Supporting people with hoarding, anxiety and PTSD/trauma.

This podcast is all about what hoarding is, and isn’t, myths and best practice with respect and expertise. Recorded late 2022 in Naarm/Melbourne.

Mission

For the Crowded House was started by Tania Reid in 2013. We provide holistic support for those affected by anxiety disorders. and We are known for our expertise in supporting people with hoarding disorder. We are expanding to include providing support to ages 5-105 using arts therapies with PTSD and trauma. As always, we will come to you, this includes most suburbs in Naarm/Melbourne.

We offer these service

  1. Outreach to agencies wanting support for clients suffering with worry or ptsd/trauma refer here for arts based therapies

  2. For improving the health and wellbeing of individuals, we offer in home therapeutic and practical support for people with hoarding disorder -refer here


We are based in Naarm/Melbourne and do provide telehealth Australia wide.

Because words aren’t alway easy

therapeutic support for people with anxiety and trauma/ptsd.

Trauma and ptsd support

Trauma’s are unexpected events which are a threat /or feel like a threat to our safety. If we can’t fight or flight, our body freezes and our brain can get stuck with these intense feelings. This means that are often in hyperarousal (hypervigilance, fear, anxiety, nightmares, flashbacks, irritability, anger) and hypoarousal (feeling flat, disinterested, hopeless, numbness, depressed, disassociation). We provide a tailored response to your experiences and goals.

The amazing brain science says that working in the sand helps move the memories from the right hemisphere (non-verbal) to the left hemisphere (verbal) where memories are stored without the associated big feelings. We use a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques, including Values work, body awareness , CBT, Art Therapy and Sandtray therapy. And this is delivered by Tania who has lived experience of trauma and PTSD.

Trauma and ptsd support is available for all ages 5 and above. Curious? Here’s some more info

This can be funded by NDIS or Family Violence, Child Protection, Family Services.

Assessment Recommendation Therapy And/or Training - Other Therapy, from Core - Assistance with daily life $193.99 or

Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training - Art Therapist - Line Item Number: 15_610_0128_1_3, Improved Daily Living $193.99

Tania is a member of ANZACATA.

 

I want my
home, and life
back

 
 

Hoarding disorder

“But what if I need it someday?” This is probably the most frequent question I hear from people. This is hoarding - any room over a 5 on the Clutter Image rating scale. Too much stuff can be stressful, embarrassing and overwhelming. We help with the ‘head’ stuff (the psychological difficulties with attachment and anxiety) and the practical – reducing the acquiring, organising, sorting and discarding! 

  1. Quick clean ups don’t work! The stuff is a symptom of the illness and removing items only increases anxiety because it’s not dealing with the cause. Often people are so distressed after an industrial clean, they don’t want to let anyone in again.

  2. Hoarding is a mental illness = therapist, not a professional organiser.

  3. .Hoarding is a chronic and degenerative illness.

  4. We prioritise the safety of people in the home, then look at the causes of the acquiring, sorting and discarding of items.

    For the Crowded House provide individual counselling to support people to reduce their anxiety about acquiring and discarding. home. Clutter and hoarding that creates too much acquiring, and also difficulties sorting and discarding. Professor Randy Frost (the hoarding guru and author) says “Clearing things out isn’t going to solve that. The clutter will come back unless something is done to change the person’s behaviour”.