After completing this course, participants should be able to:
• Understand the differences between hoarding, collecting, and OCD
• Recall key traits that identify a hoarder
Description:
For the past decade, psychologists Randy Frost, Ph.D., Psychology, and Gail Steketee, MSS, Ph.D., Clinical Research, have studied hoarders: people who compulsively acquire a lot of stuff, and then have difficulty discarding the objects they obtain. In their book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, the two researchers detail how compulsive behaviors drive sufferers to pile objects throughout their homes. In Part 1 of this series, Steketee focuses on clarifying the diagnosis of hoarding and the key traits that differentiate a hoarder from a collector.
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
Connecticut Certification Board, Inc.
Pennsylvania Certification Board
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)