I am livid about a therapist in my program who I feel took advantage of my situation. I opened up to this person because I was led to believe that it was part of the Aftercare WLS program and was covered by my insurance. This therapist knew I was seeing 2 other therapists (and had been for some time) and was making great strides with them. This therapist asked me to pay up front and submit my receipts to my insurance company for reimbursement. I opened up to this person about my serious trust issues, put my trust in this person and was taken advantage of. The insurance is not going to reimburse my payments to him. The NEW Program told me that I would need to work through this with him and that seeing him outside of the office was not part of the program (as I was led to believe.) This therapist betrayed my trust and as someone who has serious anxiety and trust issues, this was devestating! I had a 2 day panic attack, the worst I had all year. This was caused by a THERAPIST of all people!!!! Word of advice to you, if a doctor wants to see you outside of the program, make sure to clarify whether it is a required, that they take your insurance, and that you do not pay them up front. He made $450.00 for sitting there and listening to me tell him my history, which is something that both of my other therapists already know and they ARE covered by my insurance plan. I have been seeing them both for over 2 years and they have NOT taken advantage or betrayed my trust. Shame on this therapist and shame on The NEW Program! anthem, bad, beach, betrayed, blue, business, cash, cross, edds, insurance, loss, NEW, newport, obesity, payment, Program, surgery, Therapist, trust, weight, WLS