Posts Tagged ‘hoarding disorder’
Hoarding Disorder Research Flash Talks IOCDF July 2025 conference
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…
Read MoreFrom Awareness to Action: Educating Diverse Audiences on Hoarding Disorder 2026 ICODF Conference
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…
Read MoreADHD, Hoarding Disorder, or Both: Strategies to Manage Clutter and Disorganization 2026 IOCDF Conference
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…
Read MoreThe Impact of Hoarding on Families 2026 IOCD Conference
The Impact of Hoarding on Families at the 2026 IOCDF Conference was the presentation offered by Becca Belofsky, CPS, Ceci Garrett, MSW, LICSW, Lightening the Load Counseling, and Randy O. Frost, PhD. I work with families impacted by hoarding disorder: children trying to help their adult parents, siblings helping siblings, parents with children in…
Read MoreHoarding Disorder 101 2026 IOCDF Conference
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,…
Read MoreThe 2026 International OCD Conference
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…
Read MoreSaving Myself from the Things I Saved – a new tool from Lee Shuer
Lee Shuer, Mutual Support Consulting, is a Certified Peer Specialist providing guidance for decades, informed by lived experience, to people with hoarding disorder. He teamed with clinician Dr. Randy Frost to develop Buried in Treasures self-help and group protocols, and with Dr. Mary Ellen Copeland to develop the WRAP for Clutter program. These are only…
Read MoreHoarding Resources from the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom Association of Professional Declutterers & Organisers (APDO) is the equivalent to my National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO), Its members are as diverse, skillful, dedicated, caring and creative as us Yanks, and I’m pleased to have discovered hoarding resources they offer. I’m excited to see how I can use them.…
Read More31st Annual OCD Conference July 9 – 12, 2026 Seattle
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO PROUD to announce that I’m presenting at the 31st Annual OCD Conference July 9 – 12, 2026 right here in Seattle, Washington, USA https://iocdf.org/ocdcon It’ll be at the Hyatt Regency Seattle 808 Howell Street Seattle, WA 98101-1311 and/or Virtual I’m a panelist with Jennifer Snyder, CPO, Neat as a Pin Organizing…
Read MoreIt’s DONE It’s DONE 6:43AM my IOCDF registration is DONE
It’s DONE It’s DONE 6:43AM my International OCD Foundation July 2026 annual conference in Seattle registration is DONE. This was supposed to be in Seattle only weeks after COVID shut everything down, and now it’s FINALLY cycled back and registration opened this morning and I’m IN. I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now if my presentation proposal…
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