Eat That Elephant! Organizing LLC

ICD – Institute for Challenging Disorganization (formerly the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization):
The ICD is a group of organizers and related professionals including therapists, social and health care workers, etc.  It places great emphasis on education and offers weekly classes on a variety of organizing topics.  They offer a certificate of study program (2 levels) and a CPO-CD certification at level 3. 

Certificates Held:
Level 1 – Chronic Disorganization Study Certificate - 10/08

Level 1 – Basic ADD Study Certificate – 08/09

Level 1 – Life Transitions Study Certificate – 02/10

Level 2 – CD Specialist Exam passed – 04/10

Level 2 – Chronic Disorganization Specialist Study Certificate – 05/10

2011

·         ADD-320:  Working with ADD Clients to Reduce Distractibility – 02/10

·         ADM-265: Strategies for the Challenged Organizer – 02/10

·         MH-210: Strategies for Helping CD Clients Who Are Depressed – 03/10

·         HRD-320: Working with a Cleanout/Restoration Company with a Hoarding Client – 03/10

·         CASE-05: Clients Who Hoard – 03/10

·         LS-220: Why Don’t We Just Do It?  Managing Procrastination – 04/10

·         HRD-325: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Hoarding – 06/10

·         ELD-220:  Depression in the Elderly Client – 07/10

·         ADM-355: Should I Report This or Not? Abuse, Neglect & Potential Harms in the CD Household – 09/10

·         ELD-225: Working with Caregivers – 10/10

·         ADM-340: Heirs to Hoarders & Cleaning Up an Estate – 11/10

·         PHY-100: Working with CD Clients with Physical Disabilities – 12/10

·         LT- 160: Current Research on the Meaning of Possessions During Life Transitions – 02/09

·         LT-170: Strategies for Becoming an Effective Change Agent – 2/09

·         What is an Anxiety Disorder – 03/09

·         Research Based Techniques to use when Dealing with CD Clients Undergoing  

·         Life Transitions (Pt. 2 of 2) – 04/09    

·         Aging in Place – 04/09

·         ADD-230: Fidget to Focus: At Home – 05/09

·         ELD-210: Relocation Stress Syndrome & CD Clients – 06/09

·         ADM-210: Building Long Term Client Relationships – 07/09

·         CD-240: Heirs of the Chronically Disorganized – 07/09

·         LT-175: Change Agent Roles and Techniques in Working with CD Clients – 06/09

·         MH-125: Strategies for Working with CD Clients with Anxiety – 08/09

·         LS-140: Working with the Kinesthetic Client – 08/09

·         HRD-310: Compulsive Buying – 09/09

·         CD-330:  Change & the CD Client – 09/09

·         MH-130: Stress, Anxiety Disorders & the Brain/Body Connection – 10/09

·         LT – 100: Transitions vs. Changes – 11/09

2008

·         Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring -1/08

·         Privacy Concerns and the CD Client – 2/08

·         Understanding Mental Health Conditions Affecting the CD Client – 2/08

·         Helping Clients Whose Hoarding Puts Them and Others at Risk - 03/08

·         Establishing Successful Client Relationships – 4/08

·         Storage Units: Pros & Cons for CD Clients – 5/08

·         Couples & Organization – 6/08

·         At Your Wits End – 08/08

·         Working with Clients with Vision Loss – 12/08.

·         Backsliding – 12/08

·         Research on the Meanings of Possessions During Life Transitions & Following     
Traumatic Loss (Pt. 1 of 2) – 12/08

2007

·         Basic Differences Between OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) & OCPD (Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) – 03/07

·         Thyroid Dysfunction in CD Clients – 03/07

·         Basic ADD – 04/07

·         Locating Mental Health Resources in Your Community – 05/07

·         Working with Adult Children of Elderly CD Clients – 05/07

·         Working With Visual Learners – 05/07

·         Collaborative Therapy for CD Clients and Organizers – 06/07

·         Depression in the Elderly Client – 06/07

·         Understanding the NSGCD Certification Program – 07/07

·         Basic CD (Chronic Disorganization) – 08/07

·         Understanding the Physical & Mental Challenges of Elderly Clients – 08/07

·         Working with Auditory Learners – 08/07

·         Working with Clients in Transition – 08/07

·         ADD/CD and the Organizing Process – 09/07

·         Personal Safety with CD Clients – 9/07

·         Boundaries and Ethics – 9/07

·         Collaborative Therapy for CD Clients and Organizers (Advanced) – 10/07

·         Letting Go: The Process and Meaning of Dispossession in the lives of Consumers – 11/07

·         Assisting the Traumatic Brain Injured Client – 11/07