Mental Health Education & Inspiration LLC
About
I am passionate about giving people the tools needed to effectively manage HD and other mental health challenges, so that they can make lifestyle changes that result in emotionally and physically safer, healthier, happier, less cluttered lives.
I hold a B.A. in psychology from Smith College with a focus on human development across the lifespan. I am a Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist, Certified Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) facilitator and I serve on local, statewide, national, and international resource and special interest groups on hoarding disorder. I train facilitators to lead the Buried in Treasures Workshop as well as run the supportive action groups myself. I facilitate WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) and WRAP for Clutter groups. I possess a certificate in QPR for suicide prevention.
I’m a mental health educator. I teach professionals across many disciplines: social workers, therapists, elder services staff, first responders, animal welfare teams, housing personnel, resident service coordinators, health departments, sanitation, children’s & family services, and more.
I’m a public speaker. I talk to groups of all shapes and sizes, around the world, about the many facets of hoarding disorder, and how to give and receive help for it. I have extensive lived experience as a family member of someone with hoarding disorder, and as someone who has overcome compulsive acquiring personally.
I work one on one and with groups of all sizes. I consult on individual cases and I also facilitate intervention, support , and wellness recovery groups. I serve on the Western Massachusetts Hoarding Disorder Resource Network, statewide steering committee, and national and international organizations as well. I am annually featured by the International OCD Foundation as a support group leader, presenter, and conference planning committee member.
I bridge the work and experiences of clinicians, researchers, individuals with mental health challenges, and their family members, too I aim to increase awareness and understanding, and to decrease stigma. I specialize in hoarding disorder (HD), and also provide peer support and talks on topics that include depression with and without suicidal ideation, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), attention deficit disorder (ADD), chronic disorganization, grief, autism, and aging. To inquire about working with me, click here.
I hold a B.A. in psychology from Smith College with a focus on human development across the lifespan. I am a Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist, Certified Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) facilitator and I serve on local, statewide, national, and international resource and special interest groups on hoarding disorder. I train facilitators to lead the Buried in Treasures Workshop as well as run the supportive action groups myself. I facilitate WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) and WRAP for Clutter groups. I possess a certificate in QPR for suicide prevention.
I’m a mental health educator. I teach professionals across many disciplines: social workers, therapists, elder services staff, first responders, animal welfare teams, housing personnel, resident service coordinators, health departments, sanitation, children’s & family services, and more.
I’m a public speaker. I talk to groups of all shapes and sizes, around the world, about the many facets of hoarding disorder, and how to give and receive help for it. I have extensive lived experience as a family member of someone with hoarding disorder, and as someone who has overcome compulsive acquiring personally.
I work one on one and with groups of all sizes. I consult on individual cases and I also facilitate intervention, support , and wellness recovery groups. I serve on the Western Massachusetts Hoarding Disorder Resource Network, statewide steering committee, and national and international organizations as well. I am annually featured by the International OCD Foundation as a support group leader, presenter, and conference planning committee member.
I bridge the work and experiences of clinicians, researchers, individuals with mental health challenges, and their family members, too I aim to increase awareness and understanding, and to decrease stigma. I specialize in hoarding disorder (HD), and also provide peer support and talks on topics that include depression with and without suicidal ideation, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), attention deficit disorder (ADD), chronic disorganization, grief, autism, and aging. To inquire about working with me, click here.
