BOOKS, ARTICLES, VIDEO

BOOKS:


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.
 

*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.
*Editors Favorites – 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.


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:

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


Its All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh, 2007


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, 2000.


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.

ARTICLES:

On bookshelves, book lice and book hoarding Feb., 2008
http://rocr.xepher.net/weblog/archives/002177.html


SF Chronicle 2/13/2006
Out of the Retail Rat Race by Carolyn Jones
The Compact is a Consumer group that doesn't buy notion that new is better. Trade and
never buy new.  Good concept not sure it would work for hoarders.
#1 Don't buy new products of any kind (from stores, web sites, etc.)
#2 Borrow or buy used.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/BAGH3H7DH71.DTL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompact/


Article from the OCD Newsletter, published by the OC Foundation.
Volume 9, Number 4 (August 1995), pages 5-6. (5 pages on line)
"SAVING THE WORLD" by Fred Penzel, a licensed psychologist and executive
director of Western Suffolk Psychological Services in Huntington, Long
Island, New York, where he specializes in OCD treatment and sponsors
several OCD support groups. His article is a practical realistic view of OCD hoarding including extreme cases.
Good descriptions and discussion on types of hoarding and some ideas on treatment.
http;//www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Hoarding.html


Hoarding, A Successful Compulsion  is an article on Hoarding by James M. Claiborn Ph.D. ABPP.

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:


VIDEOS:

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.