Tools and links
This is a selected list of resources that may be useful for those living with hoarding and/or maintaining a healthy home (CMHH), their families and carers, and those working with these two groups.
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Websites
Name/Title | Target Group | Location | Run By | Description |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Worldwide |
Hosted by large social media platform Reddit, run by volunteer moderators. 34,000 registered members. |
Public discussion forum offering advice and support. People post questions, rants/venting, and personal progress. Has a wiki with comprehensive info and resources. Note: some posts can be confronting to read. |
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People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Australia |
Forum for agencies and community groups in the City of Maroondah, Victoria, Australia. |
Excellent introductory articles. Comprehensive resource guide for Maroondah locals and others |
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People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
UK |
Hoarding Disorders UK |
Resources and information for people affected by hoarding. |
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Families and carers |
Mainly US |
Volunteer grassroots, non-profit |
Online resource for family members of hoarders. Resources, information and support. No longer being updated. |
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People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Australia |
Hoarding Home Solutions |
Short blog posts with the serial story of a fictional hoarder and her ups and downs. Relatable and very well-written. |
Audio visual resources
Name/Title | Author | Target Group | Description |
International OCD Foundation |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
A Youtube playlist of short (2-3 minute) videos explaining hoarding disorder. |
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Lori Koppelman |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Podcast. A conversation with Mary, who calls herself a recovering hoarder. Ended 2020 |
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@ThatHoarder |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Podcast. Tips, advice, experiences and interviews from a compulsive hoarder who is trying desperately to change. |
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David Woods |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Podcast. A hoarding expert and a person living with hoarding issues talk and investigate the challenges of hoarding. |
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Rachel Seavey |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Podcast. A professional organiser offers tips and shares her experience. |
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ABC Radio |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Archived radio broadcast. An interview with Jessica Grisham, a clinical and research psychologist at the University of NSW. |
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ABC Radio |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Archived radio broadcast. Interviews with Professor Randy Frost (co-author of Buried in Treasures), a support worker, and two people who hoard. |
Books
Name/Title | Author | Target Group | Description |
Buried in Treasures |
David Tolin, Randy Frost and Gail Steketee |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Self-help treatment program. The basis for many therapy groups. |
Treatment for Horading Disorder |
Gail Steketee and Randy Frost |
Service providers |
Therapist guide for clinicians and other professionals |
Stuff: Compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things |
Randy Frost and Gail Steketee |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Case studies and exploration of the psychology of hoarding |
Digging Out: Helping your loved one manage clutter, hoarding and compulsive acquiring |
Michael Tompkins and Tamara Hartl |
Families and carers |
Practical advice focusing on harm reduction and salvaging relationships |
Children of Hoarders: How to minimize conflict, reduce the clutter, and improve your relationship |
Fugen Neziroglu and Katharine Donnelly |
Families and carers |
Aimed at helping adult children of hoarders manage their own emotions. Uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness etc. |
Understanding hoarding: Reclaim your space and your life |
Jo Cooke |
People living with hoarding |
An explanation of what hoarding is and an 8-step plan with practical steps to tackle the problem |
Overcoming hoarding: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques |
Satwant Singh, Margaret Hooper and Colin Jones |
People living with hoarding |
Offers support, guidance and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy activities to help overcome hoarding |
Reclaim your life from hoarding |
Eileen Dacey |
People living with hoarding |
Workbook with case studies, self-care strategies and an action plan |
Dirty Secret: A daughter comes clean about her mother’s compulsive hoarding |
Jessie Scholl |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Memoir by the daughter of a parent living with hoarding behaviour |
Coming Clean |
Kimberley Rae Miller |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Memoir by the daughter of a parent living with hoarding behaviour |
White Walls: A memoir about motherhood, daughterhood and the mess in between |
Judy Batalion |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Memoir by the daughter of a parent living with hoarding behaviour |
Lessons in letting go: Confessions of a hoarder |
Corinne Grant |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Memoir by an Australian commedian |
Mess: One man's struggle to clean up his house and his act |
Barry Yourgrau |
People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
Memoir and exploration of hoarding by a person living with hoarding issues |
An Ordinary House |
Tania Reid |
Families and carers |
Child's picture book about finding hope while living in a hoarded house. |
Training
Name/Title | Target Group | Run By | Description |
Service providers |
Maire Joy Barron |
Offers training and supervision online, phone and in-person. Fee to be paid. |
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Families and carers |
Hoarding Home Solutions |
Online. Workbooks, video lessons, real life stories and resources and tools. 12 x 1-hour sessions. Fee to be paid. |
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Service providers |
Hoarding Home Solutions |
Online. Workbooks, video lessons, real life stories and resources and tools. 12 x 1-hour sessions. Fee to be paid. |
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Service providers |
Rebecca Mezzino |
Online interactive workshop with a strong focus on developing empathy, compassion and understanding as well as skills and confidence. Fee to be paid. |
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Helping People Who Hoard: Alternatives to nagging, pleading, and threatening |
Families and carers |
Michael Tompkins via IOCDF |
44-minute Youtube video. Covers dealing with people who refuse help and repairing damaged relationships. Free. |
Service providers |
Centre for Community Welfare Training |
Online course, 2 x 7 hour sessions. To equip frontline workers to understand and work with hoarding disorder and severe domestic squalor. Fee to be paid. |
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Service providers |
Dr Jan Eppingstall |
Workshops and tailored programs by one of Australia’s hoarding experts. Fee to be paid. |
Support groups
Name/Title | Target Group | Location | Run By | Description |
People living with hoarding |
Zoom |
ARC Victoria |
Peer-led mutual self-help support group. Free. |
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People living with hoarding |
Private Facebook group |
Volunteer members |
Emotional, educational and psychological support, and a resource for understanding hoarding and cluttering |
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Families and carers |
Private Facebook group |
Volunteer members |
‘A place to get support, share experiences and feelings, and sometimes laugh at the absurdity of it all – without judgment’ |
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Families and carers |
Private Facebook group |
Volunteer members |
‘A safe place to be able to let out the frustration of living with a hoarder.’ |
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Families and carers |
Groups.io |
Volunteers |
‘A safe, understanding, peer support group for minors and youth living in hoards.’ |
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Families and carers |
Groups.io |
Volunteer members |
‘Join us for support, information sharing, and understanding… a community of people who grew up the same way or have similar adult experiences and can relate’ |
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People living with hoarding Families and carers Service providers |
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Volunteer members |
Public discussion forum offering advice and support. People post questions, rants/venting, and personal progress. Note: some posts can be confronting. |
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Families and carers |
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Volunteers |
Public discussion forum offering advice and support. People share stories, ask questions and vent their frustration. Note: some posts can be confronting. |
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Families and carers |
Zoom |
Arafmi |
For family and carers of people with mental illness. |
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Families and carers |
Face to face and zoom |
Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania |
For family and carers of people with mental illness |
Professional support services and treatment
Name/Title | Target Group | Location | Run By | Description |
People living with hoarding |
online |
Clinical support group program |
15-week program |
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Families and carers |
online |
Clinical support group program |
10-week program. Free with GP Mental Health Care Plan. |
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People living with hoarding |
Melbourne |
Psychologist |
Hoarding specialist offering therapy over Zoom as well as in-person |
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People living with hoarding |
Melbourne |
Counsellor |
Primarily a grief counsellor with training and interest in hoarding. Offers phone and Zoom therapy as well as in person |
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People living with hoarding |
Melbourne |
Therapist |
Hoarding specialist with telehealth options |
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People living with hoarding |
Sydney |
Clinical Psychologist |
Works frequently with hoarding and offers multiple telehealth options |
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People living with hoarding |
Bathurst NSW |
Counsellor |
Specialises in hoarding, OCD and anxiety. Offers telehealth. |
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People living with hoarding |
Melbourne |
Clinical Psychologist |
Specialises in anxiety disorders and treats hoarding. Offers online and phone counselling. |
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People living with hoarding |
Hobart |
Professional organiser |
Works with people wanting to declutter or downsize, and also works with NDIS and MyAgedCare participants. Has training in hoarding. |
Download List
Name/Title | Download list |
Treasured-Lives-resource-list-feb-2024 |