
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Practical Management
, Third Edition (1998)Michael A.
Jenike, M.D., Lee Baer; Ph.D., William E. Minichiello, Ed.D., editors   Chapter 23 Hoarding:
Clinical Aspects And Treatment Strategies
by Randy 0. Frost, Ph.D., Gail S. Steketee, Ph.D.

It is 26 pages long on line at the H-C Web Site. This is a very professional review of symptoms, definitions,
associated features, cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding, treatment, and goals. An
updated
professional bibliography is noted at the end.
 

The Feeling Good Handbook
by David D. Burns Revised 1999 Penguin Books

Feeling Good: The new Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns Revised 1999 Avon Books



“HOW TO” BOOKS:

The Hoarder In You : How to live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life
By Dr Robin Zasio 
Rodale Books
"provides practical advice for decluttering and organizing, including how to tame the emotional
pull of acquiring additional things, make order out of chaos by getting a handle on clutter, and
create an organizational system that reduces stress and anxiety. Dr. Zasio also shares some of the
most serious cases of hoarding that she’s encountered, and explains how we can learn from these
extreme examples—no matter where we are on the hoarding continuum.   
http://www.amazon.com/Hoarder-You-Happier-Healthier-Uncluttered/dp/1609611314




Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life and Discover How to Stop
by Mike Nelson, 3/2008



It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff (Paperback)
by Peter Walsh, January 2007
Veteran "organizational consultant," TV show host and author Walsh (How to Organize (Just About)
Everything) has more ideas in his latest book on clutter management than the spare closet has junk,
and, even better, it's organized, in-depth and entirely user-friendly.
http://www.peterwalshdesign.com/3books/3_2book/3_2book.html



Lighten Up:
Love What you have, Have what you need, Be happier with less
by Peter Walsh, Simon & Schuster, 2010

Conquering Chronic Disorganization by Judith Kolberg, 2006


The Habit Change Workbook
: How to change bad habits and form good ones... by Claiborn & Pedrick, 2001



Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions
by Lee Baer,PhD, 2000


*Messies No More
Understanding and Overcoming the Roadblocks to Being Organized by
Sandra Felton;219 pages; Published by Fleming H Revell, 2000.

*Editors favorites – includes 12 step Messies Anonymous Support Groups and how to start a support group.


The New Messies Manual
– The Procrastinator’s Guide to Good Housekeeping
By Sandra Felton; 255 pages; Published by Fleming H. Revell, 2005.



How Not to Be A Messie
- The Ultimate guide for  the Neatness-Challenged
By Sandra Felton; 345 pages; Published by Galahad Books, edition 1999.
Two books in one The Messies Manual and The Messies Motivator

Other interesting Titles by Sandra Felton available on her website
www.messies.com


Clutter Gone – Cleaning your House the Easy Way; by Don Aslett; 420 pages,
Published by Betterway Books, 1999.


Lighten Up! Free Yourself from Clutter
by Michelle Passoff , 1998


Amazon has 219 books listed about clutter.  Consider the library for more than one.
www.Amazon.com

OTHER BOOKS:

When I Married My Mother By JoMaeder
Interesting book about the reconciliation of a daughter 
with a mother who had problems related to hoarding.

http://jomaeder.com/watch/
http://www.pctv76.org/show.php?epid=273


Ghosty Men:
The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest
Hoarders-An Urban Historical by Franz Lidz, 2003


Creating Space with Feng Shui 1996


NEWSLETTERS:


Newsletter
- Institute for Living 
PDF File

VIDEOS:

Fresh Air Interview - NPR, May 5, 2010
When Too Much Stuff Causes Grief
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126386317&sc=fb&cc=fp



Mental Health.net, September 15, 2009
By Dr. David Van Nuys

Podcast: An Interview with Gail Steketee, PhD, on Hoarding and OCD
"Dr. Steketee describes some of the recent findings from the research, among them
(surprisingly) that hoarding is probably not best considered a subtype of OCD. The
interview touches upon diagnostic and measurement issues associated with studying
this problem, as well as information on the cognitive behavioral therapy protocol which
has been shown effective in treating hoarding."

http://networkedblogs.com/mAFFK



IOCD Foundation
Interview with Randy Frost on the Today Show
 * Causes of Hoarding
 * Classic Profile of the Hoarder

 * How to Talk Help a Family Member
 * Non-shopping Trip
 * Today Show Segment on Hoarding
 * Downward Arrow
 * When Stuff Takes Over  
Mental Health Association of San Francisco
Hoarding and Cluttering Resources -
Conference DVDs and Resource Booklets
Reduced Price for  2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Help, I'm a Hoarder Part I - You Tube from TLC
There are 4-6 parts for these videos.


A Film,
"My Mother’s Garden"
"My Mother’s Garden" is the story of Eugenia Lester whose hoarding
disorder has entered a dangerous and life threatening stage.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29981109/
http://www.mymothersgardenmovie.com/pages/film.html
http://washcp.com/display.php?id=35727


"Possessed", a documentary about hoarders- entering the complicated world of 4 people who hoard.
http://www.vimeo.com/603058
'The Collector'  vimeo.com/666346


Portland Oregon, KOMONEWS.COM
Living Landfill: A portrait of hoarding disorder
by Anna Song and KATU Web Staff
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/7224116.html


On line Video-Gail Steketee, Ph.D., Dean B.U School of Social Work 
presents her research to BU Alumni  (video format)
April 5, 2007 Video length is 01:23:36.
Buried Treasures: Understanding and Treating Compulsive Hoarding

Sanjaya Saxena,M.D. for Discovery Channel
Hoarding and the Brain changes



Funny Video poking fun at Hoarders show



Packrat
: an independent documentary about compulsive hoarding.
To purchase a copy of
Packrat,
contact Fanlight Productions toll free at 800-937-4113 or
info@fanlight.com.
http://www.packratthemovie.com/presskit.html
http://www.packratthemovie.com/contact.html

Synopsis:
Filmmaker Kris Britt Montag traces her family's struggle to deal with "packrating." Through family
interviews, Kris chronicles her father's life and the development of the problem, which clinical
professionals have addressed as a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Part personal,
and part informational, Packrat takes a look at what it's like to grow up in a family where hoarding is an
issue.
 

CDs:

Hoarding and Clutter (The Infinite Mind, Vol. 229) by Lichtenstein
Creative Media Inc.

This audio CD explores what hoarding is and includes conversations
with researchers and others who deal with hoarding:






 

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