GREAT READING
I am going to break the rules here and not bother citing publisher or year or place of publication. This information doesn’t make finding the books easier or make them more interesting, but adding it would soak up my time to no benefit. Items listed in bold are ones that I think are especially helpful. Stars are for especially outstanding books.
* Serenity: Simple Steps for Recovering Peace of Mind, Real Happiness, and Great Relations – Jane Nelsen
* The Relationship Handbook – George S. Pransky
* You Can Feel Good Again, Common-Sense Therapy for Releasing Depression and Changing Your Life – Richard Carlson
* The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Substituting the words hoarding for alcoholic or alcoholism, acquiring for drinking, etc. will cause this material to make a lot of sense. Reading the Overeaters Anonymous versions of these books may be even more helpful as hoarding is more similar to compulsive overeating than to alcoholism.
* You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought – John-Roger & Peter Williams
* Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind – Kristin Neff
* The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for Living Your Best Life – Marianne Williamson
* Is It Always Right to be Right? – Warren H. Schmidt and B. J. Gallagher
* Making a Change for Good, a Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline, and
* The Depression Book, Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Growth and
The Fear Book; Facing Fear Once and For All – Cheri Huber
* The Power of NOW, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmen – Eckhart Tolle
* The Power of Habit, Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
Making Habits, Breaking Habits; Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick – Jeremy Dean
Thoughts & Feelings; Taking Control of Your Moods & Your Life – Matthew McKay, PhD, Martha Davis, PhD, Patrick Fanning
* Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook – Gail Steketee and Randy Frost
* Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Thing – Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee
* Making Peace with the Things in Your Life; Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, and Other Possessions Keep Overwhelming You - and What to Do About – Cindy Glovinsky
* Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop – Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome, Bubrick, and Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias
* Article on survivor’s struggle to clean out after a hoarder dies: http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/26/an-unwanted-inheritance.html
* Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring – Michael A. Tomkins and Tamara L. Hartl. For families of elderly hoarders who are resistant to change. Describes harm-reduction model.
* Dirty Secret, a Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding – Jessie Sholl
* The Secret Lives of Hoarders, True Stories of Tackling Extreme Clutter – Matt Paxton. Excellent resource for families
Mind Over Mood; Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think, Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
Overcoming Worry: a self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, Kevin Meares and Mark Freeston
* 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace – Dr. Wayne Dyer
* ADD and ADDiction: When Too Much Isn't Enough – Wendy Richardson
* Affluenza, The All-Consuming Epidemic – John DeGraaf, David Mann, Thomas H Naylor
* Eat That Frog; 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time; also
* Goals, How to Get Everything You Want- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible, also
* Kiss That Frog, 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives In Your Life and Work – all by Brian Tracy (last one with Christine Tracy Stein)
* Emotional Discipline – Charles C. Manz
* Essentials for Health and Wellness – Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty, Kelli McCormack Brown
* Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer – Kenneth Pelletier
* Anatomy of an Illness – Norman Cousins
* Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder for Dummies – Charles H Elliot and Laura L Smith