Hoarding and Hypnotherapy in Oxfordshire and Reading.

Hypnotherapy for Hoarding: it could help you to bin it for good.

If you’re a hoarder and are looking for help then please be assured, hypnotherapy could help you. I’ve used hypnotherapy for hoarding problem in Reading, Oxford, London, Wallingford and Thame and am pleased to be able to say that those who are willing to engage with therapy succeed in their goals. You could be next person to let go of this crippling problem.

I also offer hypnotherapy online for hoarding, using vsee, zoom or whatsap. Please get in touch for more details as to how this works.

Hoarding is strangely ‘fashionable’ at the moment

Hoarding seems to be one of the new TV crazes. There are now no end of TV shows devoted to the compulsive collection of items which serve no purpose and which limit the hoarder’s ability to enjoy life to its fullest. Some bodies estimate that 2% of the population may suffer from the problem.

It’s hard to tell for sure, of course, because those with hoarding tendencies tend to be socially anxious and react to this by isolating themselves from society, taking comfort in those possessions which help them feel safe and secure.

The hoarding renders them more socially isolated (as family and friends find it difficult to cope with) and the consequent loneliness strengthens the hoarding coping mechanism. It becomes a vicious circle. If you find yourself trapped within this circle then please don’t despair. Hypnotherapy offers you a way out!

You could learn, in a safe and gradual manner, to let go of the past, to let go of things, stuff you no longer need and you could learn to let go of whatever trauma has led you to this point.

You could learn to live in the here and now, to embrace the potential in your future and to simply live. A hoarder once explained that living in their home, stuffed to the rafters with no end of nonsense, felt as if they were living in their own tomb. Does your home feel a little like that too? Would you like to be free of this feeling of existing but never really living?

If so then perhaps I could help you.

Possessions don’t leave, die or betray you

Hoarding stems from insecurity. Perhaps the hoarder has lost a job, a partner, a role. Perhaps they never felt as if they had a place in society due to an abusive childhood. They learned that people simply couldn’t be trusted and that the safest route lay in retreat and isolation.

Whatever it is, possessions can be held onto. They’ll never leave or desert the hoarder. They are reliable and will never prove to be a disappointment. They form a part of a safe, enclosed and predictable world.

Learning to deal with this sense of loss will be key to letting go of the need to hoard. Together we can work upon those issues which underpin the problem of hoarding and together we can work to begin the process of letting go of that which you simply don’t need and which is holding you back.

If you’d like to get in touch in order to have a conversation about how my combination of psychotherapy and hypnotherapy could help you, please either call me on 07786123736 or email me at paul@resolvedhypnotherapy.co.uk.

I look forward to helping you and to seeing you free yourself from the shackles of hoarding.

Hoarding rarely exists on its own

Hoarding as a behaviour is associated with other conditions such as alcohol or drug abuse, mental health disorders, OCD, personality disorders, depression, anxiety and other problems. Some of these problems have helped to cause the hoarding to begin with.

Some of them may be consequences of the social isolation which develops as hoarding takes hold. In any case, it’s a self-perpetuating cycle and it rarely ends well unless the hoarder finds his or herself in the position where they are caused to seek help.

If any of this sounds like you then please don’t be downcast. If you’re willing to engage with a systematic, respectful and gentle form of hypnotherapy then you can be free of hoarding. You really can and I’ll be more than glad to help you.

I offer warm, effective and professional hypnotherapy in Reading, Oxford, London, Wallingford and Thame. I could help you to overcome this crippling obsession.

It’s a coping mechanism which works well, until it doesn’t

Like any other coping mechanism, hoarding works very well until it doesn’t work any longer. When the accumulation of possessions restricts the hoarder’s enjoyment of their home, hoarding has become a problem.

When the hoarder realises that his or her life is crippled by the sheer weight of their possessions, the time is right for them to call upon the services of a hypno-psychotherapist with an understanding of the condition.

A skilled hypnotherapist can help build a new sense of meaning to life. It can help you to come to terms with those past traumas which led to the problem taking hold.

Wouldn’t it be great to set yourself free?

I have worked with people who hoarded their possessions and kept themselves hidden away in Oxford, Reading, London and Thame. Hypnotherapy helped them to be free of the urge to hoard. Perhaps it could help you too. If you have had enough of a life where possessions are more important than people then it’s time to take action.

It’s time to get in touch with someone who you can trust, someone who can help you to manage your feelings, let go of pain and take those tiny, sequential steps to freedom. Perhaps that person might be me. Give me a call and we’ll talk until you can decide for yourself as to whether I’m the right person to help you.

Hypnotherapy could help you to bin hoarding

Hypnotherapy can strengthen the ego and relax the mind when the time comes to face the loss of those possessions which once seemed so important.

Hypnotherapy can set you free from the prison of your own compulsive hoarding. Of course, it has to begin sensitively. No hoarder is helped by a therapist who attempts to bulldoze his or her way into emptying the house in one go.

If hoarding is a defence mechanism then different ways of relating to oneself, to others and to the world have to be put in place before the behaviours can successfully be tackled and eliminated. I work with my clients at their pace.

I don’t attempt to force change to happen because this is counter-productive. Neither, however, will I collude with the problem. I support my clients and help them to muster their own strengths and qualities until the habit which causes the problem is simply no longer necessary.

You know how it is to turn a blind eye, to pretend that things aren’t as bad as they are. You know how it is to hide from the truth. It’s time to allow yourself to be gently supported in coming to understand that life doesn’t have to be this way any longer. It really doesn’t.

Let’s work together to set you free of all this.

Hypnotherapy is at hand – whenever you’re ready

When you come to accept that your lifestyle is causing you problems, please feel free to contact me here. Together we’ll find a way through it. You can learn to let go of this. You can learn to let go of the problems which caused it. You can learn to re-embrace life, society, and your own self. You can do it and with hypnotherapy you maximise your chances!

What are the signs of being a true ‘hoarder’?

If you’re here as a relative of a hoarder, looking for hope and help then please bear the following thoughts in mind as you attempt to identify whether a relative or other loved one suffers from this condition. Those with the condition will typically….

Find that the problem has a truly negative impact upon their quality of life.
Find that attempts to manage the collection of possessions involves little more than simply shifting piles from one place to another.
Experience severe anxiety when anything threatens the collection of possessions concerned.
Feel that attachment to the possessions appears more important than positive relationships with significant others – in that the fear of losing the possessions is stronger than the pull of such relationships.
Suffer procrastination, perfectionism and an inability to make decisions.
Have few social interactions
Find organisation is problematic in most or all areas of life
Find it impossible to discard useless, broken and valueless items
Expand the range of collected items until it includes that which any reasonable person would consider to be genuine rubbish / trash

If you feel that you or a loved one satisfy these criteria and you or that loved one wish to make a change, please consider giving me a call. I’ve used hypnotherapy for hoarding in Reading, London, Oxford, Wallingford and Thame. If you live in or around these areas you could call me on 07786 123736 / 01865 600970 / 01183 280284, email me at paul@resolvedhypnotherapy.co.uk or else use the contact form below.

You could learn to be free from the habit of hoarding and you could let go of whatever emotional difficulties turned you to hoarding to begin with. A better life awaits for you, whenever you’re ready to reach out and take it. Why waste another year in suffering and misery? Pick up the ‘phone or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you.

Hoarding? Bin that problem for good!