Hoarding Behaviour Support Services
Seeing Beyond the Hoard Exhibition
Seeing Beyond the Hoard exhibition walk through
Video can be found here: https://youtube.com/shorts/HhA2OmJIQxw
This video walks through the building, up the stairs and into the various rooms, lounge bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. There was information all around the building about hoarding behaviours in myths and legends, hoarding in literature, as well as advice, guidance and resources that can be used.
View from the chair in Lounge Bedroom
Video can be found here:https://youtu.be/g2iu7t78WGU
Visitors to the exhibition were able to sit in a chair in the bedroom lounge and fully experience the space from the perspective of the person who may live in the space. The voice you can hear is the voice of the podcaster "That Hoarder: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding" Podcast who gave us permission to use soundbites from their episode 200, a letter to their episode 1 self. Podcast ep 200: Things I wish I’d known: a letter to Episode One Me – That Hoarder: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding podcast
Lounge Bedroom desk view
Video can be found here: https://youtube.com/shorts/4qpNuZYH_go
This was the hoarded bedroom lounge space we created as part of the Seeing Beyond the Hoard exhibition. In the space were items that people frequently struggle to let go of, magazines, photo albums, clothes, jigsaw puzzles, cuddly toys and teddies, books, items that belonged to parents, electrical items and IT equipment. we wanted to recreate a space that reflected some of the homes we have visited and some of the stories people shared about their journey. Notes were placed around the room to explain why someone decided to keep those items and what they may remind them off from their life.
Our Services
Support Groups
Therapeutic In-home Support
Therapeutic In-home Support
We offer free-to-access support groups for individuals dealing with hoarding behaviours across Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Established groups are available in Kidderminster, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester, and Hereford. Additionally, a Family and Friends support group is currently being developed, aimed at providing therapeutic suppo
We offer free-to-access support groups for individuals dealing with hoarding behaviours across Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Established groups are available in Kidderminster, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester, and Hereford. Additionally, a Family and Friends support group is currently being developed, aimed at providing therapeutic support for those who may be supporting or have supported someone with hoarding behaviours. If you're interested in learning more or wish to attend one of our support groups, please use the contact us page for further information.
Therapeutic In-home Support
Therapeutic In-home Support
Therapeutic In-home Support
We offer help and support in your own home, providing integrated counselling and coaching alongside decluttering and sorting specifically tailored for those dealing with hoarding behaviours. Our services include multiple options of support available according to your needs. We take the time to understand your journey and design a personal
We offer help and support in your own home, providing integrated counselling and coaching alongside decluttering and sorting specifically tailored for those dealing with hoarding behaviours. Our services include multiple options of support available according to your needs. We take the time to understand your journey and design a personalised plan of support with you and any organisations that may be assisting you.
To get started, download our initial enquiry form or complete the contact us page.
Training
Therapeutic In-home Support
Training
We offer multiple levels of training for professionals and community organisations in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our options include bitesize sessions that are perfect for team meetings, half-day courses focused on understanding hoarding behaviours, and our bespoke training designed to help you become a 'Beyond The Hoard Champion.'
We offer multiple levels of training for professionals and community organisations in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our options include bitesize sessions that are perfect for team meetings, half-day courses focused on understanding hoarding behaviours, and our bespoke training designed to help you become a 'Beyond The Hoard Champion.' Additionally, we provide training sessions specifically for family and friends, as well as courses tailored for individuals who exhibit hoarding behaviours. For more information about our training please download out training information document and contact us via our contact us page.
Meet the Team
Christine Searl BSc, DipHE
CEO and Founding Director of Beyond the Hoard CIC, Christine Searl is a neuro-divergent hoarding practitioner who has lived experience with hoarding behaviours as a child of a father with hoarding behaviours. With a degree in psychology and sociology, she possesses extensive training and experience.
Christine brings over 30 years of experience in Adult Health and Social Care, Housing, and Education. She has worked with clients who have their own lived experiences of physical and mental illness, neurodivergence, learning differences, trauma, and bereavement. Utilising her training in psychology, motivational interviewing, and counselling skills, she adopts a person-centred holistic approach, collaborating with clients and their support circles.
Her recent roles include managing a team of Experts by Lived Experience in NHS Community Mental Health Transformation and as a Hoarding Coordinator for Clouds End CIC in Birmingham. Christine is also skilled in designing and delivering training and workshops, which she has provided to various voluntary and community sector organisations, as well as statutory agencies, throughout her extensive career.
Carol Christmas BSc, MBA
Director of Beyond The Hoard CIC, Carol is an NLP practitioner, Master and Life Coach, with an MBA and sings alto. Her degree in zoology and psychology led to a career in scientific editing, 14 years in government publishing, plus secondments that included merging two government agencies—interspersed with Italian trips. After experiencing bereavement, a career break, NLP training, and walking the Camino with teenagers and tents (twice!), she dedicated five years to a charity project evaluating the impact of coaching carers of cancer patients.
Carol has valuable experience coaching individuals facing transitions in life, including cancer patients on the Health Creation programme and family members supporting relatives with dementia. Her paid role recruiting volunteers at Pershore Volunteer Centre sparked her interest in volunteering as a Trustee at Pershore Youth Centre, where she successfully wrote funding bids and met Christine! She also volunteered in a charity shop stockroom and at Pershore Wellbeing Hub.
Now, as a Director of Beyond The Hoard CIC, she is focused on addressing hoarding behaviours and providing therapeutic support in the local community, particularly in Beyond the Hoard's Worcestershire support groups.