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The From Awareness to Action: Educating Diverse Audiences on Hoarding Disorder 2026 ICODF Conference panel with my colleague Miley Stanton-Flowers, Harmonious Living at Every Age, Allison Bonifay, MA, LPC, Director of Clinic Operations, NW Anxiety Institute, Irina Gelman, PsyD, ABPP, Providence Medical Group, Christiana Bratiotis, PhD, MSW, University of British Columbia and Jill Williams, MA, Multnomah…
ADHD or Hoarding Disorder: Strategies to Manager Clutter and Disorganization at the 2026 IOCDF conference was the marvelous contribution of Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D, ABPP, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy. I’ve seen Dr. Tompkins present this topic before, and I will again, because he will always reveal a new finding, a new…
I dearly love my sweet, dumb, energetic, big, poorly-trained goof granddog who likes to try to kill me – no joke, he recently pulled me into a tree while trying to make a new friend – who moved back in with me (as did my son). When my granddog and son are with me, I…
Attending a clinically-oriented conference as a layperson is a fascinating perspective. I understand many of the concepts, but the most dedicated applications are far beyond my technical skills. With that lens, I, to my gratitude, gained immensurable insight from Fundamentals of Treating Hoarding Using Evidence-Based Approaches with Lindsay Bacala, RSW, PhD Candidate University of Manitoba,…
I’ve attended so many Hoarding Disorder 101s, from so many presenters in soooooooo many forums, I don’t always claim the continuing ed credit anymore. But I never leave a presentation without learning something new. This version, Hoarding Disorder 101 at the 2026 IOCDF Conference, a panel of Kiara R. Timpano, PhD, Marnie Cooper, Kayley Hyman,…
The 2026 International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) conference was held here in Seattle. The IOCDF provides invaluable support for the community of researchers, service providers and people suffering from hoarding disorder who aim to understand and fight this miserable mental illness. I would have WALKED to it each day, 16 miles each way, if I’d had…
I’m not a clinician, therapist, diagnostician or medical provider of any kind. When I attend “technical” events, I don’t expect to have more than a surface understanding of the discussions. But I attend anyway: I want to glean everything I can from these topics and I want hope. I am NOT going to discuss the…
My car is kaput. Cold as a mackerel. Frozen as an icicle. My stubborn, creative, car-savvy son has battled like Hercules to tame my Cerberus and bring it back from the Underworld. Nope. I’m scrambling for a replacement. My conscience dictates that I give as much fair warning to my clients as I can when…
I continually aim to keep current on best practices to offer on-site assistance, virtual services and by-phone accountability sessions. I retrained, July 2026, as a virtual organizing specialist: I was proud to originally learn from Sheila Delson, The Virtual Organizer, a master trainer and a founder of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD), and glad…
Dr. Kristin Neff pioneered the study of the concepts she discusses in her book Self-Compassion. They are now well-known. I find her observations compelling. She teaches that self-compassion, the practice of being consciously, consistently kind to ourselves, is a critical element of self-care which extends into our relationships with strangers, coworkers, friends and family and…
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