Hoarding Book - 'Built in Treasures'

Good morning, my name is Pat. I am a compulsive hoarder.

I received the following information in a group mailout for one of the groups at work in which I am active. I thought some of you might want to read it, since it seems so many of us are compulsive LOL. I'm okay with my 'gardening' compulsion, but I find it spills over into other areas of my life. No harm intended, just thinking someone REALLY might want/need it:


Description
'Buried in Treasures' outlines a scientifically-based and effective program for helping compulsive hoarders dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes.

Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you can accurately identify those things you really need and those you can do without. Learn to recognize the "bad guys" that maintain your hoarding behavior and meet the "good guys" who will motivate you and put you on the path to change.

Features of this book include:
-Self-assessments to determine the severity of the problem
-Tips and tools for organizing your possessions and filing your paperwork
-Strategies for changing unhelpful beliefs about your possessions
-Behavioral experiments to reduce your fear of anxiety and fear of discarding

Features
Clear, easy-to-follow advice that will help you cope with compulsive hoarding, based on real science and road-tested in a clinical setting

Reviews
"I would recommend this book to treatment providers, professional organizers and the compulsive hoarder. This book, if used properly, will guide the reader to clutter-free living!" -Patricia B. Perkins, JD, Executive Director, OC Foundation, Inc.
"The world's leading experts on compulsive acquiring, hoarding and saving have presented their proven, step-by-step treatment in a practical, easy-to-understand format that will be useful to anyone who hoards, as well as any professional who treats this problem. If you are looking for ways to clear your clutter, you need to read this book now!" -Martin M. Antony, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Author, When Perfect Isn't Good Enough

Product Details
192 pages; 8 line illus.; 7 x 10; ISBN13: 978-0-19-530058-1ISBN10: 0-19-530058-0

About the Author(s)
David F. Tolin, Ph.D. is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living, in Hartford, Connecticut. A leading authority on compulsive disorders, he has been interviewed for The New York Times and the Associated Press, and has been a recurrent guest on The Today Show, Good Morning America , and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Randy O. Frost, Ph.D. is the Harold Edward and Elsa Siipola Israel Professor of Psychology at Smith College. He is co-editor of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (OCF) website on hoarding. The leading authority on compulsive hoarding, he has been interviewed for The New York Times, Newsweek , and National Public Radio, and has appeared on ABC 20/20 Downtown, Good Morning America , and Dateline . Gail Steketee, Ph.D. is Professor at the Boston University School of Social Work. Her recent research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, focuses on diagnostic and personality aspects of compulsive hoarding and on effective treatments. She and Dr. Frost have written the manual for mental health clinicians who treat hoarding problems.


I ordered it from Amazon, along with a couple more :)

Sounds interesting, let us know how it is. I have a problem with hoarding books (among other things) - no library in my town so I have to shell out the money for them. If you find it helpful I may have to add another book to my collection.

I always get the 'used' books. Two of the three I bought cost about $5.00

Another great place for inexpensive and hard to find books is abebooks.com. I just know that once they enter my house, they're not very likely to leave. I've been trying to be more picky about the ones I buy so I don't add to my clutter problem. However, a book to help me get rid of things I don't need may well be worth the space it takes up - otherwise I'll just have to make some more shelves.

Well, there was something wrong with the 'payment method' I chose, so I decided just to leave it along. I will not be receiving them... I did good with the clutter in my front yard this weekend. I got rid of a 50+ year old cultivator that my dad used when I was little bitty. I also threw away some chatsky concrete pots that were broken. I cleaned out my front flower bed, dug up five dead azaleas and planted more shrubs and flowers; and the flowerbed near the mailbox looks so much better now! I feel a lot better about my front yard :)