The recent media "blitz"
1.Global TV's 16x9 The Bigger Picture,
2. a dozen radio interviews all across Canada,
3. the SUN Newspaper chain cross Canada Hoarding article by Joanne Richards which was picked up by many local newspapers,
4. the Ottawa Citizen Hoarding article by Bruce Ward,
5. Canada AM interview,
6. A Channel Ottawa TV interview,
7. CBC AM radio request,
8. Health Magazine request for information for their Effects of Clutter article in progress,
9. requests for help from the Dr. Ox Show
10. Discovery Channel's Animal Planet program on animal hoarding
has died down for the time being. 1500 + people visited my website, many of whom contacted me through the Contact Us option of www.hoarding.ca many called my office either desperately looking for help for themselves or loved ones. I sent each of you out of range of my being able to directly provide service a list of professionals on a list I found on Adult Children of Hoarders website. The feedback I have received from many of you is that the cost of services is prohibitive, practices are full with long waiting lists, service available is a group and you are not "group type people". If there is anyone who has used the list I forwarded and who has had success, PLEASE CONTACT ME and let me know so I know what is working and what isn't. My goal is to help as many people as I can reach out and make productive contact with skilled Hoarding-aware professionals so that they can "take back their life when their things are taking over".
What I have learned from those who contacted me is just how desperately many of you are in your search for information, advice and services. I have also been told of Hoarding situations which raise the hair on the back of my neck and I thought I had seen and heard everything by now. You know who you are in Ottawa, Montreal, Chelsea, Edmonton, Hong Kong, Norway, Finland, England, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Nepean, Malaysia.
For the reasons mentioned above, this Friday I am starting to create 1/2 hour informational videos on Hoarding- The Basics; Hoarding - Are You Worried About Someone?; Hoarding Is the Someone You are Worried About, YOU? These videos will answer most of the questions the majority of people asked in a more person to person way than through emails or brief phone conversations. I will make sure that the cost of viewing them is kept affordable so that everyone can have the help they will provide.
Cheers,
Elaine Birchall
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Hi Elaine,
ReplyDeleteI became interested in animal hoarding after I unknowing volunteered for a rescuer - who in reality was a hoarder. I thought they were just disorganized and overwhelmed, after a few months I realized I wasn't at fault, they were the problem. From there I read. researched and attended conferences. I realized there was only one other site out there on animal hoarding...I wanted to pull everything I could find in one spot so created my websites: www.animalhoarding.org and http://animalhoardinginfo.blogspot.com in an effort to help the public realize that animal hoarders are not just the little old woman with too many cats.