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Digital Seminar

Hoarding Disorder: Evidence-Based Approaches to Help Clients Live Uncluttered Lives


Speaker:
Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
Duration:
6 Hours 04 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, IT, and FR
Copyright:
04 Mar, 2025
Product Code:
POS059268
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Clients who hoard have a million reasons to hold tightly to the collection they’ve amassed. It’s brought them comfort and made them feel safe. It might be useful later. Their memories and very identities are tied to their stuff.

For them, it feels like psychological death to get rid of it – even if it costs them their most precious relationships.

For you, even convincing them it’s a problem can feel insurmountable.

But in the depths of cluttered homes and overwhelmed hearts lie untapped opportunities for healing and transformation.

That’s where this training comes in.

Now in just one day, you can get the specific set of skills needed to work with hoarding, one of the most difficult-to-treat mental health conditions.

Watch behavior therapy expert and featured psychologist on TV’s Hoarding: Buried Alive, Dr. Daniel J. Moran, as he shows you how to get inside the minds of clients with hoarding disorder. With specific assessment and treatment tools you can start using right away, you’ll discover how to get beyond the chaos, end ineffective arguments and forced cleanouts that don’t work, and guide your clients towards sustainable change and healing.

Whether you’re working your first case with a hoarder or you’re an experience clinician looking to make your treatment more effective, this training is the perfect fit with everything you need including:

  • Effective strategies to increase clients’ insight and motivation for change
  • How to properly conduct home visits
  • Novel assessment tools to understand the scope of clients’ hoarding and track progress
  • The latest interventions to help clients change their relationship to their stuff

After participating in this dynamic training, you’ll have the assessment and treatment tools you need to help your clients move forward and live a healthy, uncluttered life.

Register now!

Credit


Self-Study Credit

This self-study program consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements. 



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Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D's Profile

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Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D, is an associate professor in the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology with Health Emphasis program at Touro University. He has dedicated his career to reducing suffering and enhancing quality of life.

Dr. Moran is also a past president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), the international organization for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with over 8,000 members worldwide. He co-authored the first case conceptualization manual for ACT, ACT in Practice (New Harbinger), and served on the inaugural ACT training committee. He has authored several other books on ACT, including Finding Your Why and Finding Your Way.

As a recognized ACT trainer within the ACBS community, Dr. Moran is known for his engaging training style and has been an invited keynote speaker at numerous events over the past decade. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Network, The Discovery Channel TLC, and Animal Planet to discuss treatment approaches for various clinical disorders. His scholarly work includes articles and book chapters coauthored with CBT pioneer Albert Ellis and ACT founder Steven Hayes.

Since 2017, Dr. Moran has provided telepsychology services and founded Optimize Psychological Health, a teleclinic where he continues to supervise clinicians and provide direct client care. Passionate about applying ACT beyond clinical settings, he established Pickslyde Consulting to bring mindfulness and values-based commitment skills to workplaces – improving leadership, innovation, and safety.  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Daniel Moran is the founder, president & CEO of Pickslyde Consulting, Optimize Psychological Health, and the founder of bcbasupervison.com. He has employment relationships with Touro University and FoxyLearning.com. Dr. Moran receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Daniel Moran is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, the International OCD Foundation, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavior Analysis International, the Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies, and the American Society of Safety Engineers.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.


Objectives

  1. Develop a research-based definition of hoarding disorder and prevalence rates.
  2. Analyze hoarding disorder from a contextual behavioral science perspective.
  3. Recognize effective diagnosis and treatment strategies of hoarding disorder.
  4. Determine assessment tools to use in diagnosing and treatment planning for hoarding clients.
  5. Show how to conduct a home visit assessment.
  6. Determine alternative options to treatment other than a forced cleanout.

Outline

FOUNDATIONS OF HOARDING

Uncovering the Person Who Hoards

  • Functional people who hoard
  • Biopsychosocial model
  • Unique traits of someone who hoards
  • Hoarding vs. OCD
  • Risk factors for hoarding
  • Emotional/psychological impact
  • Implications of diagnosis on public safety
  • Communities & professionals
  • Effects on physical health:
    • Respiratory issues
    • Falling and balance issues
    • Dangers of mold and waste
  • Research limitations and risks

Diagnosis

  • Common comorbidities and differential diagnosis issues
  • Hoarding vs. OCD
  • Clutter vs. collecting vs. hoarding
  • Levels of hoarding
  • Risk for cross over hoarding behaviors
    • Alcohol and drug use
    • Animal hoarding

Best-Practices for Home-Visits and Assessments

  • Conduct a home visit
  • What is your Clutter Costing You?
    • Self-evaluation
    • Clutter Checklist and Guidelines
  • Safety and treatment planning
  • Hoarding Behavior Acceptance and Action
  • Questionnaire (HBAAQ)
    • Willingness to accept emotional experiences

Interventions and Strategies to Reduce Acquisitions and Plant the Seed of “Letting Go”

  • Commitment Plan worksheet
  • What is client willing to commit to during de-cluttering phase?
    • Decrease excessive acquisition
    • Discarding or letting go of possessions
    • Increase organization and overall functioning

EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Experiential avoidance
  • Lack of awareness Unclear values
  • Unhelpful behaviors
  • Narrowed self-definition
  • Cognitive fusion

Motivational Interviewing

  • Building motivation for change
  • Increasing compliance
  • Strengthening commitment to change

Mindfulness Training

  • Stress reduction
  • Enhancing a here-and-now perspective
  • Increasing acceptance and compliance in vivo de-cluttering

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Exposure & Ritual Prevention
  • Creating a behavior therapy treatment plan
  • Utilizing exposure to broaden valued repertoires

Family & Community Interventions

  • Family Therapy
  • Support Groups
  • Community collaboration/task forces

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychotherapists
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Therapists
  • Art Therapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses
  • Physicians
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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