Customer Reviews

Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook (Treatments That Work)

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My best friend is a complusive hoarder. I read this book to learn how to help him. It helped me understand how a person cannot help himself when he starts to collect possessions. He cannot throw things away. This book helped me understand an out-of-control addiction to collecting possessions. I liked the practical suggestions in the workbook.

Hoarding is an extremely resistant problem to treat. One treatment tool is to try and develop insight with the client as to how serious the problem is since there is always a huge amount of denial and procrastination. Dr. Frost is the real guru of the disorder.
I am a licensed therapist and I use this tool in my practice.

Excellent workbook for in depth understanding of disorder and executable plans and steps towards a solution. Book arrived expeditiously and in excellent condition. Would buy again from this seller.

I just purchased the workbook for Kindle PC and would give it zero stars if that were possible. The image quality on all the forms or worksheets is very poor. I am reminded of old mimeographed copies of worksheets from my elementary school days; many of the lines on some of the worksheets have gaps. Plus, the images of the rooms look as if they were photocopied from my school newspapers--circa 1976--stored in my closet; the publisher's site has crisp and clear photos with the same layout as the workbook. If I could exchange the Kindle version for a hard copy I would, but I would first check it out its quality in a bookstore. The ease of a Kindle purchase was not worth the cost of the book.

I am using this book in conjunction with my therapist. It helps focus in on the particular problem an individual has with aquiring and keeping too many things, as well as decision making and organizing. I think it would be helpful to many different types of "hoarders".
The only problem I have found is that the scoring sheet that is supposed to be in the appendix is missing!

At the moment, I am using Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring with my doctor. It remains to be seen if it will help me with my problems but it is giving my doctor some new information which may help me in the end.

The book was shipped in perfect condition and came quicker than I expected. The book itself is a helpful read to learn about hoarding.