Would there be interest in a list of therapists to help with WLS issues ?

I wonder if members of this site would be interested in being able to research a therapist here (organized geographically perhaps?)who wants, and is qualified, to help people with the many issues surrounding succesful WLS. I'm not sure if it's even something Eric would be willing to try to include but I think it might be very valuable for people. As a long time marriage and family therapist I am thinking about ways to incorporate my interest in WLS into my private practice and I wish I could make my experience and expertise known in a reputable place like this one, for my area (Philadelphia). While I do not believe that personal experience with a particular issue gives anyone superior clinical wisdom, I do think that in the area of morbid obesity and Weight Loss Surgery there is so much prejudice and negative judgment that there are very distinct advantages to working with a therapist who has been there and done it themselves. I know I had very poor psychological support and follow up to my own WLS in '99 and I have worked very hard to fill in what I needed on my own (as many of you have had to do!) I think that good individual and group suport around WLS should be mandatory and would dramatically reduce the stress and post operative depression associated with these proceedures. Maybe if enough of you agree we could prevail upon Eric and the angelic teckies who help him to add a "wing" for psychological support/help where people all around the country could look for that kind of help.

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