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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Dr. Jan Eppingstall, a Melbourne-based counsellor, about what it means to take a trauma-informed approach to hoarding disorder. Stick around as we break down why understanding trauma is crucial for effective support and treatment.

• Trauma-informed approaches to understanding and treating hoarding


• Importance of understanding trauma's impact


• Concerns about wellbeing inquiries without adequate support preparation


• Collaboration in Trauma-Informed Care


• Practical Implementation for Non-Therapy Roles**


• Incorporate trauma-informed principles


• Sensitivity to potential triggers


• Misconceptions and Communication


• Fear factor surrounding trauma and its treatment


• Detailed trauma disclosure unnecessary for effective support


• Client Autonomy and Professional Boundaries


• Respecting clients' communication preferences


• Retraumatisation in Hoarding


• Harm of forced clearances and strangers touching possessions


• Negative impact of language and actions on hoarders


• Respectful Support Practices


• Building Trust


• Importance of building trust before intervening in a hoarder's space


• Ensuring professionals genuinely practice trauma-informed care


• Over-explaining as a stress response


• Broad approach of trauma-informed care


• Factors influencing trauma perception


• Trauma Definition


• Trauma and Hoarding


• Commonality of trauma in hoarding histories


• A supportive framework rather than a treatment model


• Five Pillars of Trauma-Informed Care


• Assuming trauma backgrounds in hoarding behaviour clients


• Loss of Control in Trauma


• Trauma involves loss of control; care pillars help restore it


• Tracking and managing nervous system responses


• Importance of recognising client-specific signs


• Term misuse by minimally trauma-informed trained professionals


• Dangers of Misleading Trauma Informed Claims


• Proper understanding of trauma to avoid harm


• Non-therapists adopting trauma-informed principles


• Importance of feeling present and calm during therapy


• Teaching clients to feel safe and grounded


• Clear Boundaries in Therapy


• Trauma Types and Responses**


• Variability of trauma


• Explanation of retraumatisation


• Managing Retraumatisation