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|AMA Hoarding: 1 Challenging Question and the Answer You’re Going to Hate
One of the most enjoyable parts of advocacy work is offering website visitors the opportunity to ask me anything about hoarding. Most of the questions submitted come from family members ...
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|Hybrid Hoarding Treatment Training Coming Soon!
Lightening the Load Counseling is pleased to offer an upcoming CE training on Monday, October 6, 2025, in Puyallup and online. This 6.0-hour continuing education training, "Clinical Treatment for Hoarding ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » Challenging stories our brains tell us: Hoarding
As a hoarding therapist, I help individuals, couples, and families confront the beliefs, emotions, and triggers that reinforce their connection to items in their homes, enabling them to create safe, ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » Won’t I Lose the Memories?
Walking through my home, I look around and survey the displayed items. Penguin salt and pepper shakers that I display each winter becuase my husband is fond of penguins. Photos ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » Montana “Save the Date”
You might think you've encountered every situation in your practice, but nothing could prepare you for a client who confesses, “I think I have a hoarding problem.” This revelation can ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » Whose Problem is it Anyway?
Ever come home from visiting with family and wondered why you felt like someone else's hoarding was your issue to deal with? I mean, whose problem is it anyway? One ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » Do I hoard?
After revealing that my mother has hoarding disorder and that she was once featured on the show Hoarders, I almost inevitably get asked: Do you a hoard too? My response ...
READ THE FULL ARTICLE » About me
Today is the day I choose to take a stand for myself. *laughing* That almost sounds as though I am spineless and that I lay down and become a doormat ...
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