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The Hoarding Handbook – Help Book for Hoarders

January 9, 2012 By Avery Associates

Help For Hoarders – The Hoarding Handbook

As a London house clearance company, we encounter cases of compulsive hoarding in London and across the UK on a regular basis. This is a mysterious and often misunderstood mental condition, and although people are becoming more aware of the problem, there is often a lack of understanding about the best way to help hoarders.

But now there is a new book which provides a lot of help and advice on how to deal with hoarders when you come across a case of one yourself.

‘The Hoarding Handbook’ is written by Christiana Bratiotis along with co-authors Gail Steketee and Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, and is published by Oxford University Press.

Although there are many books written for hoarders to help them with their condition, there are not many books available for the people who encounter cases of hoarding, making this book very useful.

Bratiotis has long provided advice to people on this issue of hoarding. She is the director of SSW Hoarding Research Project, and she takes lots of calls each week from people who have come across a case of hoarding and don’t know what to do.

Often the people who discover hoarding cases do not have mental health training, and for them the situation can seem out of their hands.

On many occasions, people end up doing the wrong thing by accident. Bratiotis advises people not to touch the belongings of hoarders or to use negative comments as this could make the situation worse by making the hoarder ashamed of their behaviour.

This book is going to prove very useful for anyone who encounters a hoarding situation and wants to react in the right way to help the victim to get control over their mental health issue, and will surely provide a lot of great advice to the people who discover hoarding cases and don’t know what to do.

We are a house clearance company dealing with any type of clearance, including those involving issues of compulsive hoarding. London and Surrey are some of the areas we work in, but we can carry out jobs across the UK. For confidential advice call Jeffrey Avery on 0800 567 7769

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Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding Tagged With: Christiana Bratiotis, compulsive hoarding, Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, SSW Hoarding Research Project, The Hoarding Handbook

Our House Clearance Services

We provide a full house clearance and property management solution:

  • We clear hoarded houses, regardless how big or how cluttered
  • We clear all types and sizes of property, irrespective of location, or access is restricted or where parking is difficult or not available.
  • We can help avoid water damage by draining the central heating system.
  • We can secure the property and change the locks.
  • We can reinstate the gardens and maintain them whilst the property is empty.
  • We can provide 24 hour security to eliminate the risk of squatting or unlawful occupation.

As well normal house clearances we specialise in clutter clearance and we can clear a hoarded house which may contain years of accumulated possessions, or which have abnormal amounts of general household items, sometimes as a result of compulsive hoarding syndrome.

Equally we can help to clear a property where the occupants were previously unwell and unable to care for themselves or their property which sometimes results in insanitary, dangerous or just plain unpleasant conditions.

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