Dr. Carole's Couch

In 21st century America, one wouldn't think it was necessary to pronounce that Antisemitism and Islamophobia are wrong-it should be a given. But, the way some Congresswomen (notably Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib) have been spouting Antisemitic remarks with little condemnation from their peers, apparently there does need to be a reminder that this is wrong. A sign this fever is spinning out of contr...

Insomnia costs you more than you think... it's enough to lose sleep over. So, since this is National Sleep Awareness week, today's guest, Dr. David Shirazi, Director of the Sleep Therapy Center of Conejo Valley in Thousand Oaks, California, will give you some advice about how to get more and better sleep. He is the first board certified sleep technologist who is also a dentist and acupuncturist. T...

In the wake of the new documentary, Leaving Neverland, Dr. Carole takes you behind the mask of Michael Jackson and the accusations of of pedophilia against him. First, she describes her own history involving Jackson - from being the psychiatric consultant to his classic biography to being the media's go-to expert on everything Jackson to being the provocateur of the investigation into child sexual...

Dr. Carole puts today's headlines on her couch and analyzes them - from a play-by-play look at the Oscars to the forensic cases of Jussie Smollett, R. Kelly and Patrick Frazee. Putting on her 'media psychiatrist' hat, she tells it like it is: highlights like Adam Lambert, some winners and speeches, and lowlights like politics and losers. She also analyzes the red hot chemistry between Lady Gaga an...

Valentine's Day 2019: Dr. Carole explains how it is different from all other Valentine's Days - and why the forecast for romance is cloudy with a chance of rain. It's a perfect storm of: the #MeToo movement dampening men's libido, political affiliations overtaking dating apps, and her gallery of Bad Boys and Bad Girls (as described in her two award-winning/bestselling books of the same titles). Dr...

Today's guests, Peggy and Lonnie Watson, courageously share their intimate story of addiction. Peggy Is the author of Hooked: When You Love an Addict. In 1994, she discovered her husband was an addict and began to look for books to help her through her tough time—but found none. So, she wrote her own book, using her experience to help the loved ones of addicts learn about and overcome the effects...

Today's guest, Elizabeth Rynecki, takes us along her journey, back through time and into fascinating nooks and crannies, searching for the lost art of her Polish great grandfather, Moshe Rynecki. He lived from 1881-1943 and, during the Holocaust, was in the Warsaw ghetto. He painted poignant portraits of everyday people, giving us a glimpse into these tumultuous times. Elizabeth is the author of C...

Companies used to appreciate the hard work of their employees and reward their loyalty with a gold watch! Not so for United Airlines. They rewarded today's guest, James Trabucco, after two decades or so of hard work, with an unfounded termination! James kept being promoted into better and better positions for the company, such as Operations Manager, and relocated his family to work for United's lo...

Government SHUTDOWN ANALYST: Dan Perkins, is a master storyteller and author of The Brotherhood of the Red Nile Trilogy, which centers around Islamic nuclear terrorism against the USA. President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties...

Just beginning to come out of the ashes, herself, Dr. Carole talks with today's guest Megan Edwards, who survived the 1993 Pasadena, California fire. Megan wrote about her experience in a memoir, Roads From the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier. It is now the 20th anniversary of this memoir, and she shares how she found a way to make lemonade from the lemons she was given when...

You've undoubtedly heard lots of political controversy about whether to allow migrants to enter the United States, and whether to let them stay here. But, you probably haven't heard about the medical risks they pose - some of which are life-threatening to the people who are around them. Today's guest, Dr. Jane Orient, the Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a...

Dr. Carole rants at the headlines- from the midterm elections to the Pipe Bomber, the Synagogue Shooter, the abduction of Jayme Closs and more.

As Halloween approaches, we start to think of skeletons and ghosts. So, this show is perfect to get you in the 'spirit'. Today's guest, Margo Lenmark, is the author of a new book, Light in the Mourning: Memoirs of an Undertaker's Daughter. You might think that growing up in a Midwestern funeral home would be morbid and traumatize a child forever, but Margo's life took a special turn. She learned t...

Today, Dr. Carole puts on her Forensic Psychiatrist/Expert Witness hat and analyzes the the Christine Ford vs. Brett Kavanaugh debacle that we have been glued to - like a train wreck. Regardless of who you were 'rooting' for, you should be appalled that this played out on the Senate floor without any of Christine's allegations being thoroughly investigated beforehand. If Dr. Carole had been retain...

Today's show honors the 58 people murdered in Las Vegas, one year ago, at the hands of a madman, the countless others who were injured, and all of their families. Over 22,000 people delighted in the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 1, 2017, until a tirade of bullets rang out from a window in the Mandalay Bay Hotel, turning it into the worst mass shooting in American history. But,...

For Dr. Carole, 9/11 was a turning point that changed her life. She wasn't in the Twin Towers. She'd moved to L.A. by then. But, being born and raised in NYC, she took 9/11 as a personal attack and became The Terrorist Therapist®, devoted to helping people keep calm and carry on in the face of terror. Her latest book, Lions and Tigers and Terrorists, Oh My! How to Protect Your Child in a Time of T...

September 11, 2018 marks the 17th anniversary of 9/11. But, for the victims and their families, it's as though it happened yesterday. Lisa Luckett is a 9/11 widow. Her story is both tragic and uplifting. Her new book, The Light in 9/11: Shocked by Kindness, Healed by Love, is her gift to the world. In it she shares what she has learned from this trauma to help others heal. With the clarity that on...

David Katz, The Madden Tournament Shooter, was a tragedy waiting to happen. Born with a likely predisposition to mental illness (possibly on the autism spectrum plus major depression or schizophrenia), his life took a turn for the worse when his parents divorced and he fell through the cracks. Though he received some psychiatric treatment, it was obviously not enough. Depressed and angry, his obse...

There are so many crimes in today's headlines, they can make your head spin. We all want to know 'whodunit' and why. But, before we can solve one crime, another one catches our attention. And after consuming countless hours of shows like Criminal Minds and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, we think we're all super-sleuths. Today's guest, Randy Sutton, is a real super-sleuth - he doesn't just pl...

When Freddie Wilson was a boy, growing up in Mooresville, North Carolina, he was very shaken by the murder of the father of a schoolmate. Matt Stewart, a 31-year-old devoted pediatric nurse, respected member of his church and community, father and husband, was brutally murdered in his home in the early hours of June 9th, 2009. Police botched the investigation from the get-go and, to date, the murd...

Today's guests give America the reality check it needs. We are living on the precipice of disaster in America, as too much noise and political correctness cause people to become overwhelmed and numb to the real issues. Fortunately, there is Judge Jeanine Pirro - author of the new NY Times #1 Bestseller, Liars, Leakers and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy - who dares to tell it...

In these crazy-making times, more people than ever think about seeking help, but some hesitate because of stigma. Today's guest, Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., a renowned psychiatrist, takes us on an unflinchingly candid tour behind the scenes with his new book, Because I Come From a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist. As a boy, he heard the call to become a psychiatrist. His childhood was sur...

We all watched breathlessly until the 12 boys and their soccer coach were rescued from the cave. It's a miracle that they survived their entrapment and rescue, as Dr. Carole - a former scuba diving doctor and scuba diver, herself, explains. But, their challenges aren't over. Their stay in the hospital is likely to overcome any medical problems that arise-such as problems with their heart, lungs, k...