On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:10 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is, and I can not emphasize this enough, while McGraw is a > psychologist he is not licensed, and his show is specifically for > entertainment purposes only. He is legally prohibited from providing mental > health services. If he wanted to help, it would not be to put her on tv, > but to put her in touch with the (free) county mental health services that > are available. >
I don't know where I got this information from, since I do not and never will watch Dr Phil, but I believe his offer of help is a referral to a licensed therapist. I have seen two articles about this show. The one that Steve linked and the AV Club. Both draw their conclusions and condemn Phil based on the short preview video on YouTube. Back when the best critics worked at newspapers at least one would call Phil's production company and report on how this interview came about and praise or condemn him after that with more knowledge. Right now I don't know if this interview is a real path to help or simple exploitation and the websites don't know either. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
