Dr. Phil meets Britney - UPDATE Post #8

**Catty1** · 01-05-2008, 08:32 PM

Let's hope he will get involved...I don't think he would do this unless he was going to...

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Report: Spears Released From Hospital
Jan. 5, 2008, 6:11 PM EST

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Television's "Dr. Phil" McGraw said Britney Spears was released from a hospital Saturday but still needs psychological help, the syndicated programs "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" reported in a press release.

The troubled pop star was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by paramedics Thursday night after police were called to her home because of a dispute involving the two sons she had with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

"My meeting with Britney and some family members this morning in her room at Cedars leaves me convinced more than ever that she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention," McGraw told the programs.

"She was released moments before my arrival and was packing when I entered the room. We visited for about an hour before I walked with her to her car. I am very concerned for her," he said.

McGraw planned to talk more about Spears on his daytime talk show this week, the press release said.

**RICHARD** · 01-05-2008, 08:53 PM

You beat me to posting this.

My prediction?

Dr Pill will get Britney on his show, she'll get his ratings up and she'll behave for about 5 minutes....

Then?

WHAMMO!

It will be back to all Britney all the time!

Good luck!

**Catty1** · 01-05-2008, 08:55 PM

Ohhh....I don't know....he has told some guests where he is sending them, and they get SENT there. Maybe that's a condition of their appearing on the show.

I saw him on Oprah a few weeks ago...and he really wanted to sit Britney down and get her on track.

This will be interesting....cause his ratings (to take the cynical approach) will be crap if she cuts and runs.

**momoffuzzyfaces** · 01-06-2008, 11:40 AM

I pray someone can get this girl on track before she becomes the next Anna Nicole Smith!!!

**Catty1** · 01-06-2008, 03:48 PM

The part I posted mentioned that Britney's 'family members' were there when Dr Phil spoke with her, so who knows?

Here is Dr Phil's take on a very recent show - I think Britney will be the subject of a main show on Jan 8th. There are 3 things Dr Phil recommends at the end of this quote:

http://drphil.com/shows/show/947/#

"Maybe she needs to be involuntarily committed. She is not using good judgement...What she needs to do to get these kids back is make eye contact with the judge and say, 'I get this. I totally get it. You give an order, you write a motion, it will become my to-do list. I won't do this because you're making me do it. I will do it because I want to be the best possible mother I can.' She's got to look at it like a to-do list, show this judge that she respects the authority that's there, and do the things that she needs to do to get herself back on track, and that means sobriety, focus on the kids and step out of the limelight."

**pitc9** · 01-07-2008, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

I pray someone can get this girl on track before she becomes the next Anna Nicole Smith!!!

VERY true!!!
I feel so bad for those 2 little boys.

I pray Kevin takes great care of those boys and makes sure they don't grow up like their mom.

**cassiesmom** · 01-07-2008, 12:42 PM

I looked on Dr. Phil's Web site to see what his credentials are - I didn't realize that his Ph.D. is in psychology...

Originally Posted by Dr Phil.com

M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from North Texas State University with a dual area of emphasis in clinical and behavioral medicine.

How did he get involved with Britney Spears? Did her family ask him to evaluate her?

The times I've seen his show where he works with family situations and children involved, he seems to always have the children's interests in mind. He'll keep coming back to that as he talks. I've also seen him bring on an attorney or a physician as a guest to contribute to the discussion. Sometimes the family won't like his recommendations, though.

**Catty1** · 01-07-2008, 09:49 PM

http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/show/30258/ne...eb86__ER:68865

Dr. Phil Defends Britney Visit, Calls Off Special
By Gina Serpe Mon Jan 7, 2:59 AM PST

Over the weekend, Dr. Phil McGraw announced that Britney Spears was "in dire need" of medical intervention. While he isn't backing off his assessment, he is fighting back at reports that his professional opinion was forced upon either the troubled pop star or the Spears family.

In a phone call to E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest Sunday night, McGraw said the TMZ report that he ambushed the singer in her Cedars-Sinai Medical Center room Saturday morning was not only greatly exaggerated but altogether false. He told Seacrest he did not show up at the hospital to exploit the Blackout singer's meltdown but rather at the solicitation of longtime friends, the Spears family.

However, just as McGraw said he visited the singer out of consideration for the Spears clan, he cites the same reason for now calling off the devotion of an already high-profile episode of his daily talk show to the singer's plight.

"We had planned to tape a Dr. Phil Now show tomorrow, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney's latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case," McGraw said in a statement on his official website. "Clearly, it is not just Britney's family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help.

"Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time. Britney and her family are in our prayers and we ask that they be in yours."

The nixing of the headline-grabbing special comes in the wake of reports that Spears' father, Jamie, was upset with the media traction McGraw's account of his meeting with Britney was receiving.

One of the peddlers of McGraw's media message was Seacrest, who recounted on his KIIS-FM radio show Monday details given to him by the TV doctor of his visit with the singer. McGraw was adamant that he went to the hospital to visit the 26-year-old by specific request of her family. (Hear the complete audio from Ryan's radio show.)

He further said he went to the hospital free of any designs to treat the singer himself, instead to simply "open a dialogue" and possibly start the troubled mom on the path to receiving treatment from a qualified professional.

McGraw told Seacrest he was first contacted by mother Lynne Spears more than a year ago and has since kept open communications with the family about the often bumpy and always public exploits of its most famous member.

McGraw said the Spears family's concern this time around was that Britney, who was released a little more than one day into what was expected to be an involuntary three-day hold—so enforced after the singer was determined to pose a danger to either herself or others—was not yet suitable for discharge.

He also denied reports that either Cedars-Sinai or he violated any sort of patient privacy by arriving unannounced to visit Spears and that both he and staffers adhered strictly to hospital policy during the brief stop.

The TV doctor reiterated those comments on Monday's CBS Early Show.

McGraw said that in addition to Lynne, who remained in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, throughout the ordeal with pregnant 16-year-old daughter Jamie Lynn, he also spoke to Spears' father and brother, all of whom chafed at her being released as soon as she was.

"I went to see Britney at the request of her family, I talked to Lynne, I talked to Jamie, I talked to Bryan, her brother," he said. "They were very frustrated that she apparently wasn't going to be held for a longer period of time."

In the CBS interview, which airs in its entirety on Entertainment Tonight, he said Spears' mother phoned him shortly after the "Gimme More" purveyor was transported via ambulance to the hospital.

"Thursday night, the phone rang, and it was Lynne—she has a very close relationship with my wife, Robin—and, clearly, she was very upset, which you would expect, as any parent would be."

Meanwhile, Spears has already hightailed it out of Los Angeles and was spotted Saturday morning, just hours after her release from the hospital, having brunch with new paparazzo pal Adnan Ghalbi in Palm Desert, just outside Palm Springs.

According to Vegas Confidential, which first reported the sighting, Spears and Ghalbi, with whom she was spotted checking in at several L.A. hotels in the week prior to her hospitalization, spent about an hour eating out and drinking mimosas, and Spears was said to be in a "really good mood."

Extra has since spotted the duo patrolling the streets of Santa Barbara.

While reports of her imbibing alcohol so soon after her release may raise a few eyebrows, People reported that during her hospital stay, at least, she remained alcohol and illegal drug free.

Spears reportedly tested clean during her stay, contradicting initial police reports from Thursday night that the singer was under the influence of an unknown substance during her hours-long custody standoff. (Police on Friday reversed that early pronouncement and said there was no evidence she was under the influence.)

A source also denied to People rumors that there was a gun present in Spears' home when she locked herself in a room with one-year-old son Jayden.

Meanwhile, Seacrest also spoke over the weekend to longtime Spears pal Sam Lutfi, who expressed concern for the singer and, despite the fact that he said upon Spears' release that she was doing "a lot better," said he had yet to see her in person since last week's incident.

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**Pam** · 01-08-2008, 02:53 PM

There is not a word in the English language to describe how tired I am of hearing about Britney Spears.

**RICHARD** · 01-08-2008, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

There is not a word in the English language to describe how tired I am of hearing about Britney Spears.

I can PM you some dirty ones.

I saw a blurb in the paper where BS abandoned her car with a flat on the over pass of a freeway. She then went to the Four Seasons hotel where she was escorted out. One of the papparazzo apparently kicked a sec guard.

Now if more places adopt the policy, maybe she'll move back east..

JUST KIDDING!

**sammy101** · 01-08-2008, 05:05 PM

I'm too tired of hearing of Britney Spears all the time but I pray that she will get the help she needs. She's a person like the rest of us and obviously needs help. I just wish the media would just LEAVE her alone so she CAN get help she desperately needs.
I really hope her kids are doing O.K through all this.

**Pam** · 01-08-2008, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

I can PM you some dirty ones.

In Spanish?

**RICHARD** · 01-18-2008, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Pam

In Spanish?

Uh, remember, Espanol is a romance language!

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Since Dr. Phil ain't really a doctor anymore mayhaps he can teach her to read the signs at the gas station that say, Turn off engine-NO SMOKING!

This twit was at a gas station flicking the ash off a lit cigarette while her new beau was pumping gas.

That would be too easy.

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Also, there is a website where the prize, if you guess the date of BS' death correctly, is a Playstation 3 game console.

Now, for someone to design the Kill Britney video game.