Re: Introduction - 3 Year Old with Just So OCD

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YAY! I am pretty sure I am the person who recommended to you going to intensive

outpatient with super specialists ( I consider Dr Storch one) and again, it

sounds like it is SO worth it. My son was als 3 at the age of dx and we worked

but did not have expert help and it is the ONE THING I regret not doing sooner

in all our years of working with this. There are SO many reasons to do

intensive outpatient to start but I think the most important one is that you

then KNOW what real CBT/ERP looks like and how to do it right. You will NEVER

wast your child's time (not to mention yours) going to suboptimal therapists,

and if you ever cant find help again, you will pick yourself up, fly to wherever

( South Florida for me to see Dr Storch and gang) and enroll in intensive

outpatient. It is a big step to uproot your life, but in the long run so much

less suffering all around. I cant encourage people strongly enough that if you

are having trouble finding a good therapist ( especially with the very young

child- but really ever) go to a specialty center for intensive outpatient.. USF

even has ultrashort (1 and 2 week) studies going on that the therapy is FREE-

but you have to fly there and stay in ronald mcdonald or something ( not to

mention miss work).

Good for you for committing and doing it and good for your daughter too!