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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for a therapist recommendation for our 8 year old son who exhibits signs of anxiety (nail biting) and who is lacking in social skills (monologues regarding his own interests).

He has been seeing an OT with 2 years to address proprioception and low core muscle tone, and to build coordination and balance. He also goes to gymnastics to build strength. He has made dramatic improvement, but because of these issues, it is a challenge for him to participate in some of the more physical games (involving monkey bars, first instance, or shooting a basketball) during recess, which isolates him more. He doesn't readily share these experiences and tends to shrug them off, but seems to exhibit anxiety as a result. He has been going to the social thinking group at CCL, which seems to be mildly helpful. He has liked all of his therapists so far. But we feel we needed to have another pair of eyes on him to see what we are missing in terms of the social skills and anxiety. So we turned to Alvord Baker.

He met Dr. Shiffrin for an intake and she seemed impersonal and his stress level went up in the session, so it seemed counter productive. We need a warm therapist who had expertise with quirky, sweet boys with poor social skills and anxiety.  Also,  regarding group, any thoughts regarding Dr. Berghorst? Thanks!

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