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Main description:
While most people find it relatively easy to manage their possessions, some find it extremely difficult. If you have a problem resisting the urge to acquire and you find your home cluttered and filled to capacity with items many people would find useless and unnecessary, you may suffer from a condition known as hoarding disorder.
Hoarding is a behavioral problem consisting of clutter, difficulty discarding items, and excessive buying or acquiring. Hoarding is often associated with significant reduction in quality of life, and in extreme cases, it can pose serious health risks. If you or a loved one has hoarding disorder, this book can help.
This fully updated Second Edition of Buried in Treasures outlines a scientifically based, effective program for helping those with hoarding disorder dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes. Written by scientists and practioners who are leaders in studying and treating hoarding disorder, this book outlines a program of skill-building, learning to think about possessions in a different way, and gradual challenges to help people manage their clutter and their lives. It
also provides useful information for family and friends of people who hoard, as they struggle to understand and help.
Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you can decide what you really need and what you can do without. Learn to identify the "bad guys" that cause and maintain your hoarding behavior and meet the "good guys" who can help motivate you and put you on the path to change. Useful self-assessments will help you determine the severity of your problem. Training exercises, case examples, organizing tips, and
motivation boosters help change the way you think and behave toward your possessions. This book provides easy-to-understand strategies and techniques that anyone can use.
Contents:
1 Introduction ; 2 What Is Hoarding? ; 3. Do I have a Problem with Hoarding? ; 4 Meet the Bad Guys ; 5 Meet the Good Guys: Strategies for Beating Hoarding ; 6 How Did This Happen? ; 7 Enhancing Motivation ; 8 Reducing Acquiring ; 9 Sorting/Discarding: Getting Ready ; 10 Sorting/Discarding: Let's Go! ; 11 Here Come the Bad Guys: Part 1. Motivation and Working Time ; 12 Here Come the Bad Guys: Part 2. Taking on Your Brain ; 13 Maintaining Your Success ; Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Publication date: December, 2013
Pages: 216
Dimensions: 178.00 x 260.00 x 17.00
Weight: 420g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health
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