To Have and to Hold: Understanding and Treating the Compulsive Hoarder

2 CE Credits for Licensed Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, and Psychologists

This workshop will give an overview of hoarding and the diagnostic categories in which it may be a factor. We will examine the beliefs commonly held by hoarders and will explore the syndrome’s underpinnings, including neurological factors and psychodynamics. We will view the video “My Mother’s Garden,” which provides an in-depth look into the psychic world of a hoarder and her family, and her reactions to their attempts to help her. We will consider the psychic solutions sought in hoarding behavior, and will conclude with brief case presentations of patients in treatment for hoarding. The modern psychoanalytic techniques of joining the resistance, utilizing emotional communication, and analyzing the narcissistic transference will be discussed.

Patrice La Mariana, MA, LP, is on the faculty of CMPS and NYGSP. She is a consultant to the Hunter Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity, where she teaches in the Geriatric Care Management Certificate program. She has also designed curricula used in training Protective Services staff in their work with people who hoard. She is in private practice in New York City.

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Practitioners and General Public: $20

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