Dr. Carole's Couch

Do you ever ask yourself why some people-who have had even worse hardships to overcome than you-become super-successful, while you still struggle? Today's guest, Terry Giles, author of The Fifteen Percent: Overcoming Hardships and Achieving Lasting Success, has figured it out by analyzing how he, himself, climbed to the top (the 15% who are high achievers). He shares his journey and advice. Born i...

Ever wonder if you have a good lawsuit but don't pursue it because you're intimidated by lawyers or courts? Maybe you've been a plaintiff or defendant and wished you knew how to navigate the system. Today's guest, top lawyer, Francine Tone is the author of What Every Good Lawyer Wants You to Know: An Insider's Guide on How to Reduce Stress, Reduce Costs and Get the Most From Your Lawyer. She not o...

Dr. Carole puts today's headlines on her couch-to analyze and rant about them! It's everything you won't hear on mainstream media about: Impeachment (how to talk to your kids about impeachment & where's the anonymous whistleblower?), Coronavirus (China's coverups and America's ill-conceived plan to rescue only a few of its citizens ), Meghan and Harry (how he got seduced by a bad girl, how it's de...

No matter how bad your life has been, you don't have to stay stuck on the same path. Today's guest, James Sweigert, author of If You Say So: My Story and How I Changed It To Save My Life, is living proof that changing the story you tell about yourself can turn a traumatic childhood into a successful Hollywood career. Sweigert takes you on his personal journey: from his childhood horrors, alcohol a...

Today's show is particularly timely, given that we are on the brink of war with Iran, a country that has been the biggest perpetrator of terrorism in Israel (and other countries). A few years ago, Penny S. Tee thought she was simply taking a trip to Israel to celebrate her son's Bar Mitzvah. Instead, when bombs started raining down on them, she and her family had eye-opening and life-changing expe...

Have you noticed people don't seem to be feeling holiday spirit-at least not the Hallmark card or Norman Rockwell kind? Dr. Carole helps you understand why it's harder this year and gives advice on how to fake it til you make it, so your holidays can be happier! Some holiday stress comes from not knowing what to wish people without offending them-like a famous comedienne who was reported to her bo...

When the local police wouldn't save Melody Bannister's kids from ritual abuse by a cult, she took them and ran! Still on the run, they are in danger of being killed by their sex traffickers who don't want their abuse exposed! Dr. Carole is the forensic psychiatrist who evaluated them and finds their story credible! Hear the TRUTH from others who also know - like their attorney and like the advocat...

As one of the first missing children to be featured on a milk carton, no one would blame Kim Casey Cobb if she got stuck in victimhood. But, instead of being stuck, she found a way out - and has written about it in her new book: Stuck - A Way Out. She shares her story with us today. Kim was abducted at age 9 by her dad, who was in the midst of a custody dispute with her mom. He took her, and her b...

Dr. Carole helps you get ahead - not only ahead of the Holiday Blues taking you under, but the Holiday Crazies-the acting out of people suffering from Holiday Blues to hurt others. First, she explains what might be making you feel blue during the 2019 winter holidays. Then she goes on to tell you stories of two people with the Holiday Crazies - one on each side of the pond. There's the lonely Penn...

Inspired by 9/11 to protect his country, Tony Lutz left his successful career and beautiful wife and children to join the army. On patrol in Iraq, Corporal Lutz was killed by a sniper. When his dad, George Lutz, got the devastating news and tried to begin to heal by talking with other Gold Star families, he found that what was most important to them was for their loved ones' sacrifice to never be...

In commemoration of Veteran's Day and November being National Veterans and Military Families Month, today's guest is a decorated Vietnam vet with a unique inspirational story. Duke Talbott, author of a new memoir, Appalachian Free Spirit: A Recovery Journey, takes us on his adventures, from the Peace Corps in Somalia, to serving in Vietnam, to his return home when his problems also came home to ro...

Whatever your impression is of Bipolar Disorder, today's guest, Kenton Hall, will disrupt it. We travel to the UK to chat with him about his new book and his life. His book, Bisection: A More or Less Accurate Account of Bipolar Parenting and Twin Wrangling, has been critically acclaimed. He writes that though there have been countless tomes on mental health and raising children, only his and Harry...

When you hear the word schizophrenia you probably think of a homeless person or a character in the movie Cuckoo's Nest. Well, get ready for your stereotype to be turned on its ear. Today's guest, Mindy Tsai, has been diagnosed as schizophrenic, and also has a masters degree from an Ivy League university, and a top job in a digital health firm, as well as friends and a charming personality. And she...

The Joker movie provides an entree into today's discussion of Incels (Involuntarily Celibate), the boy crisis and mental illness, with guest, Warren Farrell, PhD. What do these concepts have to do with each other? The answer is not as far-fetched as you might think. Dr. Farrell is the author of a new book entitled, The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It. The Joker...

Climate Change hysteria has risen to a feverish pitch, growing each year since Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, hit theaters. If you believe those who speak the loudest, we're on the verge of extinction because of Global Warming. But not all scientists agree. Indeed, today's guest, Gregory Wrightstone, hopes to calm the hysteria with his new book, Inconvenient Facts: The Science That...

Though Judge Brett Kavanaugh was finally appointed to the Supreme Court, much to the chagrin and hysteria of some in Congress, the campaign against him has yet to end. Today's guest, Ryan Lovelace, the author of Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign Against Brett Kavanaugh, takes us behind the scenes to unravel the truth. Since the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford, in her testimony before Co...

On the 18th Anniversary of 9/11, Americans especially media and some politicians seem more intent than ever on sanitizing terrorism and sweeping it under the rug. This was nowhere more apparent than at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, ironically held at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. You would think 9/11 was caused by drunk pilots who lost their way instead of radical Islamist...

America used to be the home of two major parties: Republicans and Democrats, but it has sadly morphed into the Pro Trumpers and Never Trumpers. This encourages people to make decisions based on what their opinion is of a President (who is assaulted daily in the media), rather than on the issues. Todays guest is Judge Jeanine Pirro, whose voice, in her new book, Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: T...

Today we are piercing the veil of silence of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, by going behind the bars with guest Ziv Cohen, M.D., who has worked as a forensic psychiatrist examining inmates there. This is the jail whose incompetence allowed inmate Jeffrey Epstein to carry out his suicidal plans. Regardless of the criminal acts Epstein is accused of, no inmate deserves his lethal fate. Despit...

Dr. Caroles experience as a forensic psychiatrist who has examined inmates in jails and prisons from Bellevue in New York to the Twin Towers in Los Angeles, analyzes every shred of evidence to discover whodunit and why. What reasons did Epstein have to commit suicide? Who was motivated to murder him? Whether it was suicide or murder, how could it have happened to a hi-profile prisoner in a New Yor...

No one understands terrorism-from both the Muslim and Counterterrorism point of view-better than today's guest, Mubin Shaikh. He's the author of Undercover Jihadi: Inside the Toronto 18-Al Qaeda Inspired, Homegrown Terrorism in the West. But, his wise, enlightened perspective didn't come without life-threatening challenges. He shares his fascinating personal journey, from a little boy in a madrass...

Would you get up at 3 AM to travel to the ocean for marathon swimming practice before school (or work)? Not if you weren't as dedicated as Angel More, a 16-year-old World Champion swimmer, who swims astounding distances to raise money for positive global change for children. She's the spokesperson for Children International, a global humanitarian non-profit organization that helps children and the...

Dr. Carole puts on her forensic psychiatrist expert witness hat to talk about murder: Florida vs Scott Nelson, now in its penalty phase, after finding him guilty of murdering Jennifer Fulford. Dr. Carole puts Nelson on her couch, taking us from his traumatic childhood including an abusive dad and schizophrenic mom, to his 25 years in prison where they 'treated me like an animal,' to the fateful da...

Have you ever talked with anyone who's been diagnosed as schizophrenic? Today's guest, Lily Bennett (her pen name), has indeed been diagnosed with this mental illness. And her delightful, whimsical, intelligent conversation will destroy any stereotypes you've had about people with this disorder. That is the point of her new memoir, Diary of a Schizo Bitch - to break the stigma associated with ment...

Do you ever think about having plastic surgery? Today's guest, Dr. Mark Constantian, is a plastic surgeon and author, who gives us a lot to think about before going under the knife. His latest book is Childhood Abuse, Body Shame & Addictive Plastic surgery: The Face of Trauma. He was spurred on to research these issues by patients who had rhinoplasties ('nose jobs') and became distraught afterward...