"Dr." Phil is a fraud who is NOT licensed to practice in any state.
His Texas license was yanked when he failed to fulfill legal requirements to have it reinstated in the wake of a SEX SCANDAL WITH A PATIENT, A HUGE NO-NO!
Once upon a time, McGraw really was licensed as a clinical psychologist. In 1989, the Texas board that licenses psychologists disciplined him for an inappropriate "dual relationship" with a 19-year-old patient. (McGraw denies the young woman's claim that the relationship was sexual.) The Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists ordered him to take an ethics class and have his practice supervised for a year. He subsequently stopped practicing therapy and started a jury consultation firm, Courtroom Sciences Inc. (CSI). It was in this capacity that he met Oprah Winfrey, then fighting a lawsuit by the beef industry, who boosted him into the world of show biz.
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equineluvr ago
"Dr." Phil is a fraud who is NOT licensed to practice in any state.
His Texas license was yanked when he failed to fulfill legal requirements to have it reinstated in the wake of a SEX SCANDAL WITH A PATIENT, A HUGE NO-NO!
Once upon a time, McGraw really was licensed as a clinical psychologist. In 1989, the Texas board that licenses psychologists disciplined him for an inappropriate "dual relationship" with a 19-year-old patient. (McGraw denies the young woman's claim that the relationship was sexual.) The Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists ordered him to take an ethics class and have his practice supervised for a year. He subsequently stopped practicing therapy and started a jury consultation firm, Courtroom Sciences Inc. (CSI). It was in this capacity that he met Oprah Winfrey, then fighting a lawsuit by the beef industry, who boosted him into the world of show biz.
http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2008/01/dr-phil-controversy-highlights-public.html
LEGALLY, despite his education, since he is UNLICENSED he is NOT allowed to call himself "Dr." Phil.
Did Dr. Phil really and intentionally mislead the public?
He did mislead the public by suggesting that he is a psychologist.
http://www.everydaypsychology.com/2008/01/is-dr-phil-actually-psychologist.html#.WNCsTGfav3g
strix-varia ago
I didn't know this about dr. Phil. If he's hooked up with snoprah then he is definitely questionable.