Cognitive Therapy Center of Maryland. Dr. Lawrence Dalton, named one of the top Cognitive Behavior therapist in Washington DC, for 2009. Dr. Dalton uses Cognitive Therapy for treating Depression, Panic Attacks, Anxiety Generalized, Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety, Social Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. He is a licensed psychologist,who has provided Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy to the Washington, DC metro area since 1986. Dr. Dalton is fully certified by and is one of the original Founding Fellows of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Dr. Aaron Becks Cognitive Therapist accrediting organization). In a 2009 survey, sent to 1,500 therapist by the Washingtonian Magazine asking them to name the therapist they would send a family member to for psychotherapy, Dr. Dalton was named for the category of best Cognitive-Behavioral therapist in the greater Washington, DC metro area.