New Direction Weight Loss Plan HELP

I've been on my weightloss journey for sometime. From November 2011 to July 2012 I used Nutrisystem and lost around 40 lbs without much exercise (I injured my foot) and then lost another ten on my own with diet and exercise before I left to study abroad. While I was abroad, I gained a little weight, but I started strength training at my gym there and lost a lot of inches. Then life threw a few curve balls at me and when I came back in June I got really depressed and have gained back 20 lbs since then, putting me back over 210lbs.

That being said, before I left to study abroad, my doctor personally called my house because she'd met a provider of the New Direction Weight Loss Program in town, and really emphasized the emotional support and counseling they offered. That was a big sell for me and my mom, but I was leaving and doing fine on my own so I didn't bother with it. Being in the state I've been in all summer with the depression and what not, I decided to give it a try.

So last week I went to see them and it all seemed great. The only thing that set off any warning bells was the 800 calorie a day limit in their very low calorie diet. Since it's medically supervised though, I thought it would be okay. I got all my blood work done and such as well. Then I went in today, alone, without my parents (and I being only 23 with very little skills in the way of doing things on my own, though I think I learned my lesson today) and got all the information on the side effects of the diet (it's basically anorexia without the puking) and when I went to see the "doctor" it was just some desperate house wife looking lady (all the women in this office are in dresses and heels, and I'm sorry, I shouldn't be judging, but there's something wrong with that in a doctor's office to me) and she had a freaking wikipedia page up about hypoglycemia and had to keep looking stuff up on her phone to describe medicines and stuff they want to supplement me with. Adipex, Metformin (I do *not* have diabetes), seizure medicine as an alternative to adipex, and progesterone pills.

Really? Like, really?

So if someone who has done this "weight loss plan" could please tell me if this is actually worth it, or tell me to run for the hills, that would be great. I would love a second, third or fourth opinion, because I feel mislead and lied to about the whole thing. I will be seeing my normal doctor tomorrow as well.