Looking for CBT Therapy in Chicagoland Area

[qannie47]

Hi guys/gals. I have decided that both my boys would benefit for CBT therapy. I live in a suburb about 30 miles West of Chicago. Anybody have a referral name? I would appreciate it.

 

Thanks,

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[MomWithOCDSon]

I know that Alexian, with at least one home base in Hoffman Estates/Arlington Heights, has been boasting about its therapy programs for kids and adolescents, but I don't know any specific therapists there to recommend. I've heard Dr. McGrath speak at various conferences and he seems very knowledgeable and engaging; however, I believe he runs the program and so likely doesn't actually maintain a patient load of his own.

 

http://www.alexianbrothershealth.org/abbhh/ocd-anxiety

 

We have also used a therapist with the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Deerfield: Dr. Brian Schmaus.

 

Finally, when our DS was very young, he worked with a clinical psychologist in private practice in Northbrook; his name is Dr. Brynn Jessup. Though Dr. Jessup used some Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), he was more a CBT therapist and was very good with our young man (ages 6 - 10).

 

You might also try the Find Help tab on the International OCD Foundation web site; that's usually where we start in our search, and then it's a matter of phone interviews and an introductory meeting to see how the "fit" is.

 

Good luck!

[qannie47]

Thanks momwithocdson. Luckily, I found a group right in my PEDS office. There bread and butter is CBT, and get this, they even run a summer camp that integrates fun with therapy that is covered by insurance....WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!