The "Non-Acquiring Help Card" (from page 137 of the book 'Buried in Treasures') replicates the thought processes that many go through when deciding whether or not to purchase something. Keeping this in one’s wallet or purse can be helpful for reminding someone with hoarding behavior of the benefits of not acquiring.   

An exercise from Buried in Treasures (Tolin et al., 2017) that encourages people with hoarding behavior to come up with their own motivational reasons to declutter.  

An exercise that can help one to push through ambivalence by confronting thoughts that arise surrounding decluttering. Solutions brainstormed by Mental Health Association of San Francisco's Advanced Support Group for Hoarding Behavior and compiled by Peer Counselor Elizabeth Barr.     

A list of other activities that can replace the enjoyment that acquiring provides.  Inspired by page 117 of Buried in Treasures. 

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A worksheet that asks about one’s goals and motivations for working on their hoarding challenges. 

An exercise for people with hoarding behavior that identifies the feelings, thoughts, and beliefs they have while actively looking at their clutter. 

An exercise for people with hoarding behavior that identifies the feelings, thoughts, and beliefs they have while picturing that their clutter in the room is gone. 

A contract of promises someone with hoarding behavior can make to themselves. 

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