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This workshop aims to give people who are working with, or coming into contact with, residents who hoard, tools and methods to effectively assist them to clear space in their home.
Hoarding is now being recognised as a distinct mental health difficulty, with specific issues affecting access to services and psychological intervention. Hoarding can have a huge impact on a person’s ability to function independently and can carry a high level of risk for themselves and others. In this workshop, attendees will develop an understanding of what compulsive hoarding is, best practice, evidence-based cognitive behavioural intervention strategies and ways to support people who compulsively hoard.
Overview and Learning Intentions
Develop your understanding of the disorder, based on the model of hoarding
The prevalence of hoarding in Canterbury and how this relates to international data
Assessment – learn ways of identifying impairment and severity using an interview tool and questionnaires
Intervention – the issues that can be addressed with respect to what people acquire, the meaning they give possessions and why it is difficult to discard
Dos and Don’ts of working with people who hoard
When to seek an interagency approach and what services are available
1. Working with people experiencing mental health and addiction needs
3. Working with whānau
4. Working within communities
Janet Spittlehouse BSc Psychology, PhD
Janet has 17 years of research experience in the UK and NZ. Her PhD included a study of hoarding prevalence in 50 year old Cantabrians. To date this is the only hoarding prevalence study in NZ. Janet’s research interests include hoarding, depression, mental health, the health and wellbeing of young people, personality and sexuality. Janet is a Research Fellow with the Christchurch Health and Development Study at the University of Otago in Christchurch and is the research and evaluation manager at the Collaborative Trust, an NGO committed to assisting the healthy development of young people.
Juliet Macleod BA, MEd
Juliet is a senior Occupational Therapist who has worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist for most of her 33 years of clinical practice within the Specialist Mental Health Services (SMHS) in Canterbury. For the past 28 years she has been a member of the Anxiety Disorders Service, SMHS, working in providing psychiatric assessment and treatment for adults (18-64 years) with a severe Anxiety Disorder. She has developed a special interest in assessing and treating adults with Compulsive Hoarding and can provide psychoeducation, consultation and training for Compulsive Hoarding both within the Mental Health Services and community over recent years.
Workshop Type: Introductory | Workshop Level: Four | Catering: Refreshments provided
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