CHATS-Community & Home Assistance to Seniors will be holding their annual Hoarding Best Practices Day Conference this year on March 12, 2026, from 9 am to 4 pm. The event will be held on Zoom and registration is FREE.

We are pleased to announce our three speakers for the Hoarding Best Practices Day Conference.

Dr. Carrie Anne Marshall will discuss Hoarding and the Complex Challenge of Homelessness Prevention: Exploring Research and Policy Perspectives.

Dr. Carrie Anne Marshall is an Associate Professor and Director of the Social Justice in Mental Health Research Lab in the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University. She holds a 5-year Advancing Research Chair in Homelessness Prevention and Mental Health Equity at Western University. Her research focuses on intersections between poverty and mental health, with a particular focus on homelessness among persons living with mental illness including substance use disorders.  

Eileen Dacey will discuss Introduction to Hoarding Disorder: Strategies for Assessment, Collaboration, and Harm Reduction.

Eileen is an independently licensed (LICSW) clinical social worker and holds an additional clinical certification in providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Eileen is versed in the treatment of OCD related disorders. She also specializes in the treatment of hoarding disorder with experience providing psychotherapy, facilitating support groups for individuals and family members affected by hoarding, and providing crisis management for individuals facing outside pressure, such as evictions and condemnations. Eileen is one of the few clinicians in Massachusetts specializing in animal hoarding behavior and is often called on regionally and nationally to provide expertise consultation, development of uniform procedures and best practices related to hoarding cases, and training to varied service professionals.

Eileen is a PhD Candidate and Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at Simmons University School of Social Work in Boston, MA. As an instructor, she teaches at both the BSW and MSW levels. Notably, she has been teaching the gen eralist elective: Understanding Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention since 2022. Eileen is a licensed clinician with over a decade of clinical and policy experience, along with field supervisory experience.

As a PhD candidate, she is interested in examining the intersection of OCD and suicide in order to generate better assessment and intervention methods in the near future.

Terri Bailey will be discussing Safe in My Home, Safe in My Body: Understanding Hoarding Through A Trauma Informed Lens

Terri Bailey (M.A. Counselling) is one of the cofounders of the Hoarding Disorder Foundation of Alberta.  She is the “mental health therapist part” of the multi-disciplinary cofounder team.  Besides engaging in the plethora of non therapy type tasks related to being a part of a grassroots charitable organization, Terri educates professionals about hoarding, cofacilitates support groups, and has a private practice supporting folks who struggle with hoarding and their families.   

Terri also specializes in the field of trauma.  She organizes trauma trainings for helpers, is part of the training team, and supports individuals who are experiencing trauma type symptoms. 

Terri is dedicated to facilitating a compassionate, collaborative, community response that integrates her knowledge of hoarding and trauma to best support folks who struggle with hoarding and all stakeholders.     

To register for the event, please visit Our Registration Page

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This event has been made possible by United Way Greater Toronto.