Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), known as Dr. Phil , is an American television personality, author, psychologist, and host of the television show. Phil , which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. In 2015,
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McGraw was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, son of Anne Geraldine "Jerry" (nÃÆ' Â © e Stevens) and Joseph J. "Joe" McGraw, Jr. She grew up with two older sisters, Deana and Donna, and Brenda's sister in the North Texas oil field where her father was a equipment supplier. During McGraw's childhood, his family moved so that his father could pursue a lifelong goal of becoming a psychologist.
McGraw attended Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. In 1968, he was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa, where he played central midfield under coach Glenn Dobbs. On November 23 of that year, McGraw's team lost to the University of Houston 100-6, which is one of the toughest games in the history of college football. Coach Dobbs retired after the season and McGraw was transferred to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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Education and career start
McGraw graduated in 1975 from Midwestern State University with B.A. in psychology. He went on to earn a M.A. in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology in 1979 at the University of North Texas, where his dissertation was titled "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Psychological Intervention". McGraw was guided through a doctoral program by Frank Lawlis, who later became the main psychologist who contributed to Dr. Phil television show.
After earning his doctorate, McGraw joined his father, Joe McGraw, in Wichita Falls, Texas, where the elder McGraw had made his own psychological practice.
In 1983, McGraw and his father joined Thelma Box, a successful Texas businessman, in presenting a "Pathways" seminar, "experience-based training that allows individuals to achieve and create their own results." Critics claim that many of the "phrases and terminology and strange utterances" used by McGraw at Oprah and Dr. Phil show created by Box and presented by McGraw in this seminar. McGraw acknowledged that some material from Life Strategies , his first best-seller, was taken directly from the Pathways seminar. However, he never mentioned the Box or his contribution to his success in any of his books or TV shows. Eight years after joining the Box, McGraw signed an agreement for the sale of his Pathways seminar stock for $ 325,000 without telling either his father or Box of the beending sale. Box set up his own seminars entitled "Choice."
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
On October 21, 1988, the Texas Psychological Examiner Board stated that McGraw had hired a former patient for "temporary part-time work". In particular, the council said "the possibility of failure to provide proper separation between discontinuation of therapy and work initiation," issued a warning letter and imposed administrative sanctions. The Council also investigated claims made by patients of inappropriate contacts initiated by McGraw, but the "Fact Finding" document issued by the council on October 21, 1988, at the end of its investigation excludes references to any physical contact of any kind.. It specifically identifies "therapeutic and business relations" as McGraw's only problem with the council. McGraw met all the board requirements, and the council closed its complaint file in June 1990.
Science Meeting Room, Inc
In 1990, McGraw joined lawyer Gary Dobbs in co-founding Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI), an experimental consulting firm where McGraw came into contact with Oprah Winfrey. Finally, CSI became a profitable company, advising Fortune 500 companies and plaintiffs who were injured in reaching completion. McGraw is no longer an officer or director of a company.
After starting CSI, McGraw stopped the practice of psychology. He retained his license and was in good shape until he decided to retire 15 years later in 2006. Appeared at the Today Show in January 2008, McGraw said he had made it "very clear" that the current job is not involves the practice of psychology. He also said that he has "retired from psychology". According to the Today Show , the California Board of Psychology decided in 2002 that it does not need a license because it involves "entertainment" rather than psychology.
The TV show Bull is based on his experience as an experimental consultant, and he is credited as one of the series creators.
Television career
Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil shows
In 1995, Oprah Winfrey hired law firm McGraw, CSI, to prepare herself for Amarillo Texas beef trial. Winfrey was so impressed with McGraw that he thanked him for his victory in the case, which ended in 1998. Soon he invited him to appear on his show. His performance proved so successful that he began appearing weekly as an expert on relationships and life strategy on Tuesday from April 1998.
The following year, McGraw published her first best-selling book, Life Strategies . In the next four years, McGraw publishes three best-selling sales relations books, along with workbooks to complement them.
In September 2002, McGraw formed Peteski Productions and launched his own syndicated daily television show, Dr. Phil , produced by Winfrey Harpo Studios. The format is a show of advice, where he handles different topics at each show, offering suggestions for his guest's problems.
Weight-loss product
In 2003, McGraw entered the weight loss business, selling shakes, energy bars, and supplements. These products were promoted in his show with his sisters Deana and Brenda and Tony's nephews among the testimonials featured on the show. These product labels, which carry the brand name "Shape It Up, Woo, Woo!", State: "These products contain scientifically researched materials that can help you change your behavior to control your weight." This met with rapid criticism from various sources, accusing McGraw (a clinical psychologist, and not a doctor) lacking the expertise to recommend weight loss products. Facing the investigation of the Federal Trade Commission into Shape Up's claims, McGraw withdrew its supplements from the market in March 2004, and the FTC dropped its investigations. In October 2005, several people using McGraw's product stated their intention to file a class action suit against him, claiming that even though the $ 120 monthly supplement costs they do not stimulate weight loss. McGraw paid off the lawsuit in September 2006 for $ 10.5 million. Some settlements ($ 6 million) may be paid to the plaintiff in the form of the Amry vitamin (Quixtar) Nutrilite.
Making Dr. Phil is a biography by Sophia Dembling, a reporter from The Dallas Morning News, and Lisa Gutierrez, a reporter from The Kansas City Star . This book investigates McGraw's history, with interviews of his childhood friends and former classmates. The book reports that McGraw allegedly used unethical business practices in the sports business early in his career, that he was allegedly abusive to his first wife and to his staff, noting that he overcame trouble through goal setting and persistent in achieving success. This book does not accept promotional help from McGraw or his colleagues.
In 2005, McGraw published another best-selling book, Family First , along with a workbook. He also signed a five-year syndicated contract extension with his show distributor King World Productions, Inc. The deal will pay McGraw $ 15 million a year and keep the show in production through the 2013-2014 television season.
Spin-off event
Also in 2005, McGraw Jay's son Renovate My Family (ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ) was canceled at the start of the second season after the family renovated the lawsuit. Jay McGraw and Phil McGraw then formed Stage 29 Productions. A week later, McGraw and his son announced a new show titled Moochers (a clone of ABC Kicked Out ); However, the show was canceled before the episode aired. McGraw also released another book, Love Smart , which did not achieve success from previous bestsellers.
In 2006, Dr. Phil House (an imitation of CBS
Big Brother ) began airing as part of Dr. Phil television show. After protests by neighbors, the house in Los Angeles closes, and production resumes on the sound stage in many studios. McGraw reached number 22 spot on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, with $ 45 million in revenue.
Another Phase 29 event, Decision House (a remix of Dr. Phil House ) was broadcast from September to November 2007 but was canceled due to bad reviews and bad ratings. Rating for Dr. Phil show in 2007 began to slide. In May, the number of viewers was nearly 7 million people. However, by the end of the year, viewers are about 5.5 million people (# 10 for syndicated TV shows, and just under Everybody Loves Raymond , Family Guy and CSI: Miami ). As of August 2008, the number of viewers dropped to over 4 million. Two weeks later, the event slipped under 12 Nielsen syndicated TV shows, and has since reappeared. McGraw's revenue dropped by 1/3 to $ 30 million, and he dropped to number 30 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
The end of 2007, McGraw began promoting his 2008 Dr. Phil Show extension, The Doctors . The event is hosted by the television personality and doctor ER Travis Stork ( The Bachelor ). Other experts who are scheduled to perform include the various personalities that have appeared in Dr. Phil shows over the years, such as Lisa Masterson, a gynecologist/gynecologist; Andrew Ordon, a plastic surgeon; and Jim Sears, a pediatrician. Masterson, Ordon, and Sears appear in Dr. Phil showed during the 2007-08 season so McGraw was able to instruct them on "how to provide medical advice articulating while being scrutinized by a studio audience in Los Angeles." McGraw's oldest son, Jay McGraw, is the show's executive producer. The Doctors debuted on September 8, 2008, and, on November 10, 2008, has a 2.0 rating.
lawsuit Kalpoe (2006)
McGraw is named as a joint defendant, along with CBS Television, in a lawsuit filed in 2006 in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The lawsuit was filed by Deepak Kalpoe and his brother, Satish Kalpoe, who claimed that their interview with McGraw, aired in September 2005, was "manipulated and then broadcasted as accurate, and depicting Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe as involved in criminal activity against Natalee Holloway and a defamation. "" Kalpoe brothers claim invasion of privacy, deceit, fraud, defamation, emotional pressure, and civil conspiracy in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
On March 17, 2015, a lawsuit against McGraw and CBS was dismissed. Court records reveal a lawsuit by Deepak and Satish Kalpoe rejected one week before the civil trial begins.
Britney Spears Intervention "(2008)
In January 2008, McGraw visited pop star Britney Spears in her hospital room. McGraw's visit drew criticism from the Spears family and from mental health professionals.
The visit appears to be part of the effort to get Spears and her parents to take part in the "intervention" at Dr. Phil television show. Immediately after the visit, McGraw issued a public statement about Spears's situation that Spears family spokesman Lou Taylor said violated their family's belief in McGraw. "This is another example of a betrayed belief," Taylor told today's co-host Meredith Vieira. "Instead of helping the family situation, celebrity psychologists cause additional damage," he said. Some mental health care professionals criticized McGraw for his actions, but fellow television psychologist Joyce Brothers defended McGraw. It was reported that a psychologist filed a complaint with the California Board of Psychology (BOP), alleging that McGraw had practiced psychology without a license and had violated a doctor-patient right by discussing Spears's case with the media. A copy of the complaint appears in the media, but there is no way to verify whether it is actually submitted to the BOP. BOP does not disclose the information unless the investigation is opened. Martin Greenberg, former President of BOP, told the Today Show that this incident was not a matter covered by the law or that it would be feared.
Polk County, Florida, controversy (2008)
On April 13, 2008, the producer for Dr. Phil showed a $ 30,000 bail guarantee for the leader of a group of eight teenage girls who cruelly beat another girl and recorded the attack. The teenager was booked in Polk County, Florida, jail on charges including kidnapping and assault. Producer from Dr. Phil has shown a plan to record an hour of performances aimed at the incident and has sent production assistants to Orlando to help book guests for the show, but when news breaks out that Dr. Phil shows producers have sent guarantees to teenagers, the protest caused the show to cancel their plans. "In this case certain staff goes beyond our guidelines," said Theresa Corigliano, a spokeswoman for Dr. Phil appears. "We have decided not to continue the story because our guidelines have been compromised." Riccio_lawsuit_ (2008) "> Riccio's demands (2008)
Psychological approach
Suggestions and methods McGraw has invited criticism from several psychotherapists as well as from some laymen. The critics of McGraw considered the counsel that he gave the simplest, and the worst, ineffective. The National Alliance on Mental Illness is called McGraw's behavior in one episode of his television show "unethical" and "very irresponsible". McGraw said in a 2001 South Florida newspaper interview that he never liked traditional counseling, and that "I'm not a Hush-Puppies, pipes and 'Let's talk about your mom's psychologist."
Charity Foundation
McGraw announced the formation of Dr. Phil Foundation, which raised funds to combat obesity, on October 22, 2003. The Foundation also supports charitable organizations that help address the emotional, spiritual, and monetary needs of children and families.
Personal life
McGraw married his first wife, former cheerleader and queen daughter Debbie Higgins McCall, in 1970, when he was 20 years old. According to him, McGraw dominates and will not allow him to participate in the family business. He claims that he is limited to domestic tasks, including lifting weights to improve his outline.
During the marriage cancellation process in 1973, McGraw began dating Robin Jo Jameson (born December 28, 1953), whom he married in 1976. The couple had two children, Jay, born in 1979, and Jordan, born in 1986.
McGraw's son, Jay McGraw, has followed in his father's footsteps, publishing teenage books based on McGraw's books and working for Stage 29. Jay McGraw is engaged to Erica Dahm, one of Playboy Playmate's famous three twins. Elder McGraw was the best man at his son's wedding, held at his home in Beverly Hills.
McGraw is also a private pilot, with an instrument rating, flying a single-engine aircraft. McGraw has identified himself as a Christian.
Bibliography
Movieography
References
External links
- Phil (official site)
- Official Biography
- Phil McGraw on IMDb
- 2003 interview with University of North Texas alumni magazine
- The Dallas Observer article details many of Dr.'s life. Phil, including many critical views.
- The scientific article in which the author claims that the arc narrative of Dr. Phil is comparable to religious conversion stories
- [archive.org/web/20071120001803/http://www.tsbep.state.tx.us/documents/BOARD_DISCIPLINARY_ACTIONS.pdf Texas State Psychology Tester, Discipline Sanction against McGraw, Philip C. details on page 25/41]
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