Anyone have a counselor who needs counseling? - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

tunafish1946 · 02-13-2007, 12:12 PM

I first started having major problems with obsessions when I was 15. Feeling scared and isolated and not knowing what to do, I told my parents I wanted to see a therapist, and I did. It was a terrible experience; I felt neither comforted nor understood, and I constantly felt that she ran the sessions in the direction she wanted them to, rather than letting me talk freely, asking me many blunt questions that I didn't want to answer. I stopped going after about a year and a half, and didn't seek help again for years. About eight months ago I started again, and the therapist I'm seeing is very open and comforting and we've built a trusting relationship. He's not an OCD specialist, but I feel awkward when I try to explain my research, the books I use to help, and the online support I seek. I use the information I find to try and help myself overcome and understand my problems, but sometimes I don't feel like he knows what I'm talking about. Has anyone else had this problem?

allhonest · 02-13-2007, 01:41 PM

what kind of school is he practicing?
there are many different ones, psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, insight oriented and cognitive behavioral.

If you have OCD, please make sure that his school is CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) as empirical evidence shows that this is the only thing that works for OCD.

9 years ago I attended an insight oriented psychotherapy and it just resulted in an 8 year obsessional mental search for traumatic childhood events (in which I never had).

I know about a Dr. Stephen Phillipson (see [url]http://www.ocdonline.com[/url] ) in NY.
He's an OCD specialist.

Getting the right treatment is so important, otherwise your therapeutic relationship can be harmful if you suffer from OCD.

I hope you'll find the right one, one that is competent in treating OCD.