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FROM THE "TV TRENCHES" TO PRIME TIME: DR. JAMIE HUYSMAN EXPOSES THE DARK SIDE OF TALK TV IN NEW ABC SERIES "DIRTY TALK"

Dr. Jamie Huysman exposes how Talk TV exploited vulnerable guests for ratings and secured $8 million in care for over 800 survivors through his STAR Network Foundation.

  • On January 14, ABC Network premieres the three-part Prime Time series 'Dirty Talk,' featuring Dr. Jamie Huysman's inside exposé of talk-television practices from his behind-the-scenes experience.
  • After two decades inside the business, Dr. Jamie Huysman says he was the `lonesome cowboy` clinician witnessing a `collective malignant narcissist` cycle of Prop Up, The Display and The Disposal.
  • Huysman’s legal work helped secure a landmark verdict after the Jenny Jones Show case and obtained over $8 million in care for more than 800 guests.
  • Huysman now leads STAR Network Foundation, which offers global recovery resources and TAR Anon, and he is calling on journalists, podcasters and influencers to join a critical conversation.
  • Looking beyond the series, Huysman emphasizes his 30-year work on trauma, saying `I stayed in those trenches because I knew that if I could survive the environment, I could deliver a message of hope.
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·Calhoun, United States
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FROM THE "TV TRENCHES" TO PRIME TIME: DR. JAMIE HUYSMAN EXPOSES THE DARK SIDE OF TALK TV IN NEW ABC SERIES "DIRTY TALK"

Renowned Therapist, Mental Health Leader and Expert Witness Who Secured $8M in Care for Exploited Guests of Talk, Court & Reality Shows Pulls Back the Curtain on the Industry's "Malignant Narcissism"

·Charleston, United States
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