Hi Crisc,
Our experience is that one may have to try a few before a right fit is found. I agree with Ebeth; find one that comes recommended and understands gifted issues. Years after, I still believe that if there is not a right educational placement, a psych. will not make everything all better if a child is prone to anxiety. One can help the child cope a bit. Our psych helped by testing and by testifying for us in our case against the district. In that respect, one would provide your credibilty and documentation. We began taking him to a psychologist when he was 7, because he had difficulty swallowing due to anxiety. A boy in his class told him he would break into our house and kill his mother. Later, he developed rage and OCD which I now believe was caused by misplacement (IQ 153 at 7yrs.) and relentless, daily bullying. He had just one friend. He was ostracized at the lunch table because he talked about a Nova show he'd seen. He was, of course, viewed as a freak and suffered for it. He is 27 now and doing well although a fear of germs crops up when one of his students is sick. He manages it well through rational thinking. When they are young children, they don't have the thought patterns to manage. I empathize. That whole period was stressful on the whole family.
