The Benefit of Support Groups to Address Hoarding Disorder. Overview of The Hoarding Project (THP)

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The Benefit of Support Groups to Address Hoarding Disorder MN Hoarding Conference June 16, 2016 Ellie Bergeson, THP Intern Overview of The Hoarding Project

1 The Benefit of Support Groups to Address Hoarding Disorder MN Hoarding Conference June 16, 2016 Ellie Bergeson, THP Intern Overview of The Hoarding Project (THP) Founded by Jennifer Sampson and Janet Yeats Non-profit organization Services Individual Therapy Family Therapy Psycho-education Safety Days SUPPORT GROUPS 1

2 Why THP started Support Groups? Facilitators: Trained by Janet Yeats Interns at THP Volunteer Facilitators 2

Topics/Manuals: THP created Manuals to facilitate Support Groups 8 Month Curriculum Topics Include: What is Hoarding? Trauma, loss and hoarding disorder. Hoarding Treatment Options.

3 Topics/Manuals: THP created Manuals to facilitate Support Groups 8 Month Curriculum Topics Include: What is Hoarding? Trauma, loss and hoarding disorder. Hoarding Treatment Options. Communication Hoarding. Self Care and Hoarding. Ambiguous Loss and Hoarding. Family Groups/People who hoard Different groups Manual Conversation about the topics are different Safe place Creates a different community I am not the only experience these feelings I do not feel judged here 3

4 Example of a Support Group 4

5 What is the definition of Hoarding? 5

6 How Many People Hoard? What do people hoard? 6

7 What are some reasons people hoard? What are some characteristics of people who hoard? 7

8 What causes hoarding? Goal of Support Group: 8

9 Commonly Asked Questions How do I talk to my loved ones about my concerns? What resources do you provide? Is it best to just clean out their home? How long does it take for them to be fixed Is there medication for this? What the Research Says: Support groups can be be significant source for support and understanding of the particular issues facing family members of people who hoard (Sampson, Yeats & Harris, 2012). Bibliotherapy-based support group can significantly reduce hoarding symptoms and hoarding-related beliefs (Frost, R. O., Pekareva-Kochergina, A., & Maxner, S. 2011) 9

10 What Motivates People to Come? I come to learn more about Hoarding. Find ways to cope. Hope to get some inspiration to make progress. Information about what others might be doing about de-cluttering. Sense of Community. A place to belong. Locations of Support Groups Minneapolis 1st Tuesday of every Month: Family Member Group 2nd Tuesday of every Month: People Who Hoard Group Shoreview St. Paul 3rd Thursday of every Month: Family Member Group 4th Thursday of every Month: People who hoard Group 2nd Monday of every Month: Family Member Group 4th Monday of every Month: People who hoard Group 10

11 Questions? References: Frost, R. & Gross, R. (1993). The hoarding of possessions. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 31(4), Frost, R., Krause, M. & Steketee, G. (1996). Hoarding and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Behavior Modification, 20(1), DOI: / Frost, R. O., Pekareva-Kochergina, A., & Maxner, S. (2011). The effectiveness of a biblio-based support group for hoarding disorder. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 49(10), doi: /j.brat Mataix-Cols, D., Marks, I., Greist, J. & Kobak, K. (2002). Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions as predictors of compliance with and response to behavior therapy: Results from a controlled trial. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 71, DOI: / Samspon, J.M., Yeats, J.R. & Harris, S.M. (2012). An evaluation of an ambiguous loss based psychoeducational support group for family members of people who hoard: A pilot study. Contemporary Family Therapy, 34(4), Doi: /s Samuels, J., Bienvenu, J., Riddle, M., Cullen, B., Grados, M., Liang, K., Hoehn-Saric, R. & Nestadt, G. (2002). Hoarding in obsessive compulsive disorder: Results from a casecontrol study. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 40(5), Saxena, S., Maidment, K. & Vapnik, T. (2002). Obsessive-compulsive hoarding: Symptom severity and response to multimodal treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 63(1), DOI: /jcp.v63n0105 Saxena, S. & Maidment, K. (2004). Treatment of compulsive hoarding. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60(11), Stein, D., Seedat, S. & Potocnik, F. (1999). Hoarding: A review. Israel Journal of Psychiatry & Related Sciences, 36(1), Winsberg, M., Cassic, K. & Koran, L. (1999). Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A report of 20 cases. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60(9), DOI: /jcp.v60n090 11

Validation of Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R): Compulsive Hoarding Measure

- 88 Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 5, No., Spring 009, - : Original Article Validation of Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R): Compulsive Hoarding Measure Ali Mohammadzadeh* Abstract