H-C (Hoarding/Clutter) : For hoarders with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and a strong desire to improve their living or work spaces. This is a working list; members are required to be in the action stage within 60 days of joining and a once per month minimum posting of actions taken to remain in the group. Advisors: James Claiborn, Ph.D., ABPP, and Johan Rosqvist, Ph.D. List moderators: Paula and Vildy.

This is a private and unlisted Yahoo group; all information and conversations are confidential. Postings will not show up in any search engine. Maximum membership is 105 to 115, depending on where newly admitted members are in the joining process. Overflow applicants will be placed on a waiting list upon request.

Important note:
THOSE APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP WILL RECEIVE AN
AUTOSEND DOCUMENT, SO CHECK YOUR BULK, SPAM
OR TRASH FOLDER IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN YOUR INBOX.

Our approach is based on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) treatment model and protocol developed by psychologists Randy Frost and Gail Steketee (workbook pictured on the right). We use Randy Frost and psychologist Tamara Hartl's definition* of clinically significant hoarding in our group:

(1) the accumulation and failure to discard a large number of possessions
that appear to most people [non-hoarders] to be useless or of limited value,

(2) extensive clutter in living spaces that precludes activities for which
the rooms were designed, and

(3) significant distress or impairment in functioning caused by the hoarding.

* Frost, R.O.; Hartl, T.L., "A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding" Behavior Research and Therapy (1996)

If you have questions, please write to the list managers at: H-C-owner@yahoogroups.com