ISO therapist in MoCo
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Anonymous
| I have a 12-year-old DD who may be in the early stages of an eating disorder, and possibly also depression. This is all new to us; neither spouse nor I have ever visited a therapist. We have BCBS FEP insurance. Can anyone recommend some who could help us? |
Anonymous
| Sorry, this is OP and I should have said we are in Silver Spring and someone close by would be idea. Thank you. |
Anonymous
| Ask your pediatrician school counselor, and try psychology.com |
Anonymous
| Pp, sorry, pediatrician AND school counselor |
Anonymous
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Try one of the clinicians at Alvord Baker in White Oak.
DS and one of my friend's DD saw Betsy Carmichael (for other issues) and she was very helpful. I have also heard good things about some of the other clinicians there. GL! |
Anonymous
| The Ross Center |
Anonymous
| OP here-- thanks so much for these suggestions-- keep them coming! |
Anonymous
| Dr. Amy Livingood. EW Highway near BCC. |
Anonymous
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Renfrew Center in Bethesda
Robyn Miller, Ph.D., also in Bethesda |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I would ask on Special Needs board. |
Anonymous
| OP, doubt any of these people take your insurance. Try psychology today. |
Anonymous
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+2 for Amy Livingood
Also, you can search by your insurance on zocdoc.com and for a therapist there- some have reviews 
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Anonymous
| Dr. Georgia DeGangi in Kensington is excellent with adolescent and pre-adolescent girls. |
Anonymous
| This is OP. Thanks for the recommendations so far. We are going to get the pediatrician's recommendation but he can't meet with us until Nov 4 (which is really annoying, but that's another story). In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out whether it makes more sense to see a LCSW/therapist or a PhD/psychologist. Can anyone with experience in eating disorders speak to which kind of therapist makes more sense? Does it matter? |