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Learning about Hoarding

Joanna Garcia, Psychotherapist with Care and Counseling at Baptist Health South Florida, explains keeping things with the excuse of needing in the future is not a symptom of hoarding if the object is seasonal, like a generator, for example. Graciela Jimenez, Psychotherapist with Care and Counseling at Baptist Health South Florida, says if there are items that might have a thick layer of dust, that you may not have looked at in three years or four years, like old laptop, they could be an indication that hoarding might be happening.

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