That Hoarder: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding

#158 What does "trauma-informed" mean when it comes to hoarding? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Dr. Jan Eppingstall, a Melbourne-based counsellor, about what it means to take a trauma-informed approach to hoarding disorder. Stick around as we break down why understanding trauma is crucial for effective support and treatment.

  • Trauma-informed approaches to understanding and treating hoarding
  • Importance of understanding trauma's impact
  • Concerns about wellbeing inquiries without adequate support preparation
  • Collaboration in Trauma-Informed Care
  • Practical Implementation for Non-Therapy Roles**
  • Incorporate trauma-informed principles
  • Sensitivity to potential triggers
  • Misconceptions and Communication
  • Fear factor surrounding trauma and its treatment
  • Detailed trauma disclosure unnecessary for effective support
  • Client Autonomy and Professional Boundaries
  • Respecting clients' communication preferences
  • Retraumatisation in Hoarding
  • Harm of forced clearances and strangers touching possessions
  • Negative impact of language and actions on hoarders
  • Respectful Support Practices
  • Building Trust
  • Importance of building trust before intervening in a hoarder's space
  • Ensuring professionals genuinely practice trauma-informed care
  • Over-explaining as a stress response
  • Broad approach of trauma-informed care
  • Factors influencing trauma perception
  • Trauma Definition
  • Trauma and Hoarding
  • Commonality of trauma in hoarding histories
  • A supportive framework rather than a treatment model
  • Five Pillars of Trauma-Informed Care
  • Assuming trauma backgrounds in hoarding behaviour clients
  • Loss of Control in Trauma
  • Trauma involves loss of control; care pillars help restore it
  • Tracking and managing nervous system responses
  • Importance of recognising client-specific signs
  • Term misuse by minimally trauma-informed trained professionals
  • Dangers of Misleading Trauma Informed Claims
  • Proper understanding of trauma to avoid harm
  • Non-therapists adopting trauma-informed principles
  • Importance of feeling present and calm during therapy
  • Teaching clients to feel safe and grounded
  • Clear Boundaries in Therapy
  • Trauma Types and Responses**
  • Variability of trauma
  • Explanation of retraumatisation
  • Managing Retraumatisation
    • ...more
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