Dr. Carole's Couch

Can a child's fate be sealed by age 7? Yes, if his teachers give up on him and his parents believe his teachers' claims that he is unteachable. Fortunately, the story that today's guest shares has a happier ending. Lois Letchford was told that her son, Nicholas, had no future because his ear infections and hearing problem delayed his language development, and caused dyslexia and other learning pro...

Dr. Carole puts on her Forensic Psychiatrist/Expert Witness hat (work she's done for hundreds of criminal and civil cases) to analyze 3 trials in the news. In San Diego, NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. is accused by 5 women of rape and other sexual assaults. Hear why Dr. Carole says: unless the jury is swayed by his celebrity status, Winslow will be in for a rude awakening. His arrogant defense atto...

Though they are hiding in the shadows, an alarming number of children are growing up in homes where they are abused and neglected by parents who put their own needs first-whether by addiction, abandonment, sex or narcissism. But, today's guests are proof that there is hope. Scott Glabb, author of A Saint in the City: Coaching At-Risk Kids to be Champions, used to be one of those kids. But, he pull...

Does anxiety stop you in your tracks when you think of following your dream? It used to stop today's guest, Gloria Squitiro, until she started fighting for things she believed in - including her husband's grassroots campaign for Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. Her hard work and newly acquired fearlessness helped her husband, Mark Funkhouser, win the mayor's race. But, neither of them were prepared...

You can't win a war when you won't define who the enemy really is. But, previous administrations and their political correctness (or underlying agendas) have put us behind the eight ball when it comes to fighting terrorism by not telling it like it is. Most notably, President Obama refused to allow Homeland Security to call a terrorist, a terrorist, define who they really are and take appropriate...

Wish there were more good news stories instead of all the hate in the headlines? Well, today's show is for you. Gary Van Dyke had a successful career in radio and television for decades, until his life suddenly changed at 55. Losing his children in a custody battle, he began traveling the world to take care of other children-starving orphans! After discovering the greatest problem for abandoned ch...

Bad boys come in all shapes, sizes and colors - and from all over the globe. But, what they all have in common is that they break women's hearts. Today, we go to Brazil, to speak with Dina Dinheiro. She's the author of a memoir, The Girl from Copacabana: A True Story That Will Rock You to Your Soul. She shares her intimate and painful experiences with bad boys, including suffering through kidnappi...

Though 'authorities' were quick to assure us the tragic burning of Notre Dame was not terrorism, there is no way they could have known this without more investigation. On today's show, Dr. Carole (aka The Terrorist Therapist®), provides you with a list of reasons to suspect that it could, indeed, have been terrorism. She describes how it has many of the earmarks of terror attacks and how Notre Dam...

What has America come to that we need a President's Executive Order to assure free speech on college campuses-former bastions of free speech and debate? How are students supposed to learn if they're prevented from exploring all ideas? Sadly, U.S. campuses have become violently intolerant to anyone expressing Conservative views. Ironically, U.C. Berkeley, once the origin of the Free Speech Movement...

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...