Therapist choice, sanity check

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Hi,

I was just seeking some affirmation or otherwise about the therapist

we ended up selecting for my 13 year old sons' mild to moderate OCD.

My son has bad though OCD and he is obsessed with the thought that my

husband or I will get in a car accident and die. His OCD doesn't

happen during school, as he says he is too distracted to think about

it. He is a good student with a drive to succeed.

The therapist (psychologist) is an older woman with over 20 years

experience counseling children with anxiety in my geographic area. She

has worked with many OCD patients over the years. She is very

soft-spoken, but smart, and my son seemed to like her at our first

meeting, even though they appear to be cut from different cloths. My

only real hesitancy is that her therapy style is combined CBT and

talk; she doesn't think my son is ready for any exposure therapy and I

got the vibe that she may not even use it at all, although I would

need to confirm this. Everything that I have read so far indicates

that exposure therapy is the only way to go with OCD.

Should I be concerned or satisfied?