When does collecting become hoarding? Why do possessions exert such influence in our lives and why is it so hard to throw these items away? Lorraine G., a hoarder herself, has formed a support group for people with hoarding behaviors.
Lorraine participated in a ground breaking approach to this problem with the Boston University Cognitive Behavior Therapy treatment program. She states, "This is a problem that can be worked on. Most people have been accumulating items for 20-30+ years and expectations need to be realistic." The support group will be utilizing the book, Buried in Treasures by David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee and a Workbook titled, Treatments That Work.
