Margaret Norman, Licensed Professional Counselor has developed "Getting Together," a monthly seminar developed to bring together local service providers in the Richmond area to collaborate, network and learn. This month Margaret Norman kicks things off with Mindy Godding of Space Matters and Sara Bereika of NEAT LLC.  Two local Professional Organizers specializing in chronic disorganization and hoarding behaviors.

Cluttered home environments can affect a person's quality of life, potentially causing stress, disrupting relationships, and threatening personal health and safety. Chronically disorganized individuals live with severe disorganization that persists over time. They constantly try and fail to break the clutter cycle on their own. An understanding of your client's clutter condition may help you move someone forward who is stuck emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. In this program you will learn:...

1. 10 questions you can ask to identify chronic disorganization (CD) and hoarding in others.
2. How to assist an individual who may be CD or a hoarder.
3. The Clutter Hoarding Scale.
4. Symptoms and characteristics of CD and hoarding.
5. Possible co-morbid disorders that may be present in individuals with CD and hoarding problems.
6. How Professional Organizers can help someone in these circumstances.
7. What collaborative intervention is and how it works.
and much more....

Here are the details:

Date: Monday, January 26, 2009

Time: 6:00pm-8pm

Location: University of Pheonix, 6600 West Broad Street, Richmond VA

RSVP by January 21, 2009

Thanks to our sponsors:

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Margaret Norman, Licensed Professional Counselor

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