BIRCHALL CONSULTING ABOUT US:: "Helping you take back your life with respect for you and the things you value."

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BIRCHALL CONSULTING SERVICES:

COUNSELING on HOARDING BEHAVIOUR
CONSULTING with CONSUMERS
CONSULTING with PROFESSIONALS & PEERS
INDIVIDUALIZED WORKSHOPS FOR PROFESSIONALS RESPONDING TO HOARDING SITUATIONS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
ESTATE SETTLEMENT INVOLVING A PROPERTY TO BE PREPARED FOR SALE, COORDINATION OF GARAGE SALES / ESTATE SALES
PREPARATION OF POSSESSIONS FOR AUCTION
MOVING / RELOCATION SERVICES
PREPARING FOR ( LISTING, STAGING, PACKING, UNPACKING, SET UP) SALE OF A PROPERTY
SCANNING OF DOCUMENTS AND ELECTRONIC STORAGE
SETTING UP FILING SYSTEMS
SETTING UP BILL PAYMENT PLANS
IN - HOME COACHING ON MAIL, FLYER, AND PAPER MANAGEMENT

Therapeutic De-Cluttering

Therapeutic De-Cluttering Services include:

ASSESSMENTS ( Non Crisis )

Room by Room Assessments of the severity of Hoarding situation as well as the person's demonstrated need to save can be conducted with the appropriate approvals. A written report with recommendations to resolve is also available if required.

Accepted assessment tools in the field of Hoarding work are used to assess impairment to everyone involved, including pets, living or using the space.

Among the areas assessed are Activities of Daily Living, the need to Acquire, the need to Save and degree of difficulty in Discarding.

COUNSELING — Individual

- for those who Hoard and those affected by others who Hoard.

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTS

in need of further information about Hoarding Behaviour in general, or about a specific situation concerning them. One complimentary 1/2 hour consultation per Hoarding situation will be provided as a community service Consults are available in person or by phone.

CONSULTS WITH TREATMENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS

in need of general information, suggestions, resources or referrals concerning a client.. This unlimited service is provided as a professional courtesy. Consults are available by phone.

THERAPEUTIC DE-CLUTTERING

is conducted in the location(s) where the Hoarding situation exists. Work proceeds at your pace, respecting you, and your right to decide about your possessions and life choices. Our role is to Coach and Support you to reach your personal goals following the pace you are comfortable with.

TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

are available both for professionals required to respond and provide service to individuals who Hoard. 1 & 2 day workshops are available. The information presented will be tailored to your mandate and organizational needs so that best source research is most useable for your staff and the Community Partners you need to collaborate with as you jointly work to respond appropriately and effectively to the Hoarding situations in your community.

WORKSHOPS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

HOARDING LEVEL 1.

This well received and highly evaluated 1 day intensive workshop is for groups of all sizes who may or may not have 1st hand experience working with Hoarding situations and want/need to understand Hoarding better. It is designed to get your staff and your Community Partners on the same page regarding Hoarding. When all parties have the same language, understanding and key reference points it makes working together easier and more effective even though each organization continues to conduct service according to their different mandates. Participants leave with a clear understanding of:

The definition of Hoarding

The different types of Hoarding

How to identify Hoarding

The basics of understanding what you see in Hoarding situations

Saving patterns in Hoarding Behaviour and how to identify them

The additional disorders often found co-existing with Hoarding Behaviour

The Don'ts of Hoarding Intervention

A 4-Step Process to assess if Crisis Services need to assess risk first.
(Fire, Public Health, Bylaw, Property Standards, etc.)

Recommended services

Best-source research and what it says about Hoarding Behaviour/ Intervention

A toolkit of easy to use Intervention tools & resources

HOARDING LEVEL 11

This intensive 1 -day workshop which has been consistently evaluated as "AMAZING" is for groups who have had Hoarding Level 1 and have a desire to better understand and master specific skills. Both intervention & / OR treatment models are available. Training material can / will be adapted to meet your intervention requirements.

Characteristics of those who Hoard

Deeper understanding of Hoarding Behaviour

Axis 1 & Axis 2 disorders and their potential relationship to Hoarding

A comparison of best-source Hoarding research and more effective
Intervention styles and strategies

Hoarding and special needs groups

Understanding the Process of Hoarding

Hoarding and Distorted Beliefs

Mandated, Non-Mandated Interventions with & without insight

Supporting Change Behaviour

Comparing differing counseling models
(Cognitive — Behavioural, Neuro-lingustic Programming, Brief Therapy, Satir.)

Preventing Relapse

Tools to serve you and your client better

Building Partnerships

Coalition Building (optional but recommended)

Tools to give you a 2yr "leg-up" on building a local Coalition for more effective Collaboration.

CLUTTER — COACHING

This intensive 1-day workshop is designed for those who work hands — on, in -situ, with individuals who Hoard supporting them through the de-cluttering process. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of:
The characteristics of effective Clutter Coaches
How their personality traits, values and beliefs potentially help or hinder the process of
Clutter Coaching and the client's process
Definition of Hoarding
Types of Hoarding
How to identify Hoarding
A basics of understanding what you see in Hoarding situations
Saving patterns in Hoarding situations
Common Traits of people who Hoard
Other disorders found co-existing with Hoarding Behaviour
The Don'ts of Hoarding Intervention
Supporting Change Behaviour
Enhancing Motivation
Being an effective Coach & Cheerleader
Building a Alliance with your client
Language is Powerful
De-Cluttering Do's & Don'ts
Working with Resistance
Coaching, Setting Appropriate Boundaries and Limits
Modeling Good Self-Care
Knowing when and where to refer
Effective & Responsible Collaboration with other Involved Partners
Setting the Context for Confidentiality; Maintaining Integrity and Trust
Clutter Coaching Tools and How to Use them.
Relapse Prevention

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING and HOARDING INTERVENTION

Motivational Interviewing is a powerful and helpful tool in Hoarding work!

This workshop is designed both as an intensive 1-day STAND ALONE training or as Day 2 following HOARDING LEVEL 11 and will equip your staff to communicate therapeutically with a high degree of awareness. Participants will learn and practice:
What is Motivational Interviewing
What is Motivational Interviewing designed to accomplish
Working with different Levels of Insight
Stages of Change
The Principles of Motivational Interviewing
A full range of Motivational Interviewing Techniques
Promoting Motivational Shift
Transitioning Motivational Shift to Change Talk & Change Behaviour
Respecting and Supporting Individual Choice and Personal Responsibility
Variables which influence Change Behaviour
The Don'ts of Motivational Interviewing
When Change requirements are Mandated
Maintaining Motivation

The Following are 1/2 Day Workshops
Seniors & Hoarding
Housing & Hoarding
Building Partnerships to Manage Hoarding Response
Organizing Hoarding Response; Building on Work Already Done
A Primer on Hoarding (materials designed to address your
organization's needs at an "overview" level)

PRESENTATIONS

If your group would like to know more about the emerging issue of Hoarding Behaviour, prevalent in 1 — 2 % of the General Population, 1/2 hr — 1 hr presentations are available by calling BIRCHALL CONSULTING. Many people, once they have the language discover Hoarding closer to home than they realized, occasionally they identify it in areas of their relationship to their own possessions and acquiring habits. Good information is helpful from many perspectives, the person Hoarding, adult children of parents who Hoard(ed), the community potentially at risk from severe Hoarding conditions. This is especially true where unknown Hoarding situations exist in close proximity to where participants live. ( high rises and accommodation with walls in common.)

Anecdotally some professions appear to be potentially more at risk of developing a Hoarding response i.e. those where the development, production, storage and retrieval of information and / OR documents is part of their professional responsibilities but doesn't cease when the job does or carries over to the home..

KEYNOTE ADDESSES

Many organizations unknowingly interface with Hoarding. At your next Conference, give people the language and information to identify potential hidden Hoarding as well as some strategies and tools to begin the discussion which will lead to SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES and WIN — WIN SOLUTIONS.