May 18, 2010

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding

These medical professionals differentiate between collecting things and hoarding. They describe the psychological conditions that bring about hoarding behaviors, and offer both medical and organizational strategies for combating these impulses. It contains exercises, strategies, and techniques that can be used to reduce clutter and get yourself organized. It also offers psychological explanations that help you understand what type of hoarder you are and to overcome the fear and anxiety that drives hoarding.

This book can be found in HECSA Library:

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop
Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome Bubrick, and Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias
RC 533 .N496 2004