Monthly Archives: December 2019

Episode 16: Drive-By Non-Shopping!



Working with hoarders requires creativity because of the unique meaning they attribute to every little thing.  First goal:  stop acquiring!

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SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

 


Episode 15: Hoarders: Why Cleaning Out Their Homes Never Works, Part 2



Episode #15:  Hoarders:  Why cleaning out their homes never works,  Part 2

Dr Frost details how compulsive behaviors drive sufferers to pile objects throughout their homes. Hoarders’ beliefs about possessions and their difficulties in spatial perception undermine ordinary efforts.   Frost explains the underlying causes methods of minimizing the effects of the emotionally exhausting disorder.

© On Good Authority, Inc., 2019

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

 


Episode 14: Hoarders: When Does Collecting Become Hoarding, Part 1



Episode 14:   “Hoarders: When does collecting become hoarding?” Part 1

      
In their book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, Randy Frost, Ph.D. and Gail Steketee, Ph.D. identify the key traits that identify a hoarder.  Here Dr. Steketee discusses the difference between a hobby and an obsession?

© On Good Authority, Inc., 2019

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.