Veronika Schröter

Collecting & hoarding is the pure longing for life!

Clarity in Chaos – Veronika Schröter on the Messie Syndrome & Hoarding Disorder

Veronika Schröter is Germany's leading expert on the Messie Syndrome and hoarding disorder (ICD-11: 6B23). With over 25 years of experience, she has supported individuals therapeutically and coached professionals in dealing with this often overlooked psychological condition. Her work is focused on providing in-depth education, practical strategies, and a respectful approach to a topic that is often stigmatized in society – both in private and professional contexts.

Pioneer in Mental Health & Value-Oriented Work with Affected Individuals
As a speaker, lecturer, and consultant, Veronika Schröter serves as a bridge between coaching, psychotherapy, and organizational practice. In her presentations, workshops, and seminars, she explains how the Messie Syndrome develops, how it manifests in behavior, and how organizations, clinics, or social services can professionally address it. Her methodology is based on a deep understanding of the psychological background and an empathetic view of the life realities of affected individuals.

A Topic of Relevance – Also for Businesses and Organizations
Messie behavior is not only a private issue; it can also lead to overwhelm, disorder, and social withdrawal in the workplace, with tangible impacts on teams and structures. Veronika Schröter educates leaders and professionals on how to handle affected individuals with professionalism and shows how understanding, education, and structure can provide sustainable solutions – both preventively and in acute cases.

Why Veronika Schröter Will Enrich Your Organization
• 25+ Years of Expertise in Messie Syndrome & Hoarding: Psychologically grounded & practically proven
• In-Depth Education & Empathy: Raising awareness for professionals & organizations
• ICD-11 Expertise (6B23): Up-to-date knowledge on value judgment disorder & international classification
• Practical Transfer to the Workplace: For clinics, businesses, social services & public institutions

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Bring clarity, structure, and professional depth to an often misunderstood topic – with an expert who breaks taboos and makes solutions possible.

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Clarity in Chaos – Veronika Schröter on the Messie Syndrome & Hoarding Disorder

Topics

TOPICS IN COMPANIES

According to a scientific study, a total of 2.5 million people suffer from what is known as Messie Syndrome, pathological hoarding/value judgement disorder. As a result, there is a high probability that you also have this condition in your company.

If so, it could be as follows:

Employees who clutter up their personalised workplace with papers and documents, much to the annoyance of their team colleagues?
You experience employees who are often late
Employees who do not adhere to deadlines and thus block others in their work process?
Important tasks cannot be distinguished from unimportant ones and you as the HR manager have to constantly point this out, etc.

If, despite interventions, you have not been able to bring about any change and the resentment for you as the boss and the employees is growing, for example in an open-plan office:

then my specialist expertise may be of benefit to you.

How do you benefit from my expertise?

Information on the early detection of anomalies
Suitable tools to build bridges between management and employees
Communication structures that are sure to lead to success
Workforce that is retained and a healthy team climate characterised by mutual appreciation is promoted in the long term.

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References & Press

REFERENCES & PRESS

Veronika Schröter is a valued interview partner in radio, press and film, e.g:

TAZ am Wochenende, 2022 - ‘Pathological hoarding is not a tidying-up problem’
Stuttgarter Zeitung, 2020: ‘Why a hoarder is neither stupid nor lazy’
Television series 37°, 2019: ‘Messies - at home in chaos’
Baden-Württemberg state TV programme, 2017
Bayern 2 - ‘How sick are messies actually?’, 2015
Swiss Radio and Television SRF, 2015 - ‘What Messies are really like’

Previous clients include:

Collaboration with the University of Freiburg, which enabled a long-term study on the topic to be initiated and carried out.

Academy Southwest Bad Schussenried
Akademie Quest in Berlin, Heidelberg and Zurich
Bürgerspital Basel
Caritas organisations in Cologne, Aachen and Stuttgart
Connexia - Gesellschaft für Gesundheit und Pflege gem. GmbH, Bregenz
Protestant Academy, Bad Boll
Long-standing cooperation with the University of Freiburg
Caritas associations in Stuttgart, Cologne and Aachen
Integra Soziale Dienste gGmbH Ingolstadt
Youth Welfare Office Cologne
Quest Academy, Bad Boll
Böbingen District Office Sindelfingen
Paritätische Akademie Berlin gGmbH
Réseau Psy - Psychesch Hëllef Dobaussen, Esch-sur-Alzette
Red Cross Luxembourg
Spitex Basel
City of Ulm
Theodor Fliedner Foundation Duisburg

VOICES

‘We were particularly impressed by her commitment, her extensive knowledge and expertise, but also by her appreciative and tolerant attitude towards both patients and employees.’

Spitex Basel

‘Mrs Schröter did an excellent job of keeping an eye on the various players (myself as the direct line manager, representatives of the employing organisation, the employees in the affected person's department) and showing surprising new ways forward.’ We would bring you on board again at any time.

Archdiocese of Freiburg, Department of Education

‘(I) would do it again at any time and go home with a very reassured feeling that my team is one, that my team was able to develop a very new and good perspective.’

Head of the women's overnight accommodation centre in Dortmund (54 places and 26 employees)

Outstanding multi-layered seminar management that gets to the heart of complex issues. ‘New collaborations, target groups and specialist services came about, for example with district and social welfare offices, ecumenical social centres, municipal administrations, housing cooperatives, social psychiatric services, etc.’

Protestant Academy, Bad Boll

‘You succeeded effortlessly in motivating the participants to reflect on their own attitudes and personal dealings with people suffering from the Messie syndrome and to work out new approaches to action

Diocesan Caritas Association for the Archdiocese of Cologne