Upcoming events
NAMI Walks MN
Join the Minnesota Hoarding Task Force Team for NAMI walks MN. The walk is Saturday September 25th, 2021, Event begins at 11 AM We invite you to join our team !
Go To www.namimn.org to find out more about the upcoming walk and to register to be a part of our walk team search for Minnesota Hoarding Task Force in the Fundraising Search under Teams or email us at mnhtf.org@gmail.com and we can send you a direct link to join our team.
NAMI Conference Video Links
2021 Hoarding Disorder Conference: Mental Health, Safety and Dignity Videos
If you missed our July 2021 Conference but are interested in watching the webinar recordings of the sessions. You are in luck! The conference session recordings are available for purchase of $20.00 for all of the recorded sessions from the day. If you are interested in purchasing these recordings please email us at www.mnhtf.org@gmail.com and a link will be sent at your request. Information about our Keynote Speakers is below. For a list of the other breakouts included please inquiry in your email request and details will be sent to you.
Keynote Speakers:
Christiana Bratiotis , PhD, MSW
Dr. Christiana Bratiotis is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver. She pioneered work in the formation and operation of multi disciplinary
community hoarding task forces. Her current research centers on hoarding treatment
and intervention efforts in affordable housing and community based organizations.
Mary Coalson, LPC
Mary Coalson is an ElderVention ® therapist with the Arizona Area Agency on Aging, Region One.
She will address hoarding disorder in older adults. Coalson manages a hoarding disorder therapy group
for older adults in addition to providing individual therapy.
12 Breakout Sessions:
Topics will include trauma’s role in hoarding disorder, a multidisciplinary team approach to hoarding
disorder, a personal journey managing hoarding disorder, mental health treatment
for hoarding disorder, support groups, animal hoarding and more.
Target Audience:
•Mental Health Professionals • Housing Managers •Older Adult Service Providers • Emergency Responders
•Family Members • City and County Employees in Inspections • Public Health and Public Safety
•Home Health Service Providers
