Guest guest Posted December 11, 2001 Report Share Posted December 11, 2001 I really hope someone can help. Our 9 1/2 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD, both within the past three months. Since he started Adderall, his OCD symptoms became undeniable, and he was subsequently started on Luvox with good (but not great) results. Over the past 2 months his rituals have become more frequent and more plentiful, and his obsessions have increased, as well. I am desperately looking for a cognitive-behavioral psychologist who has experience in working with children with OCD. So far I have been unsuccessful. We live near Santa Barbara, CA, but I'm willing to travel as far south as LA in order to get the treatment he needs. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? Thank you all for taking the time to read this, and for being here. This has been a long and arduous road, and clearly one which is no where near over. I so appreciate the support and the collective wisdom of all parents out there who have been through the same thing with their children. patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 HI Patti: Some referral resources you might try are: 1) OC Foundation (http://www.ocfoundation.org) 2) OCSDA (http://www.ocsda.org) - I'm not sure how active this organization is right now, but they are the only one which screens their referrals. 3) AABT (http://www.aabt.org) - American Academy of Behavior Therapy 4) ADAA (http://www.adaa.org) _ Anxiety Disorders Association of America We have found the best referrals come from other families with kids with OCD. If you network with organizations of parents with kids with NBDs, hopefully you can find some good referral sources. Some of us have found good prospects by contacting university Psychology departments and getting referrals to behaviorally-trained psychologists in the clinical psych area. Perhaps the UCLA OCD center has referrals in the Santa Barbara area. We were planning to fly to LA to take Steve there when he first got ill but thanks to lucky networking after 12 different tries we found a gem right here in our own state. Good luck, please keep us posted on your progress to find a suitable CBT therapist. Take care, aloha, kathy (h) kathyh@... > I really hope someone can help. Our 9 1/2 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD, > both within the past three months. Since he started Adderall, his OCD symptoms became > undeniable, and he was subsequently started on Luvox with good (but not great) results. > Over the past 2 months his rituals have become more frequent and more plentiful, and his > obsessions have increased, as well. > > I am desperately looking for a cognitive-behavioral psychologist who has experience in > working with children with OCD. So far I have been unsuccessful. We live near Santa > Barbara, CA, but I'm willing to travel as far south as LA in order to get the treatment > he needs. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? > > Thank you all for taking the time to read this, and for being here. This has been a long > and arduous road, and clearly one which is no where near over. I so appreciate the > support and the collective wisdom of all parents out there who have been through the same > thing with their children. > > patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 HI Patti: Some referral resources you might try are: 1) OC Foundation (http://www.ocfoundation.org) 2) OCSDA (http://www.ocsda.org) - I'm not sure how active this organization is right now, but they are the only one which screens their referrals. 3) AABT (http://www.aabt.org) - American Academy of Behavior Therapy 4) ADAA (http://www.adaa.org) _ Anxiety Disorders Association of America We have found the best referrals come from other families with kids with OCD. If you network with organizations of parents with kids with NBDs, hopefully you can find some good referral sources. Some of us have found good prospects by contacting university Psychology departments and getting referrals to behaviorally-trained psychologists in the clinical psych area. Perhaps the UCLA OCD center has referrals in the Santa Barbara area. We were planning to fly to LA to take Steve there when he first got ill but thanks to lucky networking after 12 different tries we found a gem right here in our own state. Good luck, please keep us posted on your progress to find a suitable CBT therapist. Take care, aloha, kathy (h) kathyh@... > I really hope someone can help. Our 9 1/2 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD, > both within the past three months. Since he started Adderall, his OCD symptoms became > undeniable, and he was subsequently started on Luvox with good (but not great) results. > Over the past 2 months his rituals have become more frequent and more plentiful, and his > obsessions have increased, as well. > > I am desperately looking for a cognitive-behavioral psychologist who has experience in > working with children with OCD. So far I have been unsuccessful. We live near Santa > Barbara, CA, but I'm willing to travel as far south as LA in order to get the treatment > he needs. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? > > Thank you all for taking the time to read this, and for being here. This has been a long > and arduous road, and clearly one which is no where near over. I so appreciate the > support and the collective wisdom of all parents out there who have been through the same > thing with their children. > > patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Kathy, Thanks for the web sites and words of encouragement. We have three appointments with three different psychologists this week -- fingers are crossed that one will be able to help. Interestingly, one reports some success (with approximately 8 patients aged 4 to 6) using a combination of CBT, EMDR, and hypnosis. Anyone ever had experience with this combo? It sounds intriguing, but I enter into that experience with some skepticism (call me a cynic -- but a cynic who will try anything reasonable which holds some promise that it will help my son!). Yes, I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the support, y'all. patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Kathy, Thanks for the web sites and words of encouragement. We have three appointments with three different psychologists this week -- fingers are crossed that one will be able to help. Interestingly, one reports some success (with approximately 8 patients aged 4 to 6) using a combination of CBT, EMDR, and hypnosis. Anyone ever had experience with this combo? It sounds intriguing, but I enter into that experience with some skepticism (call me a cynic -- but a cynic who will try anything reasonable which holds some promise that it will help my son!). Yes, I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the support, y'all. patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Patti, I don't have any answers but I'll be interested to see what others have to say. I do want to mention that my OCD son was getting OT from someone who was also licensed in hypnosis. I sort of " jokingly " asked her couldn't she just hypnotize him out of the OCD and she seriously said " no " that hypnosis wouldn't work for that. My own thinking, of course, is I'm willing to try anything, but I suppose it's because OCD is neurologically caused. > Kathy, > Thanks for the web sites and words of encouragement. We have three appointments with > three different psychologists this week -- fingers are crossed that one will be able to > help. Interestingly, one reports some success (with approximately 8 patients aged 4 to > 6) using a combination of CBT, EMDR, and hypnosis. Anyone ever had experience with this > combo? It sounds intriguing, but I enter into that experience with some skepticism (call > me a cynic -- but a cynic who will try anything reasonable which holds some promise that > it will help my son!). > > Yes, I'll keep you posted. > > Thanks for the support, y'all. > patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 In a message dated 12/17/01 3:51:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, patti_wilczek@... writes: > if only we had some magic wand to wave and make our kids/partners/loved ones > okay. Patti Boy do I agree with you on that! Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 In a message dated 12/17/01 3:51:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, patti_wilczek@... writes: > if only we had some magic wand to wave and make our kids/partners/loved ones > okay. Patti Boy do I agree with you on that! Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Dear , if only we had some magic wand to wave and make our kids/partners/loved ones okay. This feels so uncontrollable -- really hard for control freaks, like me! Thanks for the thoughts. patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Dear , if only we had some magic wand to wave and make our kids/partners/loved ones okay. This feels so uncontrollable -- really hard for control freaks, like me! Thanks for the thoughts. patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2001 Report Share Posted December 22, 2001 HI Patti: I learned a lot about effective OCD treatment from lurking on the now-defunct OCD-List. Dr. Jim Claiborn, who practices in New England, is a dedicated on-line free service provider to OCD sufferers who has tried many different modalities. He is a regular presenter at the annual OCF conference as well as being a board member. He has found that hypnosis is not effective for OCD and I believe this has been tested with similar results in the scientific literature. While he uses EMDR for some of his patients he does not find it helpful for those with OCD. I have read that docs speculate that when EMDR is effective with OCD it is because it is a form of exposure which is part of E & RP. Since the response prevention part of E & RP is very important, if that is combined with EMDR you might find your son benefits. We have also trod that slippery path of not wanting to challenge the docs treatment plan when it does not follow the expert consensus guidelines. What I found was a successful compromise was to have every other session dedicated to E & RP only and other sessions for other " issues " (in the same week). If you find the doc sticks to this they will notice how much more effective the E & RP sessions are and start to increase their frequency. If they are avoiding motivating your son to do the more aversive E & RP, then you may have to switch to another provider. We went through a dozen m.h. professionals before finding a good match, the struggle was tough but well worth it. Do not apologize for being a cynic - I think you mean a savvy mental health services consumer on behalf of your son. He is very lucky to have you looking out for his best interests so well. Good luck, please keep us posted on his progress, take care,aloha, kathy (h) kathyh@... > Kathy, > Thanks for the web sites and words of encouragement. We have three appointments with > three different psychologists this week -- fingers are crossed that one will be able to > help. Interestingly, one reports some success (with approximately 8 patients aged 4 to > 6) using a combination of CBT, EMDR, and hypnosis. Anyone ever had experience with this > combo? It sounds intriguing, but I enter into that experience with some skepticism (call > me a cynic -- but a cynic who will try anything reasonable which holds some promise that > it will help my son!). > > Yes, I'll keep you posted. > > Thanks for the support, y'all. > patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2001 Report Share Posted December 22, 2001 Kathy, thanks so much for the info on hypnosis and EMDR for OCD. I have been doing some research on my own and have come up with similar conclusions. Besides, the m.h. pro no-showed for our first appointment! Not a good sign..... We've had good meetings with two psychologists using conventionally agreed upon techniques. So, it seems that we are on some track -- on the right one? One can only hope! Have a wonderful holiday season, one and all. patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2001 Report Share Posted December 22, 2001 HI Patti: Thanks for your good wishes. Sorry about the no-show but that is probably much better than getting going and things not working out. I am glad to hear that you have two good prospects lined up. You can stay in touch with them and monitor treatment goal achievement and progress to ensure that everything is going according to your needs. Please keep us posted on progress. Happy holidays, take care, aloha, kathy (h) kathyh@... > Kathy, thanks so much for the info on hypnosis and EMDR for OCD. I have been doing some > research on my own and have come up with similar conclusions. Besides, the m.h. pro > no-showed for our first appointment! Not a good sign..... > > We've had good meetings with two psychologists using conventionally agreed upon > techniques. So, it seems that we are on some track -- on the right one? One can only > hope! > > Have a wonderful holiday season, one and all. > patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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