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I happpened to be in therapy when I was diagnosed with PD. My therapist (in NYC) required weeklly attendance in group therapy. I found it most helpful to deal with the loss, and credit this experience with my subsequent and current adjustment which Is quite good. I worked 9 years after Diagnosis and am now in the 4th year of of retirement.. I would not seek treatment for the psychological aspects of carrying this disease from a traditional support group. Would like the comments of some of the therapists on the network: Is it possible (practical), and would it be effective to bring a skilled trained therapist into a support group for a series of sessions, or on a bi-monthly or monthly basis? Seems to me the experience of working these issues of loss out with a group of true peers could be a richer and more meaningful experience than with just any collection of people or in individual sessions. Dick Naples FL