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Dr. Bob Falk is licensed as both a Clinical Psychologist and a School Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a Partner Emeritus of Behavioral Health Partners. His practice is currently focused on providing high-quality, effective, and efficient treatment for individuals with OCD and related disorders. 

Dr. Falk’s undergraduate work was taken at the University of Virginia. He completed his School Psychology training at Radford University (M.S., Ed.S.) with additional graduate work at The College of William and Mary. He gained experience as a school psychologist in Virginia and North Carolina before returning to school to earn his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1988 at Virginia Commonwealth University following completion of his internship at the Medical College of Virginia, Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Falk is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine where he has supervised psychiatric residents in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and presented seminars to psychiatric residents and clinical psychology interns. He has supervised clinical and counseling psychology doctoral students in psychological assessment and taught courses in human development, stress management, psychological testing, and personality assessment within the Department of Psychology at VCU. Dr. Falk was appointed to the Commonwealth of Virginia's Board of Psychology by Governor Mark Warner in 2004 and was reappointed by Governor Timothy Kaine in 2008. He served as Chair from 2011 to 2012 when he completed his second term.

He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (Professional Member), the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (Member), the International OCD Foundation (Professional Member), and the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists (Member).

Dr. Silverton is an experienced Ph.D. psychotherapist specializing in treating patients with body-focused repetitive behaviors (hair pulling/skin picking/nail biting). Working from a supportive psychotherapy perspective, she utilizes Habit Reversal Training, cognitive therapy, mindfulness/relaxation-breathing and hypnosis techniques to interrupt the compulsive behavior. EMDR (eye movement desensitization) may be used to enhance treatment. Longer psychodynamic techniques are utilized to help patients maintain abstinence by dealing with understanding the symptom, how it serves a purpose to regulate emotion, its impact on their lives, feelings of shame and humiliation, hypersensitivity to their body, and general feelings of self-dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Combined treatment modalities are used to help patients gain mastery of this problem. Over the years, Dr. Silverton has successfully helped many patients by tailoring treatment to each individual.

Ms. Golomb has been treating OCD, OCD related disorders, BFRBs, ADHD and other anxiety disorders since the mid 1980's. She offers cognitive-behavior therapy and is a faculty member of the Professional Training Institute for Treating BFRBs. Ms. Golomb has been an author for "The Hair Pulling 'Habit' and You: How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle" a book describing  the comprehensive treatment of trichotillomania in children and “Stay Out of My Hair” a book designed to educate, guide, and support parents of children with trichotillomania, Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, a self-help book for adults, Psychological Interventions for Children with Sensory Dysregulation and Helping Your Child with Sensory Regulation. Ms. Golomb is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for The Trichotillomania Learning Center.

Ryan Schluter, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist. He treats anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, panic disorder, specific phobias), obsessive compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, body-focused repetitive behaviors (hair-pulling and skin-picking behaviors), and post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Schluter treats children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Schluter’s approach involves evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treatments including: Exposure-based therapies (including Exposure and Response Prevention), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Behavioral Activation, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. He is particularly interested in treating and body-focused repetitive behaviors, anxiety disorders (such as social phobia, specific phobias, and panic disorder), and obsessive-compulsive disorder.