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I live in southern Maryland which is a wasteland for health services, but close enough to DC/NoVA that I selected a hospital/surgeon about an hour away (90 minutes in traffic). I used their suggested doctor for my psychiatric assessment (who is even further away) but she said I needed to see someone regularly throughout the process (I have anxiety that's not well controlled and depression that's well controlled).

Right now I'm scheduled to keep seeing her (and she's willing to do some phone appointments so it's not really terrible), but how do I find a therapist (closer!) who is familiar with WLS for long term care?

Thanks,

Denise

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You could try the ASMBS resources. Start here:

https://asmbs.org/patients/find-a-provider

and switch the radio button to "Integrative Health." Then put in your location -- you can search by state, or by radius from a particular city or zip code. Your search results will include therapists, psychologists, etc -- also some people like physical therapists and dietitians, but you can just scroll past them. Good luck!

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Bufflehead had a good suggestion, I didn't know about that one!

I like psychology today

https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/state/Maryland.html

You can choose eating disorders or weight loss as a issues. You can choose the insurance too.

After that, I called and asked them about their experience with weight loss surgery patients.

Good luck

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