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About the Facilitator


This Compassionate Mind Training for Hoarding and Cluttering Workshop will be facilitated by Chia-Ying Chou, PhD. Dr. Chou is a UCSF-trained specialist in Hoarding. She has been working with individuals with Hoarding and cluttering challenges since 2014. As a therapist, Dr. Chou treats Hoarding by addressing its underlying roots, such as difficulties in emotion regulation, intolerance of uncertainty and distress, shame, self-criticism, undermined self-worth, and psychological consequences of trauma. Besides working clinically, Dr. Chou also provides trainings to clinicians and public talks on hoarding and Compassion Focused Therapy worldwide. To learn more about her approach to Hoarding and her presentation style, check out Dr. Chia-Ying Chou on YouTube. 


Who is this workshop intended for?

  • People who self-identify as someone experiencing cluttering or hoarding issues
  • People who are unsure if they have hoarding issues, but seem to have more things than their space can contain, or find it hard to let things go 
  • People who are interested in healing from hoarding or cluttering issues from the bottom-up
  • People who have tried traditional Cognitive Behavioral treatment or support for Hoarding and curious about what else is available
  • People who suffer from harsh self-criticism about their 'stuff' but struggle to face and work on it
  • People who 'procrastinate' or seem to be unable to find time to get to sorting and discarding 


What will be introduced in the workshop?

This workshop follows theories and exercises of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), an evidence-based approach for different mental health issue that is growing evidence in its effects on Hoarding. This workshop is not psychotherapy in nature. It includes the fundamental educational and skills training in CFT. Specifically, we will cover topics including:

  •  What hoarding is and why do people have this difficulty - based on how the human brain is designed
  • Psycho-education and skills training to help us understand and become more aware of the emotions and mental states related to hoarding
  • A compassionate look at our circumstances - this means facing our issues with wisdom, openness, and heart-felt commitment to help ourselves.
  • Practices to help develop a more encouraging internal dialogue when we try to address our issues.
  • Practices to cultivate a more compassionate relationship with ourselves so we learn to value our wellbeing more than things' wellbeing
  • Practices to help ground, soothe, and encourage ourselves when we feel overwhelmed, so that we can stick to our goals

This workshop is offered through the San Francisco Center for Compassion Focused Therapies, under the Better Treatment for Hoarding Program. Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram @bettertreatmentforhoarding and @sfcompassion  

Limited financial assistance to register for these workshops may be available to those in need. For more information, please email [email protected].

Registration

  • Six-week online workshop (2.5 hours per week)

This workshop will take place on Zoom for Healthcare, a secure video conferencing platform. You must have access to a computer or other Zoom-compatible device and network connectivity to participate. You must have a working microphone, camera, and/or keyboard to communicate with the facilitator and other participants (although you are not required to do so). The facilitator will make reasonable efforts to help you with technical problems, however support resources will be limited.

Workshop registrations are nonrefundable, however you may transfer your registration to another participant or request credit for a future SFCompassion workshop in the event that you are unable to attend.

Partial registration (for specific days of the workshop and not others) is not permitted. However, missing one or more days of the workshop, while not ideal, is permitted.

This workshop will be recorded. Only people who speak will be recorded. And only people who have registered will be given access to the recording for a very limited period of time.

This workshop offer psychoeducation and skills training and will foster a cohesive and supportive group experience. Empirically supported Information that promotes well-being will be shared during the workshop. However, this workshop is NOT intended for psychotherapy purposes. The workshop facilitator will not be able to provide diagnoses or treatment for hoarding disorder or other psychiatric disorders in the context of the workshops.

This workshop does not have the benefits expected for psychotherapy, including confidentiality. However, the facilitator will do their best to protect the privacy of group members.

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