Dennison & Associates Inc.

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Dr. Barbara Jo Dennison PhD, LISW-S

Therapeutic Intervention Consulting Services


Rise Above Your Stuff


Self-help book for those battling chronic disorganization and hoarding. Complete with inspirational stories, evaluation tools, and activities that will both nurture and challenge you to "Rise Above Your Stuff".

Written by Karen Kruzan, LISW-S, CPO-CD & Barbara Jo Dennison, PhD, LISW-S.








An older woman is trying to dig out of her hoarded home, but she is unwilling to let go of anything "pretty".

The trauma of losing her husband leads a woman into a downward spiral, unable to part with any of his possessions. She avoids the grief process by shopping for gifts to "someday" give others, but someday has not arrived. Good intentions become clutter.


If you hear similar stories but need psychotherapy options to help those battling chronic disorganization and hoarding, there is now a group psychotherapy manual to help.

FRESH START
Save when you buy both the FRESH START MANUAL and THE MANY FACES OF HOARDING AND TRAUMA training DVD for $65.00. A savings of more than $10.00.



If you need psychotherapy options to help those battling chronic disorganization and hoarding, there is now a group psychotherapy manual to help.
  • Immediately offer Fresh Start group thanks to this step-by-step guide.
  • Evidence-based techniques including CBT, mindfulness, exposure therapy, and hypnotherapy
  • Includes a web link to downloadable forms and handouts.


  • Toward Caregiver Satisfaction: Prevention and Treatment of Compassion Fatigue (2005). A Research Study.

  • Meditations of Gratitude, One Family's Stories of the Gift of Gratitude (2008). CD format.

  • The Many Faces of Hoarding and Trauma (2013). DVD format.




  • 2014 Dr. Dennison is published in: The ICD Guide to Collaborating with Professional Organizers. Chapter: Collaboration: Psychotherapy Group or Support Group.
    This is a manual for related professional who are interested in providing services to person's who are chronically disorganized and or exhibit hoarding disorders.

    It is available for purchase at Challengingdisorganization.org



  • The New Face of Hoarding Disorder and Trauma under the DSM-5 (2014),Study Guide, Cross Country Education.

  • It is available for purchase at crosscountryeducation.com