• andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Dr Phil isn’t allowed to practice anymore - he started treating a college freshman for anxiety and depression, gave her a job and then started fucking her.

    What he does on television has done immense damage to understandings of mental health. That bullshit disgusting tough love, while at the same time being a hypocritical creep and serial adulterer. Send his ass to Turnabout Ranch.

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      1 day ago

      Uh, that’s why he is at the top. Do you think pyramid schemes are run by upstanding citizens?

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        1 day ago

        His grift is less “pyramid scheme” and more just saying things people want to hear: You don’t need to pay for your kids to see a therapist, mental illness is just a lack of grit. Things like substance abuse and PTSD can be overcome if you just have enough willpower. The purpose of mental health care is to harangue weirdos into being normal.

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          9 hours ago

          That’s the joke, yes. There is no real pyramid scheme with all therapists in the world. With Dr Phil at the top. You are correct.