My husband has chronic major depressive disorder and OCD. In the past he has seen counselors when needed, but hasn't been in treatment for years and seemed to be managing. Now he is struggling and has asked to go into therapy again. He's not sure who would be good to see. We have a psychiatrist in mind already, although would consider recommendations if you know a good one. The counselors he used to see are no longer available for various reasons (retirement, change in insurance, etc). Are there any counselors you have had good experiences with? We'd love any suggestions, and have IHC/SelectMed insurance if that helps. Any information on therapist perspectives would be great too (if therapist does better with certain populations than others, has religious perspective or not, if they do primarily individual versus couple, etc.). Thanks in advance for helping us.
I highly recommend Chris Berger with Foundations Counseling. ###-###-####
http://foundationscounselingllc.com
He also does first visit free to see if its a fit or not and has great recommendations.
My daughter was seeing a therapist for mild OCD and she saw Pamela Awana. OCD is her specialty, among other things. She took my daughter's case as a favor to another doctor, but normally doesn't see patients that young. I know she sees mostly adults and older teens. You could give her a call. She is located in Murray and I'm sorry I don't remember her number off the top of my head. I know how frustrating life can be in this situation. I wish you all the best of luck in finding someone to work with you. One thing I did love about Dr. Awana is that her schedule is very flexible and accomodates for evening appointments. Also she will work with the patient one on one or as couples/group. Good luck and god bless.
Comprehensive Psychological Services. They have psychiatrists (for medication management) and LCSWs (for counceling/therapy). They work together and both have access to the charts so you don't have to go over everything twice. The are in the Brickyard area of SLC and I think the phone # is ###-###-#### (not completely sure of that)
I see one of the counselors at Bear Valley Counseling Center. I know people who see the other counselors, there, as well, and between all of us, I haven't heard a bad recommendation among them. Their website is: www.bvcounseling.org. Rates are posted. As far as I know, they do not take insurance but you can check.
I found a great therapist off garden of gods. He works in the office with a Dr. Cohen-he is the drug prescriber, but Ron, cant remember his last name is a great therapist. Im sure you could call the office to get him. I have been in and out for depression and bipolar for years and this was the first I could actually listen to and helped me, unfortunaley i lost my insurance and could no longer go. He said I could but I felt bad to take his valuable time without paying. I hope this helps cause I KNOW how hard it is to find someone that actually helps. Trust me, as soon as i get insurance back, Ill go back there. Good Luck!!
Dear S.,
I am a clinical psychotherapist who also suffers from OCD. OCD is a brain imbalance problem that needs to be treated with medications when it becomes bad. Stress and other factors trigger its ugly head. I take prozac for the the OCD, but had to find a doctor who prescribed the correct amount. I had to take 80 mg. a day for about 6 or so months to be able to deal with my behaviors and anxiety. It was that bad. I take 20 mg. a day now to keep the ocd at bay. I can understand the emotional pain and shame that one feels with ocd. I would suggest the book, Brain Lock by Jeffrey Schwartz. I is excellent. It gives lots of information and explains why ocd is so hard to overcome. I could give you more information, but lack the time today. Get your husband to the doctor before he gets worse. Where do you live? Also read up on the OCD foundation site on the web.
Hi S.. Dr. Mitchell Leister is a well-respected psychiatrist in Monument. My husband also deals with depression and anxiety. How do you deal with it--sometimes I have a hard time not feeling resentful, especially as I try to do our best for our little one (our child is 3)? Good luck.
I realize there are plenty of counselors out there that really do try to help. THey put people on meds and let them talk things out, but if you want your husband to be forever cured of this problem get the book called "Tapping the Healer Within". I found mine on Amazon.com. It is a very easy read, and the excersizes are great. I have a daughter that was suffering from panick attacks and depression so I ordered a couple of these kind of books. I have found them very helpful for myself in curing fear of heights. I know it will work for your husband as well. Life will be great!
This is sad. My name is S. and my husband needs one, too! Except he's resistant to the idea instead of asking for it, because he has OCPD instead of OCD.
I'll be very interested in the responses you get!
