Series from 2013
There's likely no shortage of patients for psychologists in Los Angeles, which makes the city a perfect locale for this docuseries that follows two ps…
Bravo Media is examining the heads of three high-end shrinks practicing in the heart of Los Angeles with the new docu-series "LA Shrinks." In the premiere episode, Dr. V's new clients arrive with some bedroom issues. Meanwhile her husband takes a business trip, leaving her to take care of their four rambunctious boys all under the age of 7 on her own. Dr. Greg meets a new client with serious anger issues, and uncontrollably screams obscenities. Recently engaged to his partner of 23 years, he begins to worry about how his homophobic father will react to the news that they've finally decided to tie the knot. Dr. Eris counsels a couple on their dwindling sex life and realizes she is facing the same issue in her own relationship. Desperate to begin family planning, her husband hesitates out of fear that their already non-existent sex-life will never recover if kids come into the picture.
After giving them some special homework, Dr. V listens to a recording of her clients, Georgie and Michael, in the bedroom. At home, the mounting pressure of watching four boys on her own pushes her over the edge. Dr. Eris wrestles with her stubborn client, Kimberly, as she tries to convince her to let go of control in her relationship. At home, her experiment with tantric sex turns very awkward for her and her husband. Dr. Greg takes his client Elizabeth on an active therapy session in the car and is surprised by her obscene actions. He meets face to face with his dad, in what becomes a very uncomfortable lunch.
Dr. V helps clients Georgie and Michael explore their kinky side with a trip to a sex shop. She finds it hard to get a word in when she sees new clients, a set of twin brothers who have different sexual orientations. Dr. Greg sees a new client who despises overweight people. His sisters get upset when he tells them their abusive father may attend his wedding. Then Dr. Eris has an emotional breakdown in sex therapy with her husband. In the office, her client Kimberly has a revelation about her childhood and its effect on her marriage to Neil.
Dr. Eris sees a plastic surgeon and gets disturbing news about whether she will be able to ever breastfeed if she moves ahead with the surgery to fix her breasts. Back at work, Dr. Eris is shocked when her client Kimberly storms out of their therapy session with her husband, Neil. Toying with the idea of having her breast implants removed, Dr. V's dad has some words of wisdom for her. In their final session, Georgie and Michael get some unique gifts from Dr. V to improve their sex life, and she takes her homophobic client Jacob and his twin brother to a gay nightclub. Dr. Greg struggles to work with his prejudiced client, Chris, who has a fear of people that are overweight.
Dr. Eris assesses the aftermath of her client's breakdown in her final session with Kimberly and Neil, and meets with a new client, a Playboy Bunny who doesn't understand why she keeps attracting the wrong men. Greg takes his client Chris for an active therapy session at a "fat camp." Seeking treatment to deal with issues between Dr. Greg and his father, he goes to see a therapist and has a breakdown during their first session. Dr. V worries that her breast implants perpetuate a stereotype that she no longer wants to be associated with. She sees an egotistical new client who thinks he's addicted to online dating.
Dr. Eris' client, a former Playboy Bunny, shows up to therapy in her ridiculous pajamas. With the pressures of having children still weighing heavily on their relationship, Dr. Eris asks her husband to see a fertility doctor...with her mom. Dr. V airs her frustrations about her clients' made-up issues to her best friend Clayton. She admits to her clients, twin brothers Jacob and Jude that their active therapy session was a failure, and informs her other client, Shane, that he has unrealistic expectations of love. In an emotional sit-down with his father, Dr. Greg attempts to come to terms with the physical abuse from his childhood and they decide to see a therapist together.