How does hoarding take root and what treatment is available? We asked social workers and hoarding experts Dr Christiana Bratiotis and Dr Gail Steketee.
Dr Gail Steketee is Professor Emerita at the School of Social Work at Boston University where she was Dean from 2008 to 2018. Her expertise is in cognitive and behavioral treatments for OCD and its spectrum disorders especially hoarding.
Dr Christiana Bratiotis is a highly experienced social work researcher and leading authority on community-based responses to hoarding. She is the author of several books, including the influential 'The Hoarding Handbook'.