The internet is a great resource for help with hoarding disorder, for hoarders themselves, and their loved ones. Below is a list of our favorite online resources that hoarders and their loved ones can use to help clean, organize, and recover!
Resource Options:
- Social Media Help for Hoarders (Support Groups)
- Online Hoarding Disorder Resources
- Research from Educational Institutions
- Hoarding Disorder Therapists
- Hoarding Blogs
Social Media Help for Hoarders (Support Groups):
Social media can help hoarders by connecting them with people who are going through or have gone through a similar situation to their own, through support groups. Support groups can provide people with peer support and or information on hoarding from other members of the support group. See our hoarding support group list below!
- facebook.com/groups/hcSupportGroup/ (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/hoarderswithillness/ (Hoarding Support Group for those with Physical Chronic Illness)
- facebook.com/groups/TheClutterMovementFamilySupport/ (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/TheClutterMovementIndividualSupport (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/TheClutterMovementFamilySupport (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/506286962806401 (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/2465889453659273 (Hoarding Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/806369282856917 (Family and Friends of Hoarders Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/337932535768 (Adult Children of Hoarders Support Group)
- facebook.com/groups/declutteringisourpriority (Hoarding Support Group)
- reddit.com/r/hoarding (Hoarding Support Group)
- reddit.com/r/ChildofHoarder/ (Children of Hoarders Support Group)
- childrenofhoarders.com (Children of Hoarders Support Group)
- hoarding.supportgroups.com/ (Hoarding Support Group)
- dualdiagnosis.org/depression-and-addiction/ (Hoarding Support Group)
- clutterersanonymous.org/ (Hoarding Support Group)
In addition to support from peers through social media, the internet can be used for basic research about hoarding disorder. See our list of online hoarding disorder resources below!
Online Hoarding Disorder Resources:
- nami.org/findsupport (Find your local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) affiliate)
- nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help (Find information on mental illness from the National Institute of Mental Health)
- hoarding.iocdf.org (Find information on mental illness from the International OCD Foundation)
- apa.org (Find information on mental illness from the American Psychological Association)
- adaa.org/find-help/support/support-groups (Find support groups)
- aspca.org/helping-people-pets/animal-hoarding (Find information on animal hoarding)
- adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/hoarding-basics (Learn the basics of hoarding disorder, definition, symptoms, and more)
- hoarding.iocdf.org/ (Learn about OCD and hoarding disorder)
Educational institutions also provide great information on hoarding, publicly, for free, on their websites. See our list of educational institutions with information on hoarding below!
Research from Educational Institutions:
- Boston University: bu.edu/ssw/research/projects/hoarding/
- University of North Carolina: cls.unc.edu/webinar-hoarding-disorder/
- Boston University: thenetwork.bu.edu/offering/hoarding-disorder-in-older-adults/
- Mayo Clinic: newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-hoarding-when-clutter-is-more-than-a-mess/
- Mayo Clinic: mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hoarding-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356056
Hoarding therapists can also be found using several websites available for free online. See our list of local hoarding therapist finder websites below!
Hoarding Disorder Therapists:
- Psychology Today: psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/hoarding
- ABCT – Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: findcbt.org
- ADAA – Anxiety and Depression Association of America: members.adaa.org
- IOCDF – International OCD Foundation: iocdf.org/find-help
- Find A Therapist: members.adaa.org
- Mayo Clinic: newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-hoarding-when-clutter-is-more-than-a-mess/
- Choosing Therapy: directory.choosingtherapy.com/directory
Hoarding blogs are a great way to learn about hoarding and how to help hoarders clean. See our hoarding blogs list below!
Hoarding Blogs:
- Address Our Mess: clutterhoardingcleanup.com/resources/hoarding
- International OCD Foundation: hoarding.iocdf.org/blog/
- Children of Hoarders: childrenofhoarders.com/wordpress
- The Schulman Center: theshulmancenter.com/hoarding-addiction.html
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