Homeless Woman’s Lifelong Friend Calls Her Situation ‘Heartbreaking’ To Everyone Who Knows Her

Vanessa and Elmer say their mother, Tina, quit her job and started living in her car over a year ago. They claim that Tina has become “combative” and “paranoid" to the point of pushing family and friends away, but Tina claims it’s everyone else who is acting strangely - not her.

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When Dr. Phil and board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Charles Sophy suggest that stress caused by the emotional trauma of being homeless could be causing Tina to “miss-perceive” other people’s intentions, how does Tina respond?

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Plus, Tina’s lifelong friend, Joe, also says he recognizes that there are “serious issues” and calls Tina’s situation “heartbreaking” to everyone who knows her. In the video above, he tells her, “We love you, we want you to feel better, and God knows, if anyone can help, it’s going to be Dr. Phil.”

And later, when Dr. Phil refers Tina to Dr. Sophy for a “thorough, multi-dimensional evaluation, does she agree to the evaluation? Tune in to Wednesday’s episode to find out.

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Dr. Charles Sophy is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. He currently serves as the medical director for the county of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, maintains a private practice specializing in child/adolescent and adult psychiatry and is a clinical instructor at the University of California Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Sophy is a member of the Dr. Phil Advisory Board.

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