Virtual reality therapy shows promise in helping people with hoarding disorder let go of possessions and declutter their homes. The corresponding study was published in the Journal of Psychiatric ...
Registration is now open for the Area Agency on Aging’s Too Many Treasures Hoarding Therapy Group. The 14-week virtual sessions will begin in early September and run through mid-December. The series ...
IFS for OCD, which is compatible with standard exposure and response prevention (ERP), brings comfort and respect to the ...
During a pandemic, it’s natural that people would worry about their health, their families, or the possibility of infecting others. But sometimes, those worries can exacerbate existing mental health ...
Many people who dream of an organized, uncluttered home à la Marie Kondo find it hard to decide what to keep and what to let go. But for those with hoarding disorder - a mental condition estimated to ...
A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published ...
For people who develop hoarding behaviors, possessions take on meanings and values far beyond their practical use. Each item becomes deeply intertwined with emotions, memories, and personal identity ...
The fascination with tidying — from organization guru Marie Kondo’s suggestion to keep only items that spark joy, to author Julie Morgenstern’s suggestion to just delete every email — can make the ...
When most people quip that they're "a bit OCD," they probably just mean they're a neat freak. For Howie Mandel, it means much more than that. Though the "America's Got Talent" judge didn't receive his ...
I became a therapist in mid-career, driven by my passion for helping others and my natural ability to connect with people. As a therapist, I use a non-judgmental, strengths-oriented, evidence-based ...
Jessica Grisham has received funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation. Keong Yap receives funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation.