Clutter Clearing Training

Do you have a personal or professional interest in knowing more about people who have clutter?

Could your clients benefit if you were able to relate and understand them and their clutter challenges better?

Are you a former clutterholic who would like to put your own experiences to good use?

Are you interested in setting up your own Clutter Coaching business - or providing it as an ad-on service to your existing business?

Are you a Professional Declutterer or Organiser who wants to be able to offer more meaningful, longer lasting help to your clients so they are able to become and stay Clutter Free Forever?

As you may already know, Compulsive Hoarding is set to be recognised as a disorder when it is listed in the 2012 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As a consequence of the growing awareness of this, and as 2012 approaches, I am receiving weekly requests for my knowledge and 9 years full time experience of dealing with people who have this issue. These requests are as diverse as therapists who have clients with clutter, estate agents who have vendors with excessive clutter that is preventing a house sale, to TV production companies wanting to find out more for a new TV series.

This increase would suggest that, at last, it is not only getting the recognition it deserves, it is also becoming a much more talked about issue. This will hopefully mean that people currently suffering in silence will, next year, become more aware of the help and understanding that is available for them thanks to the increased publicity that it will inevitably receive.

For those of us who work with compulsive hoarders on a daily basis (and have done for the past 9 years), these requests for our knowledge and experience are welcome, yet difficult to service. Naturally, due to demands on time and working on a full time basis with people who have clutter, it’s not possible for me to give each and every request individual time and attention. I have therefore introduced a two day training and awareness course for anyone who has been, is currently, or is likely to be in contact with people who suffer from compulsive hoarding – or as we call it, excessive Clutter - so that you can understand the issues that someone with excessive clutter / Compulsive Hoarding has in greater detail.

Whether you have a personal or professional interest in knowing more about people with clutter or you have clients who would benefit from you having a greater understanding of their clutter issues, then this 2 day introductory course will provide you with useful, practical knowledge that you will then be able to use and apply in whatever way you feel appropriate.

If you are interested in learning more about the issue of clutter, then you'll be interested in the Clutter Comptence training detailed below that I provide.

Clutter Competence

Many people don't realise that dealing with clutter isn't simply about getting rid of things and being ruthless. When someone has clutter that is out of control, the physical clutter is merely a physical representation of other 'clutter' that is going on in their personal, emotional, professional or financial lives. In general, the more physical clutter someone has, the more confusion and lack of clarity in their personal, emotional, professional or financial lives.

In addition, the amount of resistence to clearing it -making time, making decisions, being realistic - is usually proportional to the amount of resistence and fear to change. The fear of the future, the unknown or forgetting the past.

For many, dealing with their visible physical clutter is the first step on a long, and often challenging journey that involves dealing with their past, their present and their future.

The perception of many that Clearing Clutter can be done quickly and easily is false. It's neither as simple as a a clear-out or as straightforward as deciding what to keep and what not to keep. This course will enable you to understand some of the issues involved when dealing with people with clutter.

Clare Baker
Full time Qualified Clutter Coach

Author of the Clutter Clearing Process

and Former Clutterholic

About the Course

If you have any contact with people who have clutter - professionally, personally, directly or indirectly - then this course will give you the foundation of knowledge and understanding that will be of value to you when dealing with someone who has clutter.

Through a combination of theory teaching, practical exercises, techniques, group discussions, anonymous case studies and Q&A sessions, those who attend this course will develop and grow a deeper understanding of the issues that someone who has clutter is dealing with on a daily basis. They will learn why people have clutter that is out of control so that they have a greater awareness - and some practical skills - to help an individual who has clutter.

Once completed you will be recognised as having an understanding of the issues that someone who struggles with clearing and controlling their clutter has.

Suitable for:

Anyone who has clutter and wants to understand more about why they have it
Anyone who has a friend or family member with clutter that's out of control
Anyone who comes into contact with people with clutter as part of their daily lives –

social workers

housing association employees

therapists

life coaches

estate agents

cleaners etc

Anyone who wants to progress to become a Clutter Coach.

Course Content:

What Clutter is
The Psychology of Clutter
The Clutter Cycle
Mental Clutter & Physical Clutter – what’s the difference?
How Clutter affects people
How Clutter gets out of control
What factors affect the Clutter Cycle
Understanding the Client
The benefits of a client having clutter
Case Studies
Building trust and rapport with the client
Course Assessment
Certificate of Completion of the Clutter Comptence Course

Course Format:

Discussions
Practical exercises
Demonstrations
Theory
Anonymous case studies
Q & A's

Course Trainer:

Clare Baker, Specialist Clutter Coach and Founder of Clutter Clearing. Clare has 10 years experience of working on a full time basis with people who have clutter. She set up the business as a direct result of overcoming her own Clutter Challenge in 2001.

Click on Clare's photo below to find our more about her:

Course Assessment:

This is optional and will be a combination of:

a practical exercise on the last day of training
an online question and answer exercise taken within a week of the course.

Once taken and passed it will demonstrate that you have the basic understanding about the issue of clutter and can talk knowledgeably about the issue of clutter.

The Assessment is compulsory if you wish to progress to Step 2 of becoming a Clutter Coach.

Course Certificate:

On successful completion of the 2 days and the course assessment, you will receive a certificate that recognises your commitment to understanding the issues people have when they have clutter, and that you understand some of the ways that they can be helped at a practical level in a non-controntational way.

Dates
1st - 2nd October 2011
Times
10am - 5pm
Price
One Payment: £350 2 Monthly Payments: £195 per month (£390)
Venue
The Banbury Whately Hall Hotel 17 - 19 Horsefair Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0AN View Larger Map Accommodation can be booked directly with the hotel if you wish to stay (at additional cost).
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