Treatment for hoarding disorder : therapist guide
Gail Steketee (Author), Randy O. Frost (Author)
The relationship people have with their possessions ranges from purely utilitarian to intensely emotional. For most people, their personal possessions provide them with a sense of security, comfort, and pleasure. However, if someone loses the ability to distinguish useful or important possessions from those that make life overly complicated, the objects can become a prison. For people who suffer from Hoarding Disorder (HD), the process of getting rid of unneeded objects is not easy. For them, possessions never ""feel"" unneeded and trying to get rid of them is an excruciating emotional ordeal
eBook, English, 2014
Second edition
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2014