Rick Bishop Psychologist

Dr. Bishop is helping me cope with the fact that my family will not support me in weight loss surgery. He is teaching me how the mind and body work together so I might understand how I became overweight and how to change my thoughts and actions. I trust him.

Dr. Bishop is extremely knowledgable about obesity and WLS. He has much information and LOTS of handouts. He will prescribe drugs to help, but believes in a multi-prongs approach. He has a strong desire to help, but is short on the specifics. He can tell me what to do, but not how to do it. He did actually have some concrete suggestions, mostly they weren't new though. He does explore beyond just food issues which may lead to solutions. However, he doesn't tailor things to ME, everything is more generic. The thing I most remember from him is the phrase "mindful eating". Essentially - keep a food diary. That does help me, but I knew that before. I haven't seen him for awhile, but I don't think I'm ready to give up yet. Maybe he'll eventually help.