Zip It.com – A Continuation of my Conversation with Steve Santagati

Several months ago I was on Dr. Drew’s show, an episode about the Anthony Weiner exposure debacle, with a gentleman (term used loosely) named Steve Santagati who represented himself as an alpha male. Because of the nature of the television interview, we were unable to have a complete conversation, and I have some things left to say. Steve, you richly pointed out “we’re on a television show, not a documentary,...

Was a Fraud Perpetrated Not Just by Casey but by George and Cindy too?

I begin this article being very clear that I am not a lawyer and I do not look at cases or tragic situations within families from the perspective of evidentiary evidence. As a Clinical Psychologist I observe behavior, actions and narrative to get underneath the story that is unfolding before me whether in my practice or as a media psychologist. I have been working with victims of trauma and sexual abuse for over 2...

Things are a Changing! Thank God!

I was talking with a friend the other day and we were laughing and horrified that her father still uses the term Orientals when describing anyone of Asian descent. I told her that my father in law learned many years ago not to speak like that in front of me for fear of having his head ripped off! My kids play with finger traps, and I remember when we used to call them “Chinese finger prisons”. I remember...

Oy, Donald Trump.

On a recent episode of the Celebrity Apprentice, Meatloaf was fired because he was “too emotional”. The iconic rocker later went on to support Marlee Matlin in her bid to win the final competition, but was under orders “not to cry”. The fact that emotionality was used as an indictment in this situation makes my blood boil. As a psychologist, as a mom, as a human being, I feel fiercely protective of our...

The Deplorable Enablers of Charlie Sheen

After watching Charlie Sheen’s latest “You Tube Show” I sit here writing horrified at the deplorable enablers of his self-destructive demise which is happening on a global scale for all of us to sadly witness. I can’t say it any more directly than this -Charlie Sheen is an a hypomanic state which is starting to slip into a psychotic state. He is both dangerous to himself and those around...