Yesko - Im Right Here: 10 Ways to Get Help for Hoarding and Chronic Disorganization

There are a number of organizing books out there with helpful organizing tips. Very few are written to educate the public about the options of getting help. This is one of the few. This road map takes you from acknowledging the need for help to shining a light on the many paths to success. As a veteran Certified Professional Organizer, I highly recommend Im Right Here, 10 Ways to Get Help with Hoarding and Chronic Disorganization to potential clients and colleagues.

Standolyn Robertson, CPO Organizing Expert for
the Emmy nominated show Hoarders on A&E Network
and Author of Managing Client Expectations
for Organizing Professionals

Im Right Here serves up insightful advice with a big portion of hope. This is a must-read if youre searching for the best way to get help with chronic disorganization and hoarding behavior challenges. Jill thoughtfully shares her experiences as a Professional Organizer, along with interviews of industry experts who compassionately and non-judgmentally describe their perspectives and approaches for helping clients. Included are numerous resources such as classes, publications, and websites. For you, professionals, family members, or friends of folks challenged by chronic disorganization or hoarding behavior. This easy-to-read book is your essential go-to guide.

Linda Samuels, CPO-CD, CVPO ,
Professional Organizer & Author of
The Other Side of Organized

Im Right Here , the books title, gives you the idea, that whenever you are ready to work on organizing your things, thoughts or time, these professionals are here. The first call takes courage, and its also a signal that youre pretty well ready to start. Not perfectly ready, but ready enough. We are guides. We are educators, We are listeners. We hold the future vision and the hope until you can see it for yourself. We often believe in our clients capabilities more then they do at first. And then they grow. Many see a therapist for the emotional issues and see one of us alongside for the practical; both perspectives assist you in moving forward, creating the peace you desire, and achieving your potential.

Sue West, CPO-CD, MA ,
Clinical Mental Health Counseling,
ICD Master Trainer

As I read this book, I could hear Jills calm voice talking to me. I have known Jill for years. She has this wonderful way of making any situation, no matter how challenging, feel OK. Jill presents that same feeling here in this book. A feeling that, no matter how challenging the home or the problem with clutter, it will be OK. The explanations of the different organizing approaches are great. Unless you are a professional organizer, I bet you didnt know that there are so many different approaches available for organizing assistance. This book is also an essential reference tool for social workers and therapists. They, too, need to know about the variety of organizing approaches available to their clients.

Diane N. Quintana, CPO-CD, CPO ,
Professional Organizer and Co-Author of
Filled Up and Overflowing: What to do When Life Events,
Chronic Disorganization, or Hoarding Go Overboard

This fascinating book describes how professional organizers help people who are burdened by their life-long issues with disorganization. Different methodologies are examined and how they unfold over the course of time when a professional organizer is working with a client. This examination provides the reader with a clear idea of how professional organizers work. Moreover, Jill uncovers the soul of the work: the relationship between the professional organizer and the client. Jill shines a light on the organizers compassion for their clients, the deep trust the clients have in their organizers, and hope they both have in the work they are doing together to create a better life for the client.

Denise B. Lee, CPO, CSA ,
Professional Organizer and Organizer Coach

Im Right Here

Im Right Here

10 Ways to Get Help for Hoarding
and Chronic Disorganization

JILL B. YESKO

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Edited by: Tamera Bryant, Andrea Glass, August Li

Cover design by: Cornelia Murariu

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ISBN: 978-1-951591-70-0 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-951591-71-7 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1-951591-72-4 (ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021908146

First edition, May, 2021

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To my children, Nathan and Mary, who taught me everything.

anything human is mentionable and anything
mentionable is manageable.

The mentioning can be difficult too, but both can be
done if were surrounded by love and trust.

Fred Rogers

Contents

Foreword

by Judith Kolberg