Dr. Carole's Couch

Today's guest, Fiona Lewis, has just released a most charming memoir, Mistake Were Made (Some in French). Although she's had a glamorous life as a model, actress and writer who has traveled the world, all women will identify with the personal conundrums she lays bare. And men will be intrigued. Struggling to find her identity, she is unconsciously drawn back to the South of France, the site of her...

Doctors are dropping like flies these days. Indeed, at least one doctor commits suicide every single day in America! And these are more likely the better doctors - those who have become depressed and disillusioned by the changes in medicine that have turned them into hamsters on a treadmill-to-nowhere but burnout! Today's guest, Michael F Myers, M.D., a 'doctor's doctor', has devoted himself to pr...

In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness month, today's show features Allison Kugel, author of the newly released book Journaling Fame: A Memoir of a Life Unhinged and on the Record. Allison is a celebrity journalist who has interviewed more than 200 stars, from the Kardashians to Kristin Chenoweth, Stan Lee to Soprano's Joe Pantoliano, Melissa Rivers to many more. Allison speaks of her doubl...

Before dating websites and apps searched for happily-ever-after's, singles looking for 'the one' knew that real life matchmakers could be their best chance at finding love. This goes back to the 1940's when matchmaking businesses started to pop up. Today's guest, Penrose Halson, is the author of The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London. In 1939, wi...

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is important that people remember that the Holocaust is not just a horrid historical event from the past, but something that is still very much 'present' for victims and their families. Today's guests exemplify this presence. Leonia Kallir Kurgan is a Holocaust survivor who, at 4 years old, barely escaped from Poland, as the Nazis searched for and m...

Dr. Carole puts today's headlines on her couch and analyzes what lurks behind them. Since the world is getting crazier each day, she provides you with an oasis of sanity by giving her psychological perspective on the news of the day. Dr. Carole takes you deeper into the stories, illuminating what makes these people and their situations tick. Today, she goes inside the mind of three top newsmakers:...

Political Correctness is not only stifling the American spirit, it is trying to take away our first amendment rights. And today's guest, Dr. Dathan Paterno, is a chilling example. Dr. Paterno, a clinical psychologist, was faced with being fired from the school board, having his license revoked and received death threats... all over a few tweets about the Women's March that some found offensive. Th...

Do you ever feel your problems are insurmountable? Well, today's guest, Janine Shepherd, author of DEFIANT: A Broken Body Is Not A Broken Person, will inspire you to never give up. Her memoir chronicles her remarkable life as an Australian elite ski racer, known as "Janine the Machine," who was hit by a truck during a bicycle ride in the Blue Mountains of Australia, just before competing in the Ca...

With the world so on edge, there are undoubtedly more people contemplating suicide these days, so this episode explores: what could make a person feel that they can no longer go on living? Why would someone think that ending their life is the only option? Today's guest, Adele Paula Royce, author of The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes, presents a 'semi-fictional' look inside the mind and heart o...

Many of us struggle to keep up illusions - whether it's illusions of status, money, fame, beauty, kindness or other things - while we are in denial about what this pretense is costing us. Today's guest, Joan Juliet Buck, is the author of The Price of Illusion, a dazzling memoir just out today, in which she shares her personal story of growing up in a family where illusion was everything! Ms. Buck'...

This year's Academy Awards was a non-stop roller coaster that kept us on the edge of our seats, not knowing what was going to come next: a rant about politics? a joke that makes someone squirm? a flub by first-time host Jimmy Kimmel? an unexpected winner? But no one could have predicted Envelopegate - the fiasco ending that still has us scratching our heads in disbelief. Today's guest, former TV N...

The most 'colorful' candidate to run for L.A. Mayor in years in Diane 'Pinky' Harman. Though some do not know what to make of her all pink attire, her rap videos and her leotard dancing, she is serious and sincere about wanting to be a voice for the people of Los Angeles who feel their issues are never addressed. She has a Master's degree in psychology, a California teaching credential, and has be...

Why do so many couples break up on Valentine's Day? Why is love so hard to find in the 21st century? Why do women fall for bad boys and guys fall for bad girls? What are the 12 different types of bad boys and bad girls? How does the perpetuation of sky high divorce rates make each generation more scared of intimacy than the last? Dr. Carole explains it all.

School shootings are tragic - but the solution is not arming police officers or teachers at schools - especially if they aren't trained in child or adolescent psychology. A recent case in point is the shooting of Logan Clark, a student at Hug High School in Nevada. Suffering from psychological problems - largely due to being bullied - Logan brought a knife to school to protect himself against thes...

With all the tumult happening down here on earth, it's good to take some time to let our mind soar. Do you believe in angels or other spiritual beings? Today's guest, Bruce Van Natta, certainly does, after a near-death experience changed his life. According to medical science, Bruce should be dead. But, the two angels he saw, at the moment of his life-threatening accident, had other plans for him....

Although everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, there's a staggering amount of evidence in the case of Michelle O'Connell's death that has not been allowed to get to court because the Florida town Sheriff has done everything he can to prevent even a grand jury. Michelle was a 24-year-old mother, who lived for the daughter she adored, had just gotten a promotion and was looking...

You're in for one of Dr. Carole's rants today, as she analyzes the headlines and takes people to task for their bad behavior. First, she puts the Golden Globes on her couch, critiquing movies, praising Emma Stone for having the best speech of the night, and criticizing the divisive speech of Meryl Streep that provoked everyone to expect the worst from President Trump. Next she reveals evidence tha...

Society is on a runaway train: with ever-changing technology and lifestyles, global violence, volatile economies, single parent homes, stunning headlines... and more. It's beyond stressful for adults to cope with, imagine what it's like for kids. Today's guest, Bob Brill, award-winning journalist and broadcaster, is also a prolific author. By contrasting two of his books, Tales of My Baseball Yout...

The sad day has come when government believes it has the right to tell parents what to put in their children's bodies... even if they know it will harm them. This is the crisis that parents face, being told that they must get their children inoculated with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine even though it risks triggering autism. Today's guest, Kent Heckenlively, author of the new book, Inocul...

We've all had occasions, when it comes to sex, that our mind wanted to go one way and our body wanted to go another. There are many different rhymes and reasons for this to be so. One of the most elusive ones is when- unbeknownst to us- our hormones go awry. Today's guest, Ken Baker, is an award-winning author and journalist, Sr. Correspondent for E! News and E! Online. His new book, The Late Bloo...

Today's show is a heartwarming and uplifting true story of one man's search for his biological parents, after having been given up for adoption as a baby. Philip Klaus knew nothing of his biological parents and no one would give him any clues. He loved his adoptive parents and didn't want to hurt them, so he waited until they had died before beginning the search for his 'real' parents. Philip's se...

Although Dr. Carole thought she would not have to talk about the election anymore, since Trump won and Hillary conceded, it turns out that more headlines need to be analyzed on Dr. Carole's Couch. People, led by failed Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and the Clinton campaign, who are either in denial or are sore losers, or both - are calling for a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and...

From high school to grad school, student protesters- unhappy about election results- are regressing to crying rooms and coloring books. Why? Because many in this overindulged generation feel entitled to get their way all the time. Some claim to be in fear for their lives or for those of their classmates, but their narcissism is showing. Others, with sociopathic traits, seize upon the media's false...

Today is Election Day, but, if you think the chaos will end when the votes are tallied, think again. As a last hurrah, to try to wake listeners up before they go to the polls, Dr. Carole has invited Jennifer Burke, Editor-In-Chief of Politistick, to talk about some shocking and worrying news. For example, President Obama - on video - is brazenly seen telling illegals to vote and promising that the...

We've all got it -- Election Stress Syndrome. On today's show, Dr. Carole delves into why we're suffering from it and what we can do about it. First, she looks at the latest election news - the emails found on Anthony Weiner's computer - and analyzes what the psychological impact is upon: Hillary, Trump, Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner and the American people. Next, she provides you with news you can...