Obsessive Compulsive Psychologist

[Guest guest]

A friend of ours has a 5 yr old son who is exhibiting signs of Obsessive

Compulsive behavior. His symptoms have become much more pronounced as he has

transitioned to Kindergarten recently. He is verbal and does not display too

much in the way of developmental delays. Since our 10 yo daughter, who has

PDD/NOS, has a different set of issues, we are at a loss to recommend a Dr.

Can anyone recommend a Psychologist or other specialist in the west or

northwest Houston area (downtown is okay too)? Thanks for your help.

Rick & Sook Hall

GT, 13 yo

Kelli, PDD/NOS, 10 yo

Rick Hall

President, FMC SOFEC Floating Systems Inc.

rick.hall@... <mailto:rick.hall@...>

713-510-6600

[Guest guest]

I suspect he's responding to a too-high stress level. Has your friend

considered the possibility of NVLD?

Jane

On Sep 15, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Hall, Rick wrote:

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> A friend of ours has a 5 yr old son who is exhibiting signs of

> Obsessive

> Compulsive behavior. His symptoms have become much more pronounced as

> he has

> transitioned to Kindergarten recently. He is verbal and does not

> display too

> much in the way of developmental delays. Since our 10 yo daughter, who

> has

> PDD/NOS, has a different set of issues, we are at a loss to recommend

> a Dr.

> Can anyone recommend a Psychologist or other specialist in the west or

> northwest Houston area (downtown is okay too)? Thanks for your help.

>

>

>

> Rick & Sook Hall

>

> GT, 13 yo

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> Kelli, PDD/NOS, 10 yo

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>

> Rick Hall

>

> President, FMC SOFEC Floating Systems Inc.

>

> rick.hall@... <mailto:rick.hall@...>

>

> 713-510-6600

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>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Rick,

We are also in northwest Houston. My daughter has PDD/NOS, OCD, ADD, etc.

Dr. Gerald Busch started treating her for her OCD about 3 1/2 years ago, when

she was about age 5. She first srarted showing symptoms as a preschooler,

which got worse under the stress of beginning Kindergarten. If the little boy

in your post really does have OCD, they need to get him evaluated quickly.

Dr. Busch once said something to us along the lines of 'Autism isn't the end

of the world. Dealing with that is a process, and we'll get started on that

today, but I'm not worried about that. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder isn't

to be messed around with, and we need to get it under control immediately.'

Dr. Busch is a psychiatrist, and did his fellowship in Asperger's Syndrome.

We like him very much. In addition to managing our daughter's medication

for OCD, he trained us in using Dr. Greenspan's " Floortime " which has been so

very beneficial for Allie's developing social skills. His office is located

in the medical center area, on Holcomb. He also likes to give out his email

address, and keeps in touch pretty quickly when you have questions, concerns,

etc.

Dr. Gerald Busch

2424 W. Holcomb, Suite 101

Houston, TX 77030

713-665-9000

On the bad side, his office staff are a regular headache. Instead of

picking up the phone when you call, they like to leave the answering machine on,

and they can take their own sweet time getting around to returning your calls.

This happens sporadically, but goes on for 3-4 months when it happens. Then

he works on them and they clean up their act for a while. We have put up

with it so far, because we like the doctor and feel extremely comfortable with

him. He is never pushy, and doesn't feel threatened by informed questioning

parents.

Sandi

In a message dated 9/15/2004 3:53:08 PM Central Standard Time,

rick.hall@... writes:

A friend of ours has a 5 yr old son who is exhibiting signs of Obsessive

Compulsive behavior. His symptoms have become much more pronounced as he has

transitioned to Kindergarten recently. He is verbal and does not display too

much in the way of developmental delays. Since our 10 yo daughter, who has

PDD/NOS, has a different set of issues, we are at a loss to recommend a Dr.

Can anyone recommend a Psychologist or other specialist in the west or

northwest Houston area (downtown is okay too)? Thanks for your help.

Rick & Sook Hall