How to tell if someone is hoarding – and provide effective help
For many, letting go of possessions is intensely stressful, even when the clutter puts them at risk. Here’s what you can do
by Michael A Tompkins
Michael A Tompkins is a clinical psychologist, co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, and faculty member of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. He is the co-author of Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring (2009) and the author of Clinician’s Guide to Severe Hoarding: A Harm Reduction Approach (2014).
Written by Michael A Tompkins