This workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of domestic squalor, including its distinction from hoarding, contributing factors, impacts on individuals and communities, and effective approaches for assessment and support. Participants will gain practical tools and insights for addressing domestic squalor in their professional practice.

Monica Lord from Flourish Therapy & Consulting is facilitating this training. Monica is the owner of Flourish Therapy & Consulting, the founder of the Australia Centre for Hoarding, Squalor, and Clutter, and a passionate, enthusiastic Accredited Mental Health Social Worker.

Monica holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Griffith University, a Master of Youth Mental Health from the University of Melbourne, and is a current PhD Candidate at Griffith University. Monica has 15 years of direct clinical experience working with children, young people, women, and families, and has spent 8 years running her own private practice on the Gold Coast. Monica is also a lecturer in Social Work at Griffith University.

In 2014, Monica was granted project funding to improve how workers engage people with hoarding behaviours. "Trash or Treasure" was developed in 2017 from the continued identified community need for quality training in working with hoarding behaviours, and to date, more than 800 participants have completed the training across Australia. Monica is a well-regarded training facilitator and has developed and facilitated a number of other professional development programs. Monica is also the founder of the Australian Centre for Hoarding Squalor and Clutter which is launching in 2024.

**Please note we only have a limited amount of tickets, so if you are no longer able to attend please let us know ASAP at info@cigroup.org.au
**Please note if you register and fail to attend without letting us know, you will be charged a attendance guarantee of $50