On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:37 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't disagree with your disdain for McGraw, but to my knowledge he has > never diagnosed people on either Oprah's show or his show (of course, I have > never seen him on Oprah, nor ever seen his show, but the President of the > American Psychological Association, and lots of other psychologists, have > reassured us several times that that he has never done this.
Sadly, I have seen both, and I don't think there has ever been an instance where he HASN'T diagnosed people. Inevitably, he says to guests on the show, "Your problem is..." and then proceeds to diagnose them. I suppose people can split hairs about the specific clinical nature of what he does or fails to do, but that is not a distinction I'm prepared to draw from a man who goes by the title of doctor, inclues the title in his series, then tells people what is wrong with them. And last year I wrote about the day he appeared on Anderson Cooper's show and diagnosed middle America with depression, then proceeded to blame Americans for their own sadness. > Also, as I mentioned before, McGraw did not counsel Ms Spears (again, he is > not licensed to perform this service anymore) In that case, Britney and her family invited a total stranger to visit her at the height of her mental instability... just to shoot the sh*t? > I am > working from memory here, but I am pretty sure he was not sued, and if he > was I am sure he did not lose a suit in court. He was not sued, but I heard from a friend I still have in the industry that he made a substantial payoff to the clan Spears. > To paraphrase what another list member said in a different > context recently, he has as much in common with a real mental health > professional as J.D. does with a real physician. Nice turn of phrase, except JD is a character and Phil McGraw is a person. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
