Amanda: An Overshopper's Recovery Story

The Stopping Overshopping Group Treatment Program is a comprehensive 12-week experience that draws from psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment therapy. This article follows one overshopper from the beginning of the group until 6 months after it ended. The article attempts to bring the structure and content of the model to life, to provide a rich sense of the group process, and to illustrate why this form of group therapy can be very effective in helping someone to stop overshopping and lead a fuller life in the process.