(Program 10174) 
Guest: Allison Ricciardi

Clinical hoarding is a disorder with deep and strong roots, so tenacious, in fact, that a family's attempts to intervene often end in frustration, anger, hurt feelings, and resentment. What defines the pathology of clinical hoarding? What characterizes the behavior? What is its root? And how can a hoarder come to liberation and freedom from being consumed by stuff?