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Dr Phil
Topic Started: Oct 4 2008, 11:08 AM (701 Views)
Daniel
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Dr Phil makes about $500,000 an episode. His guests don't get paid. This about sums up my opinion of Dr Phil. He uses people.

I would think that it might be a security concern to put the children on such a popular national television show. Sorry for not mincing words, but these are my thoughts fwiw.
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blondie
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I agree with you Daniel.

He's a user. I wouldn't want anyone I loved on that show, and especially a child.
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Bernard
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Quagmire
Oct 4 2008, 07:53 PM
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Oct 4 2008, 09:20 PM
I might have been slightly off on the 'shrink' bit. I should clarify. A psychologist is not necessarily a "shrink". If they want to apply their knowledge they have to do additional study and internship and become licensed.  At that point they can be called a licensed psychologist, but not a psychiatrist. A lot of psychologists are just academics. This is the way I usually think of psychologists.

I usually reserve the word 'shrink' for psychiatrists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink

We're talking about Dr. Phil who DID become a licensed therapist, and it was him I was calling a shrink. Not some generic unnamed person who just studied psychology and may or may not have done more.

I find this a decidedly odd point to be getting pedantic and tedious over. And I'm not comfortable continuing with it in this particular thread. So I'm gonna step off.

Respect.

That maybe a good idea. I admitted to being wrong, and I explained what I was thinking, I don't know what more you could want.
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blondie
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Bernard,
FWIW, I only use the word "shrink" when I mean "psychiatrist". I don't call psychologists of any type "shrinks".
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Quagmire
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Bernard
Oct 5 2008, 10:14 AM
I don
Quagmire
Oct 4 2008, 07:53 PM
Bernard
Oct 4 2008, 09:20 PM
I might have been slightly off on the 'shrink' bit. I should clarify. A psychologist is not necessarily a "shrink". If they want to apply their knowledge they have to do additional study and internship and become licensed.  At that point they can be called a licensed psychologist, but not a psychiatrist. A lot of psychologists are just academics. This is the way I usually think of psychologists.

I usually reserve the word 'shrink' for psychiatrists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink

We're talking about Dr. Phil who DID become a licensed therapist, and it was him I was calling a shrink. Not some generic unnamed person who just studied psychology and may or may not have done more.

I find this a decidedly odd point to be getting pedantic and tedious over. And I'm not comfortable continuing with it in this particular thread. So I'm gonna step off.

Respect.

That maybe a good idea. I admitted to being wrong, and I explained what I was thinking, I don't know what more you could want.

??

I dont want anything. Its all good. :wink:
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Frank_W
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I've already made my opinion of Dickhead Phil known. That is all.

Good luck to them, Peggy. Please please, do not let them take the babies on that show... :(
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sue
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Frank_W
Oct 6 2008, 08:44 AM
I've already made my opinion of Dickhead Phil known. That is all.

Good luck to them, Peggy. Please please, do not let them take the babies on that show... :(

Yes. Let the adults do what they think is best for them, but please spare the innocent children the humiliation. :(
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justme
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Still no word on whether the boys will go on. Mark and I have voiced our opinion. Nathan agrees with us. But, we'll see. Nathan didn't want to go on in the first place.

Anyhow, from what I hear, this episode is supposed to be a positive story about a family taking a tragedy and turning it into a positive. It supposed to be about the foundation and what we're trying to do.

We'll see.

Reading that investigation report pretty much shattered me. And my dreams are downright whacked out. Between dreaming I'm in a 911 call center and Dr Phil, I'd rather not sleep.

It's just mindboggling how things can change in an instance.

Hold your families close. Ours is really struggling.

added edit: don't ask me why I read that report. I told Mark not to after I was done with it. If he knew all the things that went wrong, he'd be even more angry.
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Optimistic
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Good luck through this issue, Peggy. It seems like a tough call.
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And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
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sue
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justme
Oct 6 2008, 03:59 PM
It's just mindboggling how things can change in an instance.


so true. we take so much for granted, so often, don't we?

hope you get a good sleep soon, Peggy. :heart:
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Frank_W
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:hug: Peggy... I wish I had some magic, powerful, or even eloquent words... I've wished this on a hundred occasions or more, since this senseless tragedy...

Great love, peace, strength, and resolve to you...

:brokenheart: :hug: :(
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