Anisa is a Georgia Licensed Counselor, Clinical Trauma Professional, and Master Addictions Counselor (NAADAC). Since 1990, she has worked in emotional wellness and addiction recovery. Anisa has worked in a variety of mental health and substance abuse settings, including inpatient treatment, psychiatric crisis stabilization, and has found outpatient therapy to be rewarding. Anisa is also a credentialed Bariatric Support Group Leader, Success Habits of WLS Facilitator, Bariatric Life Coach, and Back on Track Trainer. She is a featured story in the bariatric best selling book "The Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients", Cook, C. 3rd Ed. As a result of her own life challenges, Anisa's passion is in helping others who struggle with everyday life stressors, substance abuse, and sugar addiction/sensitivity. She is a successful gastric bypass patient (2002) who has also dealt with weight recurrence over the years. She genuinely connects from a place of acceptance and empathy with an ability to hold individuals accountable without judgment. Anisa is committed to providing the bariatric community quality education, coaching, and counseling services. Anisa has been in private practice since 2006. AnisaGrantham.com is a division of her outpatient practice.