OCD specialist?

[Natureloverpeace]

Most therapists don’t have the education and training to effectively treat OCD because it usually isn’t offered in graduate school. There is education and training available for it but the therapist will have to seek it out. There are also different skill levels amongst qualified OCD specialists depending on their level of education and training they have undertaken as there are beginning and advanced opportunities. BUYER BEWARE- There are many therapists who claim they know how to treat OCD, and even some who claim to be OCD specialists, but aren’t qualified to treat it. Here is a link from the IOCDF to an article about what to look for in a potential OCD specialist for yourself or a loved one. iocdf.org/ocd-finding-help/...

[Sallyskins]

It's only recently that OCD has become properly recognized and effectively treated. I think that graduate schools are only just catching up!

There are, I'm sorry to say, some charlatans out there who promise miracle cures and don't deliver.

So - if they demand money up front before they explain what techniques they plan to use, or claim that they can 'cure' OCD, don't touch them with so much as a bargepole!