Linda Fay
practitioner • trainer • author
In 2013, I established Life-Pod - a social enterprise Community Interest Company to provide practical help and therapeutic support for people with lived experience of chronic disorganisation and hoarding.
In 2015, I was very proud to have become the first UK practitioner to receive Chronic Disorganization Specialist® and Hoarding Specialist Certificates from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization.
In 2018, I hosted the first International Hoarding, Housing & Health Conference when I welcomed Dr Randy Frost as keynote speaker.
In 2022, I established Hoarding Academy to provide a certified learning pathway to professional practice for multi-disciplinary professionals.
In 2024/25, I am undertaking an MSc in Behaviour Change at Aberystwyth University in Wales - wish me luck!
In December 2024, my book will be published internationally by JKP Publishing.
Coming Soon!
“DESIRE is a methodological framework for managing behaviour change whilst adopting a harm reduction attitude to extreme clutter situations.”
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"I especially like your chapters on engagement, harm reduction, and strengths-based approaches."
“I have just finished reading your book, which is great. I especially like your chapters on engagement, harm reduction, and strengths-based approaches. It will be a great help to people who work with hoarding clients or are interested in doing so. They will learn a great deal. You take a very positive and yet honest approach to the rewards and challenges in this field. I appreciate your ethics chapter and the one on language; both will give readers a clear picture of how to approach cases.”
— Randy O. Frost, Harold Edward and Elsa Siipola Israel Professor Emeritus Psychology
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"This book is a very comprehensive guide and practical resource."
“This book is a very comprehensive guide and practical resource for not only hoarding practitioners, but also family and friends. Easy to read, packed with some valuable and meaningful tips and full of useful information in one place. A very insightful read.”
— Jo Cooke, Hoarding Disorders UK
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“A truly groundbreaking journey along the most comprehensive roadmap of hoarding I have come across in my practice."
“This engrossing read offers relevance and resonance, filling a long-standing gap in the evidence base on compassionate approaches to hoarding. A beautifully crafted portrait of how we relate to our possessions, this will undoubtedly become a crucial literary companion for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of hoarding behaviours.”
— Kayley Hyman, founder of Holistic Hoarding