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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not Very Helpful Jan 05, 2009
Not a very substantive book and not well organized and not much of a program. I have diffuculty with my clutter and with organizing and was looking for a way to get a handle on these issues. Don't bother with this book.
Their steps are not in any real order - they expect you to be good at prioritizing already and in identifying where to start. An early chapter says they will help you develop goals but the actual exercise is just to write them down! They offer no suggestions on developing or revising or choosing these goals which are the cornerstone of their alleged program.
Their chapter on motivation is just to get someone else's opinion of your home and then see how it matches yours! That would DE-motivate me. I can't imagine why they think it would be helpful.
As the person with the problem - they have labeled me a hoarder - I found the "Fact File for Friends and Family" sections offensive. I am glad they don't want them to argue with me, but if this book is supposed to give me tools to help myself, I don't need to read their advice to friends to be patronizing to me.
Much more helpful were Making Peace with the Things in your Life, by Cindy Glovinsky - fun and funny but with real tips and strategies for taking action - or Overcoming Complusive Hoarding, by Neziroglu, Bubrick and Yaryura-Tobias - although it is very clinical and quite demanding, it also has actual steps for action.
Don't waste your money on Buried in Treasures
 didn't know I have OCD-thought I was just an "accumulator" Sep 28, 2008
First time ever to see a psychologist. She recommended this book. IT IS a TREASURE!! Some of the exercises are hard to do, but they sure open "doors" I didn't know I HAD!! A collector collects thing of VALUE; an accumulator saves EVERYTHING--Just In Case!!
Help for hoarders! Sep 18, 2008
I found this book to be insightful and very helpful. It asks the hard questions, and makes one honestly take stock of their addiction. The exercises at the end of each chapter are to the point and are great tools to help in this endeavor. Chapters on change give realistic approaches to dealing with the problems encountered when beginning the process.
 Comprehensive Guide Aug 29, 2008
Well researched and professionally presented. I don't feel it's the complete answer for recovery from this obsessive-compulsory behavior; but it would be helpful in conjunction with other supports.
3 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Very Little and Poorly Padded Jun 15, 2008
First, there is so much more to say about the topic of hoarding and how to overcome it. The book could have been better if it had contained more text and fewer blank pages disguising themselves as workbook pages. Anybody, not only a hoarder, certainly has their own blank paper around to house that they could use as worksheets. The publisher does not need to provide it for us and charge for it.
Secondly, the book says what it has to say then repeats virtually all the same things!
Third (thirdly?) the person who needs this book either won't buy it, or she'll get it then lose it.
Nevertheless, it was fun reading about myself. The authors apparently got inside my head and spilled all my secrets. Yes, the book helped a little, but it should either be much more concise or it should contain more information. Taking a small amount of helpful material and padding it to fill out a book is a sham and waste of the consumer's money.
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