Decluttering is often the first step toward creating an organized and functional home. In this course, you’ll explore the principles and practical strategies that professional organizers use to guide clients through the decluttering process. Learn how to help clients make confident decisions about their belongings, reduce overwhelm, and create systems that support lasting organization. This course provides the tools you need to confidently support clients through one of the most transformative stages of organizing.
This Course Will Help You
- Define the concept of decluttering
- Recognize common barriers clients face when letting go of items
- Identify practical decluttering strategies and techniques
- Apply decision-making frameworks to help clients evaluate belongings
- Create supportive and judgment-free decluttering environments
- Guide clients toward sustainable organizing habits
Why Choose This Course?
This course provides practical guidance on one of the most requested organizing services: decluttering. You’ll learn how to support clients through emotional and practical decision-making while creating spaces that reflect their goals and lifestyle.
Courses with this icon are one of the elective courses. Two elective courses are required to be eligible to take the Trained Professional Organizer Program exam.
What our students are saying
“This course helped me better understand the emotional side of decluttering and how to guide clients through the process with confidence.”
“Content was a very good introduction to decluttering concepts, lots of food for thought and leads to do more research and learning on this topic, presenter seemed very knowledgeable.”
Course Presenter: Sarah Tudway-Cains
Sarah Tudway-Cains loves integrating her experiences as a Trained Professional Organizer, BC-certified secondary teacher, and volunteer community counsellor to her work with decluttering and organizing clients.
Since joining POC in 2015, Sarah has always played an active member role in the Vancouver Island region and beyond. She served four years on the national Education Committee, and currently has her Silver Leaf designation.
In her spare time, Sarah enjoys singing in a choir, hiking and reading. She lives just outside of Victoria, BC with her husband, two sons, and their German Shepherd.
Course Format
This course is delivered online and includes a video and manual. The video is approximately one hour, which you can pause, rewind and re-watch to fully immerse yourself in the materials. The video includes 3 code words which must be submitted through the course page. Upon successful submission of your code words, your record of learning will reflect successful completion of the course. The comprehensive manual includes activities, additional materials and resources.
Course Investment & Registration
Prices do not include GST/HST.
