Working With People Affected by Hoarding and Squalor

Join us for this 4-hour online workshop facilitated by Monica Lord* Flourish Therapy & Consulting.

This training is designed for new and experienced community sector workers who want to build their skills in supporting people living with hoarding behaviours.

Participants will learn how to:

• Understand hoarding behaviours as a distinct category of mental health concern, and recognise the various contributing factors.

• Identify a range of screening and assessment tools for hoarding behaviours and squalor.

• Appreciate the inherent risks of hoarding and squalor environments and apply appropriate risk mitigation and management strategies to their practice.

• Identify, understand, and apply a range of brief interventions to support hoarding behaviours, including realistic intervention planning and respectful decluttering.

• Participants will also learn skills to support emotionally dysregulated clients.

Participants will be provided with comprehensive digitised resources and offered the opportunity to problem-solve challenging presentations in practice.

Pricing: $80 per session for members and $110 per session for non-members.

Spaces are limited, so if you are unable to attend, please email Community Industry Group @ admin@cigroup.org.au or call us on (02) 4256 4333 as soon as possible. This training comes with a non-attendance guarantee of $50.00.

*About the Facilitator

Monica Lord 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 University of Melbourne, and is a current PhD Candidate at Griffith University. Monica has 15 years 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.