Ebook: Digging out: helping your loved one manage clutter, hoarding, and compulsive acquiring

In Digging Out, two psychologists who specialize in compulsive hoarding show readers with a friend or family member who hoards how to use harm reduction, a proven-effective model, to help their loved one live safely and comfortably in his or her own home and improve their relationship with the hoarder.;Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- For those who are open to help: treatments that work -- Why they refuse help -- Digging out -- How to use this book -- 1: What Is Compulsive Hoarding? -- Defining compulsive hoarding -- Why save that? -- Why People keep hoarding -- How do you know if your loved one has the problem? -- Could it be something else? -- 2: Harm Reduction -- What is harm reduction? -- Applying harm reduction to compulsive hoarding -- Why harm reduction can help -- 3: Setting The Stage For Harm Reduction -- Let go -- Understand -- Forgive -- Grab hold -- 4: Helping Them Accept Help -- Engaging your loved one in the harm reduction approach -- Introducing your loved one to the harm reduction approach -- 5: Assessing Harm Potential -- Conducting the home assessment -- Acquisition pathways -- Identifying harm reduction targets -- 6: Creating A Harm Reduction Plan -- Features of a harm reduction plan -- Putting the harm reduction team together -- Creating the harm reduction plan -- Formalizing the harm reduction contract -- 7: Keeping The Harm Reduction Targets Clear -- Step carefully: seven steps to successful home visits -- Why do you have this here? -- LEARN: listen, empathize, affirm, redirect, and negotiate -- Skills for the long term -- 8: Managing The Bumps In The Road -- Six common reasons for contract failures -- Working through contract failures -- Avoiding contract burnout -- Using appropriate pressure -- Making the best of a public situation -- 9: All In The Family And Other Complications -- When people who hoard live together -- When people who hoard live in assisted-care facilities -- When the person who hoards is an older adult -- How frailty influences harm reduction -- 10: When The Landlord Knocks, And Other Terrors -- There are no "bad guys," only potential team members -- Adult and child protective services -- Health and safety codes -- Guardianship or conservatorship -- Eviction notices -- Clear-out interventions -- Resources -- Recommended reading -- Professionals who can help -- Support groups -- Other resources -- Tips for managing paper, mail, and e-mail -- Where to donate or recycle -- References.