"One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but. As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives, she finds...

Presents a biography of celebrity therapist Dr. Phil McGraw, discussing his childhood and young adult years, his relationship with Oprah Winfrey, his failed first marriage, and the drive that led him to create his psychology empire.