Pam Kaczmarek – Compulsive Hoarding

The lack of a formal diagnosis, deficiencies in applied research, poor case conceptualization and few treatment options have made hoarding treatments ineffective.

Pam Kaczmarek – Compulsive Hoarding

FOUNDATIONS FOR HOARDING: A UNIQUE, COMPLEX DISORDER

• A brief history of hoarding
• Previous work and current definitions of hoarding disorder. Possible case vignette
• Understanding the factors that lead to clutter
• Understanding what’s most commonly hoarded
• Understanding the process of how items collect and are acquired
• Common hoarding characteristics
• Identify unique hoarding characteristics
• Commonly seen in hoarding are neurocognitive deficiencies
• Compulsive hoarding behaviors
• Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) is a treatment for hoarding
• Compulsive hoarding vs. OCD
• Hoarding vs. collecting: compare & contrast
• Hoarding In context of animal hoarding
• Compulsive hoarding: Risk factors
• Trauma And& hoarding
• Basic demographics
• Cultural impact
• Axis I OCD vs Axis II Obsessive- Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD).
• Understanding OCD’s obsessions vs. compulsions

PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS

• The DSM was based on clinical and nosological factors.-5 ways to reclassify hoarding
• Co-morbid diagnoses—including Axis I & II disorders
• Organic hoarding vs. Hoarding Disorder
• Level of insight in hoarding vs. non-OCD – hoarding
• Beliefs and styles of thinking about possessions, as well as avoidance patterns
• Egosyntonic vs Egodystonic considerations
• Assessment tools specifically for hoarding

TREATMENT PLANNING

• Understanding the role and importance of insight in treating compulsive hoarding
• Demonstrations and simulated exercises
• Examples of compulsive hoarders and stages of change
• Motivational interviewing for hoarding clientele
• Brief discussion about brain structure differences
• Medications
• Psychological value-Education

INTERVENTIONS TO HOARDING BEHAVIOR

• Sequence suggestion for sessions
• Plan for CBT Treatment
• Treating acquiring and discarding
• Organization problems can be treated
• Overview of cognitive restructuring in hoarding patients
• Technique called the “Downward Arrow”
• A behavioral experiment to help hoarders
• A novel strategy for somatic awareness?
• Compulsive hoarding group work
• Watch outs!
• You must do it!
• Minimizing Relapse

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Description:

A complex and unique disorder
The lack of a formal diagnosis criteria for hoarding, deficiencies in applied research, poor case conceptualization and few treatment options have made previous treatments ineffective. The DSM was recently released.-5. In which Hoarding These revisions can be used to guide appropriate clinical treatment. Disorder has been finally identified as its own disorder. With the media’s constant attention, a flood of clients are seeking professional mental health care. However, they are not equipped to provide clinical intervention for this growing population. Despite hoarding being a symptom of OCD and OCPD, new research has shown that it is not.-5 revisions. Patients with hoarding do not respond to psychotherapies and pharmacological treatments for other OCD manifestations. Instead, a multimodal cognitive-The success rate of treating compulsive hoarding with medication and behavioral therapy has been higher than that with medication.

This recording will help participants understand hoarding, and teach them how to treat it. This course examines the similarities and differences between OCD and hoarding. This recording includes both assessments and interventions. It also contains case studies that will help you understand the results and equip you to help hoarders. Videos, group exercises, as well as adult learning theory techniques are available for participants. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity.