L. David Willison IV, MD, PhD
Narrative of Services:
Training Description:
The “gold-standard” treatment for OCD and other anxiety disorders (such as Social Phobia, Panic, GAD, PTSD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Trichotillomania, hoarding,Tics, etc.) is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy plus Exposure Response Prevention (CBT-ERP). I have been using CBT-ERP to successfully treat OCD/anxiety disorders since 2010.
I addition to my private practice, I’m an attending physician in the Anxiety Disorders Section at the West LA VA.
My undergraduate work was completed at MIT, and then I completed my MD & PhD at UCSF, then completed my residency and child.adolescent fellowship at UCLA, Westwood.
Diversity Statement:
I often work with LGBTQ patients.