Description
<div>Acknowledgments </div><div>How to Navigate the Book</div><div>Prologue</div><div>Introduction </div><div>Part I. Understanding Hoarding and What It Takes to Clear Your Path</div><div>Chapter 1. Overview of Hoarding </div><div>Chapter 2. Environmental and Self-Assessment </div><div>Chapter 3. Goals </div><div>Chapter 4. Take Back Your Life </div><div>Chapter 5. Procrastination </div><div>Part II. Moving Forward: Inspiration from Those Who Have Gone before You</div><div>Chapter 6. The Impact of Hoarding on Families: Her Pills Haven't Worked Yet</div><div>Chapter 7. The Impact of Grief: Drowning in Loss </div><div>Chapter 8. Impulse Shopping: Can't Buy Happiness </div><div>Chapter 9. The Sandwich Generation: Overwhelming Obligation </div><div>Chapter 10. A Life Stored, Not Lived: Secondary Diogenes Syndrome in Seniors </div><div>Chapter 11. Professional at Work, Powerless at Home: Secret Lives </div><div>Chapter 12. Disabled in Dire Straits </div><div>Chapter 13. Home Is Where the Heart Is: Disconnecting from Your Environment </div><div>Chapter 14. Collateral Damage: Adult Children of Hoarders, Seniors Living with Hoarders, and Neighbors </div><div>Chapter 15. The Last Word </div><div>Part III. Getting There: Resources, Tips, and Tools</div><div>Chapter 16. Resources </div><div>Appendix. Case Review from Birchall Consulting and Associates, Inc. </div><div>References </div><div>Index</div>
Reviews
"A great, accessible resource for anyone touched by hoardingsufferers, family, friends, and therapists." Elspeth Neiman Bell, The Bell Center for Anxiety and Depression "Birchall's compassionate and commonsense approach to decluttering continues to factor into everything we do when supporting people whose lives have been impacted by hoarding." Rheanon Funnell, Housing Services, Canadian Mental Health Association "If you're one of the millions who loved Elaine Birchall's radio show Take Back Your Life When Things Are Taking Over, then Conquer the Clutter is for you. Elaine provides pragmatic tools for managing and overcoming challenges of hoarding while debunking myths. Learn how this disorder is impacting people worldwide, perhaps even your neighbor next door." Camille Nash, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network "Clutter was making our home unhappy, our marriage unhappy, and our family unhappy. We didn't own stuff, stuff owned us; stuff was holding us hostage. Elaine's strategies have helped us take charge of the clutter and take charge of our lives." J and C R., clients of Elaine Birchall, Ontario, Canada