Did this inspire her
daughter to lose weight? Of course not. Did the mother know she was not really
helping? Yes. The reason the mother went on the show was for help in stopping
her diatribes against the daughter and for help in replacing her (the mother??™s) bad
habits with good, new ones.
What did Dr. Phil do? He said he gave her steps to help. He basically had her
review the tape to see how she was hurting her daughter and destroying any positive
self-image the girl might have once had. The mother then said, ???I know what I am
doing is wrong, but I can??™t stop. What should I do???? Dr. Phil responded by asking if
she hadn??™t heard him correctly. Didn??™t watching the tape and hearing the discussion
between Dr. Phil, the mother, and the daughter give her any insights?
Closing Thoughts n 357
Well, we guess it did for her, but we felt cheated. We didn??™t hear any sequenced
steps of how to change her behavior. We would have liked something like the following
(and we are not psychologists??”this is just an example):
Take a deep breath, and let it out slowly when you feel like criticizing.
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