Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi Jacquie, It's a challenge finding the right cognitive behavior therapist for OCD. How serious is the OCD? It doesn't sound too bad. If you daughter is asking for reassurance all the time, I'm afraid if you keep giving it then the asking never stops. There's a chance you can redirect her worries yourself. You have to keep an eye on whether it's getting more severe with time. If it is getting worse, you better find someone fairly soon. I don't necessarily take as final the " not taking new patients " and " not taking a waiting list " . I think you should call back periodically to check whether there are openings. Are there any universities in your area? Ours has a clinic where they see clients. I guess the students need practice, under the guidance of a psychologist. Not ideal, but maybe better than nothing? If it gets worse, your daughter may need some type of medication to help tone down the anxiety. In that case you will need a psychiatrist to get subscriptions. Our pediatrician did not want to get involved. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 We did find a place to go but our appointment is January 26th. In the meantime we are doing all the self help stuff we can. Thank you for their help. Jacquie > > Subject: Finding a doc > To: > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:10 AM > Hi Jacquie, > It's a challenge finding the right cognitive behavior > therapist for > OCD. How serious is the OCD? It doesn't sound too > bad. If you > daughter is asking for reassurance all the time, I'm > afraid if you > keep giving it then the asking never stops. There's a > chance you can > redirect her worries yourself. You have to keep an eye on > whether > it's getting more severe with time. If it is getting > worse, you > better find someone fairly soon. I don't necessarily > take as final > the " not taking new patients " and " not > taking a waiting list " . I > think you should call back periodically to check whether > there are > openings. > > Are there any universities in your area? Ours has a clinic > where they > see clients. I guess the students need practice, under the > guidance > of a psychologist. Not ideal, but maybe better than > nothing? > > If it gets worse, your daughter may need some type of > medication to > help tone down the anxiety. In that case you will need a > psychiatrist > to get subscriptions. Our pediatrician did not want to get > involved. > Good luck, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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