What should I expect from our therapist?

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Hello,

I have a 7 year old OCD daughter and we just had our second visit with

our therapist. Our initial meeting with her went OK, she seems very

nice but something in my gut told me she wasn't right for our

daughter. Due to the time it takes to get in with therapists we took

her because she had an opening.

My daughter is shy (like many kids her age) so I know she will take

time to warm up to anyone. The therapist uses phrases like " how do

you do socially with your friends " which my daughter doesn't

understand but she won't say that to this women. She also went on to

tell my daughter about shen she was at school getting her graduate

degree...my daughter has no idea what a graduate degree is.

Moments after seeing my daughter she said to my wife " I still see a

lot of sadness in her " . My daughter is not sad, she just doesn't want

to be in this womens office talking to her about stuff like this.

How long might it take for this therapist to start CBT or something

that resembles forward progress? Or am I being too harsh, should I

let the women do whatever she wishes until she feels it is time to

move further into other subjects?

I assume CBT will be discussing " feelings " and " thoughts " with my

dauhter and how she chooses to react to them, or am I missing

something? My wife and I both feel as though the therapist asks

questions that are geared toward a negative answer. Is this a known

method of dealing with OCD?

At this point it has only been two visits but I don't want to let it

turn into 10 before we decided to change to a new therapist.

Thanks,

Walter