Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85227
EAN: 9780195300581
ISBN: 0195300580
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: February 08, 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 10780
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Buried in Treasures outlines a scientifically-based and effective program for helping compulsive hoarders dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes.
Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you can accurately identify those things you really need and those you can do without. Learn to recognize the "bad guys" that maintain your hoarding behavior and meet the "good guys" who will motivate you and put you on the path to change.
Features of this book include:
-Self-assessments to determine the severity of the problem
-Tips and tools for organizing your possessions and filing your paperwork
-Strategies for changing unhelpful beliefs about your possessions
-Behavioral experiments to reduce your fear of anxiety and fear of discarding.




Rating: - Not Very Helpful
Not a very substantive book and not well organized and not much of a program. I have diffuculty with my clutter and with organizing and was looking for a way to get a handle on these issues. Don't bother with this book.

Their steps are not in any real order - they expect you to be good at prioritizing already and in identifying where to start. An early chapter says they will help you develop goals but the actual exercise is just to write them down! They offer no suggestions on developing ... Read More

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Rating: - didn't know I have OCD-thought I was just an "accumulator"
First time ever to see a psychologist. She recommended this book. IT IS a TREASURE!! Some of the exercises are hard to do, but they sure open "doors" I didn't know I HAD!! A collector collects thing of VALUE; an accumulator saves EVERYTHING--Just In Case!!

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Rating: - Help for hoarders!
I found this book to be insightful and very helpful. It asks the hard questions, and makes one honestly take stock of their addiction. The exercises at the end of each chapter are to the point and are great tools to help in this endeavor. Chapters on change give realistic approaches to dealing with the problems encountered when beginning the process.

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Rating: - Comprehensive Guide
Well researched and professionally presented. I don't feel it's the complete answer for recovery from this obsessive-compulsory behavior; but it would be helpful in conjunction with other supports.

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Rating: - Very Little and Poorly Padded
First, there is so much more to say about the topic of hoarding and how to overcome it. The book could have been better if it had contained more text and fewer blank pages disguising themselves as workbook pages. Anybody, not only a hoarder, certainly has their own blank paper around to house that they could use as worksheets. The publisher does not need to provide it for us and charge for it.
Secondly, the book says what it has to say then repeats virtually all the same things!
Third (thirdly?) ... Read More

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