RESPONDING TO HOARDING DISORDER – USING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
Hoarding disorder cannot be addressed effectively through enforcement, clearance, or therapy alone. Sustainable change requires an integrated approach that combines practical, hands-on intervention with therapeutic, behaviourally informed engagement, delivered ethically and within professional role boundaries. The Hoarding Integrated Intervention Model provides a structured understanding of hoarding disorder, and guidance for effective, ethical and proportionate intervention.
Linda Fay has been helping people who hoard for almost 15 years. She is the founder of Hoarding Academy and previously Life-Pod. In 2015, Linda became the UK’s first practitioner to receive Specialist level certification in Hoarding Disorder. Her book: A Pragmatic Approach to Chronic Disorganisation and Hoarding – using the DESIRE method’ was published internationally in 2024 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. In 2025, she completed a Masters degree in Behaviour Change and was awarded a Distinction for her dissertation research project: ‘A Qualitative Study Involving Housing Support Practitioners – Using Behavioural Theories To Examine the Use Of Low Value Care Hoarding Interventions And Identify Opportunities For Their De-implementation’. She is a founding member of Scotland’s Hoarding Taskforce and is a steering group member of the UK Hoarding Partnership.
Pricing: £40 for members and £80 for non-members. Free for Students Members of REHIS.
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Booking Form: Southern Centre Event – 25 March 2026
