Collector Care Book Review: Digging Out By Dr. Michael Tompkins

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In Digging Out, you will find a complete guide to helping your loved one with a hoarding problem live safely and comfortably in his or her home or apartment. Included are realistic harm reduction strategies that you can use to help your loved one manage health and safety hazards, avoid eviction, and motivate him or her to make long-term lifestyle changes. You'll learn how to handle a mate or spouse with a hoarding problem, identify and work through special considerations that may arise when the person who hoards is frail and elderly, and receive guidance for healing strained relationships between people who hoard and their friends and family. Take heart. With this book as a guide, you can help your loved one live more comfortably and safely, salvage your damaged relationship, and restore your peace of mind.

Five  reasons why you should read this book

1. "The goal is pragmatic: to manage the hoarding problem over time so that your loved one can live safely and comfortably at home." Page 10.
2. Chapter 2 : Harm Reduction. "An alternative approach to the problem of compulsive hoarding that recognizes the realities of the condition while offering hope to you and your loved one".
3. "Assessing Insight and Motivation". Page 83. Gently assess your loved ones condition with handy lists provide inside the book such as this one.
4. "Checklist: Preparing to Clear Target Areas". Page 130. This is a great way to begin a large project, you might even want to copy this page and keep it handy for everyone working. 
5. Chapter 10 : "When the Landlord Knocks and Other Terrors". This book does an amazing job of providing solutions and resources that will really help your loved one.

Rachel Seavey, Professional Organizer
I am located in Pleasanton Ca, and serve the San Francisco Bay Area.
I specialize in Hoarding Disorder, Chronic Disorganization and helping the overwhelmed with clutter. I love what I do, and I provide realistic expectations and timelines. Don't suffer in chaos any  more. Every breath is a new beginning! Please visit my site at www.collectorcare.com
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