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We aren’t aware of any specialized resources in this area for animal hoarding right now, but below are good sources of information that may help lead you to find resources in your area:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Disaster Clean Up<\/a> Related resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n NYC and will travel:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022Additional crisis cleaning\/hoarding related \n <\/p>\n Ardsley<\/strong> Dean McKay, Ph.D. Astoria<\/strong> Bellmore<\/strong> Bronx<\/strong> Canton<\/strong> Chappaqua<\/strong> East Syracuse<\/strong> Fishkill<\/strong> Forest Hills<\/strong> Garden City<\/strong> Great Neck<\/strong> Brett Goldberg, PhD Dr. Jose A.Yaryura-Tobias MD Hastings on Hudson<\/strong> Huntington<\/strong> Wendy Penzel, PhD Richard S. Schloss, MD Larchmont<\/strong> Lynbrook<\/strong> Manhattan\/Monsey<\/strong> Steven J. Brodsky, PsyD New Rochelle R. Levy, PsyD Andrea Allen, Ph.D. Dr. Bonnie Aronowitz, PhD Jerome B. Bubrick, PhD Yoav Cohen, Ph.D., ACT Dr. Raeann Dumont, PhD Patricia Escudero Rotman, PhD Suzanne B. Feinstein, PhD Dr. Steven T. Fishman, PHD, ABPP Ethan E. Gorenstein, PhD Dr. Stephen Josephson, PhD Dr. Francesca Kress, PhD Stacie Lewis, LCSW Hoarding Therapy Group provides both support and treatment.<\/strong> Janet Lessem, CSW Estelle Peisach, Ph.D. Steven J. Phillipson, Ph.D. Dr. Boris Pisman Dena Rabinowitz, PhD Lynn D. Schackman, MD Alison Buchalter Segal, PhD John Silvestre, MS, LCSW Jessica Hirsh Weiss, PhD Susan Brainman, LCSW Anna Breytman, PhD Nyack<\/strong> Palisades<\/strong> Pomona<\/strong> James W. Flax, MD Port Jefferson<\/strong> Riverhead<\/strong> Scarsdale<\/strong> Jane A. Levitan, RN, CS, NPP Michael McKee, PhD Beth B. Belkin, MD Dena Rabinowitz, PhD Sleepy Hollow<\/strong> Staten Island<\/strong> Warwick<\/strong> White Plains<\/strong> Yoav Cohen, PhD Stephen Danyko, PhD Frederick Neuman, MD Yonkers<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elder & hoarding related info & news stories<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fire Departments Specially Trained for Hoarded Structures\/Related: Maricopa County firefighters practice battling fires in hoarder homes<\/a>. 2\/2012:\u00a0 Elderly Father Dies In Bronx Apartment Fire<\/em><\/a> <\/p>\n Hoarding Task Forces & Related Services:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Audio: NPR-Task Force Seeks To Help Hoarders<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Housing NYC<\/strong> Housing Court – Civil Court Information Line<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\nAlso: Fee-for-Service Consultations<\/strong>– Long distance telephone consultation services provided (or available) for out-of-state clients or organizations. References are available upon request. For further information and costs of service, contact Email: jnncnslt@aol.com or (617) 325-4828
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\nPsychologyToday.com, March 8, 2011-By Jessie Sholl-author of Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother\u2019s Compulsive Hoarding <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.goldwave.com\/images\/tools.png\")
Assessment & Measurement Tools:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n Free assessment tool to help professional organizers and related professionals evaluate the health and safety aspect of clutter\/hoarding situations. <\/span>More info about the ICD Hoarding Scale: <\/span>Level 1<\/a> \/ Level 2<\/a> \/ Level 3<\/a> \/ Levels 4 & 5<\/a>. Another<\/span> good overview<\/a> for understanding of this scale, and <\/span>a 9-page report<\/a> outlining it as well.
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\n Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., & Kyrios, M. (2003). Cognitive aspects of compulsive hoarding. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 463-479.
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\n Assesses the severity of the three core features of hoarding: excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding, and clutter. International OCD Foundation Hoarding Center.
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\n Alberto Pertusa, David Mataix-Cols, August 2010
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\n The Hoarding Rating Scale is a 5-item semi-structured interview that can also be used as a questionnaire. The five questions include questions about clutter, difficulty discarding, excessive acquisition, distress caused by hoarding and impairment resulting from it. International OCD Foundation Hoarding Center.
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Authority in the U.S. for Information about Hoarding Disorder:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.ocfoundation.org\/img\/IOCDF-logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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Cleaning Companies-Hoarded Environments:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nCovering Binghamton and<\/strong>
\nSurrounding Areas<\/strong>
\n607-748-0128<\/p>\n\n
\nVerizon’s Online Directory contains a listing of over 45 Thrift stores in New York City. Call the thrift store to assess if the type and quality of possessions will be accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nbergfeldsestate@aol.com
\n212-666-6649BERGFELD’s specializes in helping people with hoarding problems clear and reconfigure their homes. They collaborate with family, social workers, guardians, attorneys, building managers as well as community and public agencies. Services include onsite meetings with client and support team, sorting personal property, reorganizing, relocating possessions (shipping, storage, charity, etc.), removing discards, heavy-duty cleaning and a written report including recommendations for on-going maintenance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Want to break into the hoarded home cleaning business?<\/a>
\n\u2022Hoarder Home Specialist Course<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/m3.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/shrink_40_40\/p\/1\/000\/121\/151\/3c0b385.jpg\")
Doctors\/Therapists\/Counselors: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nAnxiety Disorders Association of America<\/a>, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nSuzanne Feinstein, PhD
\n547 Saw Mill River Road,Suite PH
\nArdsley, NY 10502
\nPhone: (646).345.3010<\/p>\n
\nInstitute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research
\nArdsley, NY (West Chester County)
\n(914) 674-9291<\/p>\n
\nVaia Delidimitropulu, PhD
\n31-09 37 Street
\nAstoria, NY 11103
\nPhone: (718).721.4300
\nFax: (718).721.5600<\/p>\n
\nBruce A. Levine, Ph.D.
\n2565 Glenn Drive
\nBellmore, NY 11710
\nPhone: (516) 221-0808 or (516) 679-8461<\/p>\n
\nKatherine L. Muller, PsyD
\nMontefiore Medical Center
\n111 East 20th Street
\nBronx, NY 10467
\nPhone: (718) 920-5024<\/p>\n
\nColleen Livingston, MD
\nNorth Country Psychiatric Association
\n80E Main Street
\nCanton, NY 13617
\nPhone: (315) 379-9162<\/p>\n
\nDavid Bruce Robbins, MD
\n33 Aldridge Road
\nChappaqua, NY 10504
\nPhone: (914) 238-8324
\nFax: (914) 238-2742<\/p>\n
\nRobert P. Sprafkin, Ph.D.
\n5800 Heritage Landing Drive Suite E
\nEast Syracuse, NY 13057
\nPhone: (315) 635-8321
\nFax: (315) 472-2513<\/p>\n
\nFaith Fina, ACSW, BCD
\n1076 Main Street
\nFishkill, NY 12524
\nPhone: (845) 896-7530
\nFax: (845) 896-7530
\nChristine L.Young, PhD
\n21 Old Main Street – Suite 105B
\nFishkill, NY 12524
\nPhone: (845) 897-9678<\/p>\n
\nJohn Ben Gross, Ph.D.
\n110-20 71st Road
\nForest Hills, NY 11375
\nPhone: (718) 897-1115<\/p>\n
\nWei-Li Hsu, D.O.
\n300 Garden City Plaza Suite 220
\nGarden City, NY 11530
\nPhone: (516).414.2546<\/p>\n
\nFugen Neziroglu, PhD – BTI Faculty
\nInst. For Bio-Behavioral Psy & Research
\n935 Northern Blvd – Suite 102
\nGreat Neck, NY 11021
\nPhone: (516) 487-7116
\nFax: (516) 829-1731
\nCo-Author of the book: Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding, Why You Save and How You Can Stop.<\/p>\n
\n230 Middle Neck Road,Suite 3
\nGreat Neck, NY 11021
\nPhone: (516).466.6440<\/p>\n
\nInst. For Bio-Behavioral Psy & Research
\n935 Northern Blvd – Suite 102
\nGreat Neck, NY 11021
\nPhone: (516) 487-7116
\nFax: (516) 829-1731
\nCo-Author of the book: Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding, Why You Save and How You Can Stop.<\/p>\n
\nBoris Rubinstein, MD,MPH
\n623 Warburton Avenue
\nHastings on Hudson, NY 10706 US
\nPhone: (914) 478-1330
\nFax: (914) 478-1463<\/p>\n
\n“Saving The World” by Fred Penzel
\nFred Penzel, Ph.D. – BTI Faculty
\nWestern Suffolk Psych. Services
\n755 New York Avenue – Suite 200
\nHuntington, NY 11743
\nPhone: (631) 351-1729
\nFax: (631) 424-4041<\/p>\n
\n755 New York Avenue – Suite 200
\nHuntington, NY 11743
\nPhone: (631) 673-1225 or (631) 424-4041<\/p>\n
\nWestern Suffolk Psych. Services
\n755 New York Avenue – Suite 200
\nHuntington, NY 11743
\nPhone: (631) 385-3328
\nFax: (631) 424-4041<\/p>\n
\nJohn Ben Gross, Ph.D.
\n129 Hickory Grove Dr., East
\nLarchmont, NY 10538
\nPhone: (914) 834-8800<\/p>\n
\nRay Lightstone, PsyD
\n50 Hempsted Avenue
\nLynbrook, NY 11563
\nPhone: (516) 596-9150<\/p>\n
\nSteven J. Brodsky, PsyD
\n19 West 34th Street, Penthouse
\nManhattan, NY 10001
\nPhone: (212) 726-2390
\nNote: 2nd Manhattan office on 20 West 42nd Street<\/p>\n
\n120 N Main Street
\nMonsey, NY 10956
\nPhone: (212).726.2390<\/p>\n
\nRay Lightstone, PsyD – BTI Graduate
\n92 North Avenue
\nNew Rochelle, NY 10801
\nPhone: (914) 261-4389<\/p>\n
\nSuite 1L, 137 East 36th Street
\nNew York, NY 10016
\nPhone: (917).693.9880<\/p>\n
\nPrivate practice
\nNew York, NY
\n212-989-4780<\/p>\n
\n120 E. 86th Street – Suite 4A
\nNew York, NY 10028
\nPhone: (212) 348-3122<\/p>\n
\n345 7th Avenue
\nSuite 1602 # C
\nNew York, NY 10001
\nPhone: (917) 974-2429<\/p>\n
\nClinical Psychologist
\n286 Madison Avenue – PH
\nNew York, NY 10017
\nT: 347-831-0280<\/p>\n
\n168 Fifth Avenue
\nNew York, NY 10010
\nPhone: (212) 966-6842<\/p>\n
\nLCSW (ARG)
\n400 Central Park W-Apt 8Y
\nNew York, NY 10025
\nPhone: (212) 749-5942
\nBilingual in French, Spanish, Portugese, Limited Italian<\/p>\n
\n51 East 42nd Street – Suite 812
\nNew York, NY 10017
\nPhone: (646) 345-3010 (mobile) or (630) 604-9620<\/p>\n
\nInstitute For Behavior Therapy
\n104 E. 40th Street – Suite 206
\nNew York, NY 10016
\nPhone: (212) 692-9288
\nFax: (212) 692-9305<\/p>\n
\nClinical Director Behavioral
\nMedicine Program
\nDept of Psychiatry
\nColumbia University
\n622 West 168th Street – Box 427
\nNew York, NY 10032
\nPhone: (212).305.9985
\nFax: (212) 305-1249<\/p>\n
\n16 East 65th Street
\n4th Floor
\nNew York, NY 10021
\nPhone: (212) 288-2777
\nFax: (212) 288-4843<\/p>\n
\n125 E. 84th Street
\nNew York, NY 10028
\nPhone: (212) 517-3853<\/p>\n
\n187 Pinehurst Ave
\nSuite 2F
\nNew York, NY 10033
\nPhone: (212) 568-9570<\/p>\n
\nIndividualized treatment plans are tailored to the needs and capabilities of each participant; de-hoarding assignments are manageable. Feelings relevant to the hoarding experience are explored. Guest speakers will be periodically scheduled. For further information, contact Stacie Lewis, LCSW, at (212) 568-9570 (Manhattan, NYC location).<\/p>\n
\nBenjamin N. Cardozo School of
\nLaw-Yeshiva University
\nNew York, NY 10024
\n212-790-0240<\/p>\n
\n412 Sixth Avenue
\n4th Floor
\nNew York, NY 10011
\nPhone: (212) 674-0957
\nFax: (212) 473-1776<\/p>\n
\nCenter for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy
\n137 E. 36th Street
\nNew York, NY 10016
\nPhone: (212) 686-6886
\nFax: (212) 686-0943(fax)<\/p>\n
\n227 W 13th Street
\nNew York, NY 10011
\nPhone: (917) 270-5391<\/p>\n
\n200 West 86th Street
\nNew York, NY 10024
\n(Office also in Westchester<\/strong>)
\nPhone: (646) 236-9111<\/p>\n
\n350 Central Park West – Suite 1AD
\nNew York, NY 10025
\nPhone: (212) 222-8785<\/p>\n
\n104 East 40th Street – Suite 206
\nNew York, NY 10016
\nPhone: (212).692.9288
\nFax: (212).692.9305<\/p>\n
\n680 West End Avenue – Suite 1B
\nNew York, NY 10025
\nPhone: (212) 362-5413
\nFax: (212).362.5413<\/p>\n
\nSuite 4, 137 East 36th Street
\nNew York, NY 10016
\nPhone: (212).686.6886
\nFax: (212).686.0943<\/p>\n
\n865 West End Avenue
\nNew York, NY 10025
\nPhone: (212).666.6305<\/p>\n
\n200 W 86th Street
\nSuite 1M
\nNew York, NY 10024
\nPhone: (201).694.2129
\nEmail: annabreytman@yahoo.com<\/p>\n
\nChristine Ziegler, PhD
\nHudson Valley Center for Cognitive Therapy
\n431 North Highland Ave
\nNyack, NY 10960
\nPhone: (845) 353-3399 or
\n(845).353.2272<\/p>\n
\nShelly Lennox, PhD
\n156 Park Avenue
\nPalisades, NY 10964
\nPhone: (845) 398-0783 or (718)334-4618<\/p>\n
\nMadhu B. Ahluwalia, MD
\n11 Medical Park Drive #106
\nPomona, NY 10970
\nPhone: (845) 362-2115
\nFax: (845) 362-2102<\/p>\n
\n11 Medical Park Dr. – Suite 102
\nPomona, NY 10956
\nPhone: (845) 362.2557
\nFax: (845) 362.2557<\/p>\n
\nBrett Goldberg, PhD
\n646 Main Street
\nSuite 4
\nPort Jefferson, NY 11777
\nPhone: (516).466.6440<\/p>\n
\nWei-Li Hsu, D.O.
\n21 West Second Street
\nSuite 220
\nRiverhead, NY 11901
\nPhone: (516).414.2546<\/p>\n
\nMerrill Black, LCSW
\nScarsdale Wellness Center
\n531 Central Park Ave
\nSuite 304
\nScarsdale, NY 10583
\nPhone: (914).722.1989 or (800).693.0609<\/p>\n
\n45 Popham Road – Suite D
\nScarsdale, NY 10583
\nPhone: (914) 722-1789<\/p>\n
\n45 Popham Road
\nScarsdale, NY 10583
\nPhone: (914) 584-9352<\/p>\n
\nSuite 215
\n19 Harwood Court
\nScarsdale, NY 10583
\nPhone: (914).472.3041
\nFax: (914).725.1539<\/p>\n
\nSuite 1H
\n45 Popham Road
\nScarsdale, NY 10583
\nPhone: (646).236.9111<\/p>\n
\nMeredith Tanowitz, PhD
\n245 North Broadway
\nSuite 10591
\nSleepy Hollow, NY 10591
\nPhone: (914).299.1377<\/p>\n
\nStanley Schonbuch, PhD
\nRichmond Psychiatric Serv.
\n308 Seaview Avenue
\nStaten Island, NY 10305
\nPhone: (718) 987-3331
\nFax: (718) 987-6079(fax)
\nTarrytown
\nMichael McKee, PhD
\n605 Old White Plains Road
\nTarrytown, NY 10591
\nPhone: (914) 584-9352<\/p>\n
\nDr. Francesca Kress, PhD
\n179 Bellvale Lakes Road
\nWarwick, NY 10990
\nPhone: (845) 986-7761
\nFax: (212) 628-6076<\/p>\n
\nJudy Chessa, CSW
\nThe Anxiety & Phobia Treatment Center
\nWhite Plains Hospital Ctr
\nDavis Ave at E Post Road
\nWhite Plains, NY 10601
\nPhone: (914) 681-1038
\nFax: (914) 681-2284<\/p>\n
\nFull Circle Family Care
\n1241 Mamaroneck Avenue
\nWhite Plains, NY 10605
\nPhone: (347) 831-0280<\/p>\n
\n30 Glenn Street
\nWhite Plains, NY 10603
\nPhone: (914) 841-2815<\/p>\n
\n170 Maple Street
\nWhite Plains, NY 10601
\nPhone: (914) 428-4150<\/p>\n
\nSteven J. Brodsky, PsyD
\n3736 Henry Hudson Parkway
\nYonkers, NY 10471
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Elders:
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\n<\/strong><\/span>Currently we don’t know of any specialized training in this area. Here’s what they are doing in Arizona though-hooray AZ!<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nNEW YORK (CBSNewYork) \u2014 A man trapped in his Bronx apartment amid piles of clutter was killed Friday in a raging fire.Firemen said they had trouble getting into the third floor apartment of 65-year-old Tyril Royer because of hoarding conditions all the way up to the door.<\/p>\nFire & safety hoarding related news stories<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nwww.housingnyc.com
\nThis site, by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), contains information on the housing maintenance code and on housing court.
\nhttp:\/\/www.housingnyc.com\/<\/p>\n
\n(212) 791-6000 (24 hours a day)
\nThe Civil Court Information Line has recorded information about the Housing Court in English and Spanish, including information on Housing Court Counselors (Pro-Se Attorney), who are available in each housing court to assist people without attorneys.<\/p>\n\n
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