Re: Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington

September 16, 2008

Where did you find them listed? They weren't listed with DC. Just

curious. Didn't think I overlooked them on the list with DC, so must

have been somewhere else.

I'm so glad you found that. Sounds like they would be awesome, but

unfortunately, typically hard to get in to. We found that to be the

case with most therapists who truly understand OCD.

Sounds like you have wonderful, personal experience too. That's great!

BJ

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> Three of the practitioners at BTC are on the OC Foundation web site,

including Mansueto who is on the OC Scientific Board. They

are leaders in the field and have extensive experience with exposure

therapy. Both Dr. Mansueto and Ruth Golumb were extremely helpful in

offering parental advice when our now-14-year-old was 8, but getting

appointments for therapy may be difficult.

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> Good luck!

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> I don't know if this is helpful for not, , but none of the

> doctors there (BTC Center) are listed with the OCFoundation.org

> website. That might not mean a thing though. If it were me, I would

> call them, ask to talk to one of the doctors and ask if they use ERP

> (exposure and response prevention). If they don't know what that is,

> then they don't understand OCD. If they say they do, ask if they've

> used it successfully before and ask them how they used it.

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> I found interviewing therapists over the phone saved a lot of time,

> money, and precious appointments, since many insurance companies will

> limit you.

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> I found some on the OCFoudation.org list aren't qualified either, but

> some are. You have to talk to them to find out.

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> Here are the listings for DC, in case the BTC center doesn't pan out.

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