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Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding | 
 enlarge | Authors: David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 13308
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0195300580
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85227
EAN: 9780195300581
ASIN: 0195300580
Publication Date: February 8, 2007
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Product Description
Buried in Treasures outlines a scientifically-based and effective program for helping compulsive hoarders dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes.
Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you can accurately identify those things you really need and those you can do without. Learn to recognize the "bad guys" that maintain your hoarding behavior and meet the "good guys" who will motivate you and put you on the path to change.
Features of this book include:
-Self-assessments to determine the severity of the problem
-Tips and tools for organizing your possessions and filing your paperwork
-Strategies for changing unhelpful beliefs about your possessions
-Behavioral experiments to reduce your fear of anxiety and fear of discarding.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 didn't know I have OCD-thought I was just an "accumulator" September 28, 2008
First time ever to see a psychologist. She recommended this book. IT IS a TREASURE!! Some of the exercises are hard to do, but they sure open "doors" I didn't know I HAD!! A collector collects thing of VALUE; an accumulator saves EVERYTHING--Just In Case!!
Help for hoarders! September 18, 2008
I found this book to be insightful and very helpful. It asks the hard questions, and makes one honestly take stock of their addiction. The exercises at the end of each chapter are to the point and are great tools to help in this endeavor. Chapters on change give realistic approaches to dealing with the problems encountered when beginning the process.
 Comprehensive Guide August 29, 2008
Well researched and professionally presented. I don't feel it's the complete answer for recovery from this obsessive-compulsory behavior; but it would be helpful in conjunction with other supports.
 Very Little and Poorly Padded June 15, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, there is so much more to say about the topic of hoarding and how to overcome it. The book could have been better if it had contained more text and fewer blank pages disguising themselves as workbook pages. Anybody, not only a hoarder, certainly has their own blank paper around to house that they could use as worksheets. The publisher does not need to provide it for us and charge for it.
Secondly, the book says what it has to say then repeats virtually all the same things!
Third (thirdly?) the person who needs this book either won't buy it, or she'll get it then lose it.
Nevertheless, it was fun reading about myself. The authors apparently got inside my head and spilled all my secrets. Yes, the book helped a little, but it should either be much more concise or it should contain more information. Taking a small amount of helpful material and padding it to fill out a book is a sham and waste of the consumer's money.
Original Insights June 6, 2008
I've read a lot of books about getting organized--enough to stop. This book was recommended on the NACBT forum and I found it to be very worthwhile reading.
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