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This workshop provides those seeking a practical and trauma-informed approach to understanding and supporting individuals struggling with hoarding and excessive acquiring. Participants will explore the underlying psychological, emotional, and neurobiological factors that contribute to hoarding. Strategies for assessing and responding to hoarding situations using evidence-based strategies such as Stages of Change Theory, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction and Levels of Insight in Hoarding Disorder (as defined in the DSM-5) will be presented and put into practice, through interactive discussions, case study analysis, and hands-on group activities.
NOTE: This is an interactive, virtual workshop, which is different from a webinar. Participants will be expected to participate through voice and video, and to engage with each other and the facilitator in large and small group discussions, to learn from each other and practice skill development.
Understand Hoarding Disorder as a mental health diagnosis (as outlined in the DSM-5) and the role insight into hoarding can play in developing a plan of action to address hoarding
Enhance awareness of how trauma, attachment loss, genetics, biological and/or environmental factors can lead to, and impact an individual’s saving and acquiring behaviours
Understand and assess the primary reasons for attachment to objects
Learn how trauma, anxiety, avoidance, and a variety of additional mental health challenges can impact a person’s ability to reduce, discard and organize one’s possessions
Increase knowledge of the legal, safety, health, and housing risks associated with hoarding, and potential resources for individuals struggling with hoarding
Assess and conceptualize your response to the hoarding situation using a 4-step process related to safety, health, history, and possibilities for change
Apply Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural and emerging approaches to create a compassionate, positive, and achievable response to a hoarding situation
Learn organizational and decluttering strategies that can be adapted to different hoarding situations
Increase knowledge of available community resources and referral pathways for those with hoarding and related challenges
Four, three-hour and two, two-hour online workshops over the course of two weeks.
Workshop Dates and Registration
All sessions in Eastern Standard Time.
April 24-May 2, 2025
Part 1: Thursday, April 24 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 2: Friday, April 25 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 3: Tuesday, April 29 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 4: Wednesday, April 30 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 5: Thursday May 1 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 6: Friday, May 2 | 9:00 – 12:00
Registration Cut Off: Tuesday, April 22
Part 1: Tuesday, October 21 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 2: Thursday, October 23 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 3: Friday, October 24 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 4: Tuesday, October 28 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 5: Thursday, October 30 | 9:00 – 12:00
Part 6: Friday, October 31 | 9:00 – 12:00
Registration Cut Off: Friday, October 17
Registration Coming Soon
Pricing
Members: $360 + HST
Non-Members: $470 + HST
Non-Member Education Level 1 & 2: $375 + HST
Bring This Workshop to Your Staff
OMSSA can work with you to deliver this workshop to you and your team in an in-person format at a time that works for you. We can also customize the content of each workshop to meet your specific needs. Contact OMSSA's Director, Education Christie Herrington to learn more about bringing this workshop to your staff.
Dana Kamin is a Registered Social Worker (RSW), an experienced clinical counsellor specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, and hoarding, and the owner of ThriveWell Counselling. Dana has over 25 years’ experience in the social service and mental health sector, as well as being a highly experienced workshop facilitator.
Dana has worked in a variety of settings, including drop-in, food bank, and shelter settings, as well as within client homes. Dana’s diverse experiences include providing crisis intervention, prevention and de-escalation, case management, and counselling, with diverse populations, including homeless, low-income, LGBTQ+ and hoarding populations.
Dana is well versed working with a variety of trauma-Informed, person-centred and integrated approaches, including Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness, as well as a number of trauma healing approaches including EMDR and Internal Family Systems.
Dana creates an engaging and participatory workshop environment, where intersectionality and lived experience can be brought into the learning environment. Dana encourages participant sharing and exploration of experiences as a way of learning together. Using examples from participants, case studies and/or role plays, and interactive group work, Dana creates a safe and non-judgmental space, to learn and practice practical strategies to address a variety of challenging situations.
OMSSA will be hosting this virtual workshop using Zoom, an online, interactive platform that you can join straight from your web browser, or by downloading 'Zoom Client for Meetings' on your computer or tablet.
Participants will be expected to join the workshop via both video and audio. Participants should therefore have access to a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet with:
a webcam or built-in camera
a built-in microphone or a headphone jack where you can plug in a headset or earphones
We strongly recommend that participants use a headset or earphones with a built-in microphone in order to limit background noise.
System requirements: Click here for more detailed information on system requirements from Zoom.