Dr. Phil / Season 13 Specials Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 1 - Vanished on Vacation: Beautiful Blonde Goes Missing in Aruba (Sep 9) 2 - Exclusive: The Father Acquitted of Murdering the Drunk Driver Who Killed His Sons (Sep 10) 3 - Sons of Guns Reality Show Scandal: The Daughter Speaks Out (Sep 11) 4 - Get Out of My House: The Ultimate Mother-Nanny Feud (Sep 12) 5 - Exclusive: The Mother Who Attempted to Kill Herself and Her Autistic Daughter (Sep 15) 6 - Exclusive: Kelli Stapleton: A Mother's Worst Nightmare (Sep 16) 7 - Is Mom Leading a Secret Life, or Are These Daughters Caught Up in Drama? (Sep 17) 8 - NFL Domestic Violence: There Are No Sidelines, Only Sides (Sep 18) 9 - My Mom Ruined My Life by Keeping Me from My Dad (Sep 19) 10 - I Spanked My Wife With a Wooden Spoon, and She Needs to Repent (Sep 22) 11 - My Husband Spanked Me With a Wooden Spoon, and He Wants Me to Apologize?! (Sep 23) 12 - E.R. Visits, Nearly 100 Calls to Police: Should They Redo Their I Dos? (Sep 24) 13 - Two Mothers Facing the Unthinkable (Sep 25) 14 - He's Nearly 30 and Engaged to My Teen With Braces (Sep 26) 15 - My Ex Won't Stop Videotaping and Posting Our Out of Control Son's Tantrums (Sep 29) 16 - The War of the Larosa's (Sep 30) 17 - Love Scams: My Mother Sent Her Catfish 300k Plus 3 Cars (Oct 1) 18 - Family on Fire: Caught on Tape (Oct 2) 19 - I'm Afraid of My Mother: Does She Really Have Multiple Personalities (Oct 3) 20 - Our Dad Left Our Dying Mother for a Woman Who Claims to Be a Kennedy Heir (Oct 6) 21 - A Family's Battle With a Violent, Homicidal, Schizophrenic Son (Oct 7) 22 - An Online Hate Group is Stalking Us and Ruining Our Lives (Oct 8) 23 - My Honor Roll Teen is Pregnant by Her 30-Year-Old Bad Boy (Oct 9) 24 - My Scheming, Lying, Swindling Sister (Oct 10) 25 - Give My Daughter Back or Get Out of My Life! (Oct 13) 26 - 10 Psychiatrists, 7 Psych Wards and 7 Arrests: My Son is Like a Wild Animal! (Oct 14) 27 - My Husband Kidnapped My Kids 45 Years Ago -- Help Me Find Them! (Oct 15) 28 - A Father Accused: The Search for the Truth (Oct 16) 29 - Should They Kick Him Out? (Oct 17) 30 - Why is My Prince Charming Hurting Me? (Oct 20) 31 - Who's Stalking Who?: Two Women Obsessed (Oct 21) 32 - Footsteps in the Snow: The Cold Case Murder of Maria Ridulph (Oct 22) 33 - A Real-Life “Catch Me if You Can”: Is This the World's Greatest Teen Con Artist? (Oct 23) 34 - Bob and Dorothy Return: “Should I Divorce My Wife for Harassing Me?” (Oct 24) 35 - Handsome and Homeless: A Down-and-Out Romeo (Oct 27) 36 - Bright, Beautiful and Blowing It: “Help My Teen Before It's Too Late!” (Oct 28) 37 - Minny and Lon Return: “What Can We Do to Get Our Children Out of Foster Care?” (Oct 29) 38 - Abused Wife Refuses to Leave Her Pro Fighter Husband (Oct 30) 39 - Death on 5th Avenue: Millionaire Mom Accused of Murdering Son Speaks from Rikers Island (Oct 31) 40 - The Mystery of Michelle O'Connell: A Family Divided (Nov 3) 41 - Three Daughters, Three Addicts, One Family Being Torn Apart (Nov 4) 42 - Lethal Love: “We Believe Our Son's Girlfriend Killed Him” (Nov 5) 43 - The Secret World of Sugar Babies & Kendra Wilkinson on Top (Nov 6) 44 - Shocking Accusations: A Husband Poisoned? A Hit and Run? (Nov 7) 45 - Hypochondriac, High Drama or Really Sick? “My Sister's Illnesses are Destroying Our Family” (Nov 10) 46 - Hypochondriac, High Drama or Really Sick? Saving Shemida (Nov 11) 47 - Blacklisted by Mom: “Can We Speak to Our Dad Before He Dies?” (Nov 12) 48 - Survivor Todd's Shocking Relapse: The Life or Death Intervention (Nov 13) 49 - Will Survivor Todd Take Dr. Phil’s Help? Plus, What Happened to “Homeless Joe”? (Nov 14) 50 - The “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” Scandal: Mama June Speaks Out (Nov 17) 51 - Exclusive: The Boy under the Stairs? What Did His Stepmom Know? Plus, Uncle Poodle Responds to Mama June (Nov 18) 52 - A Dentist's Dilemma: “My Ex-Wife and Ex-Girlfriend Are Plotting against Me!” (Nov 19) 53 - Molested for over 10 Years: “Why Won't My Grandma Believe Me?” (Nov 20) 54 - Grandma Returns: Will She Finally Apologize for Her Molester Husband? (Nov 21) 55 - “My Drunken Daughter Will Die if She Doesn't Stop Drinking Hand Sanitizer” (Nov 24) 56 - “My Father Offered Me as a 'Maiden' Sacrifice to an Alleged Cult Leader” (Nov 25) 57 - “My Wife or My Girlfriend? Dr. Phil, You Decide” (Nov 26) 58 - Cyberbullied After My Son's Death (Nov 28) 59 - A Daughter on the Brink: Did Mom Push Her Over the Edge? (Dec 1) 60 - “My Fight With Food Is Ruining My Life” (Dec 2) 61 - Gold Digger or Girl in Danger? (Dec 3) 62 - “I Thought My Daughter Was Abducted”: Why Does This Pretty 16-Year-Old Keep Going Missing? (Dec 4) 63 - “My Husband Used to Abuse Me, So Now I'm Abusing Him” (Dec 5) 64 - “My Bulimic Daughter Thinks Calories are Contagious” (Dec 8) 65 - A Woman's Memories of Murder: Was There a Crime or Another Traumatic Event? (Dec 9) 66 - The Cougar Controversy: Older Women Dating Younger Men (Dec 10) 67 - The “Honey Boo Boo” Scandal: Chickadee and Grandma Speak Out (Dec 11) 68 - Black and Blue: Race Relations in America (Dec 12) 69 - Young, in Love and in over Their Heads (Dec 15) 70 - Is Dad a Bad Santa or Should His Son Be Put on the Naughty List? (Dec 16) 71 - The Night Four Girls Went into the Woods and Only Three Came Out Alive (Dec 17) 72 - “I'm Divorcing the Real-Life Mommy Dearest” (Dec 18) 73 - Inside the Bill Cosby Sex Scandal (Dec 19) 74 - Mom vs. Dad: Who is Responsible for Their Daughter's Big Relapse? (Jan 5) 75 - Get Off My Back About My Body (Jan 6) 76 - “My Mother is a Menace! She is Controlling My Daughter with Her Money and Turning Her against Me!” (Jan 7) 77 - “Dr. Phil, Save My Family” (Jan 8) 78 - 300 Women and Counting: “My Brother is Addicted to Everything, and It's All My Mom's Fault” (Jan 9) 79 - Wild Behavior Caught on Camera (Jan 12) 80 - Pretty, Young and Violent (Jan 13) 81 - Why is My Mom Faking Cancer? (Jan 14) 82 - My Mother Refuses to Cut the Cord with My Mama’s Boy Brother (Jan 15) 83 - Yes, I Abandoned My Children, but I’m Not a Bad Mom (Jan 16) 84 - 15 and a Teenage Terror (Jan 19) 85 - “My Parents Won't Accept My Controlling Pastor Husband” (Jan 20) 86 - “Who Am I Married to: My Mother or My Man?” (Jan 21) 87 - “My Family Doesn’t Know I’m a College-Aged Sugar Baby” (Jan 22) 88 - What Happened to Tempest?: Standing Up to Mean Girls (Jan 23) 89 - Parental Alienation or Runaway Sisters?: “Help Me Find My Teen Daughters” (Jan 26) 90 - “I'm Scared of My Sister's Boyfriend”: Is He a Danger to Her Children? (Jan 27) 91 - Shocking Viral Video: Teen Says, “If Your Boyfriend Hits You, It's a Sign of Love” (Jan 28) 92 - From Top TV Newscaster to Drunken Mom (Jan 29) 93 - Gorgeous, Violent, Raging and a Very Unsweet 16 (Jan 30) 94 - A Family Divided over an Unsolved Murder (Feb 2) 95 - “Is My Wife Real or a Nigerian Love Scam?” (Feb 3) 96 - “Don't Give My Daughter Money: She is Lying about Dying from Cancer” (Feb 4) 97 - “My 21-Year-Old Daughter is Obsessed with Her Controlling, Jealous, Heroin-Addicted Boyfriend” (Feb 5) 98 - Our Son Was Making Millions, but is Now Living in Our Garage with His Girlfriend (Feb 6) 99 - Exclusive: The Vanderbilt Football Player’s Interview from behind Bars (Feb 9) 100 - Pretty Little Mean Girls (Feb 10) 101 - “Our Sister Lived in the Bushes and Tried to Hire Someone to Kill Her” (Feb 11) 102 - Parenting While Intoxicated (Feb 12) 103 - Riches to Rags: “My Son's Fiancée is Ruining His Life” (Feb 13) 104 - The Student and the Professor: Is One Stalking the Other? (Feb 16) 105 - “My 4-Year-Old Daughter Crushes Her Candy Like Her Dad Crushes His Pain Pills” (Feb 17) 106 - The Ultimate Betrayal: A Toxic Family Love Triangle (Feb 18) 107 - “My Ex is Evil; I Want to See My Kids” (Feb 19) 108 - “My Sister Published a Book of Lies about Our Family” (Feb 20) 109 - Time is Running Out for Prison-Bound Dad: Did His Wife Blackmail Him into Embezzling $300,000? (Feb 23) 110 - “I Believe My Cousin is Squandering Her Inheritance on a Love Scam” (Feb 24) 111 - A Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde, or Confused Teens in Love? (Feb 25) 112 - “I Am the Outcast of My Family, and They Threw Me Away Like Trash!” (Feb 26) 113 - “My Husband's Big Lottery Win is Ruining Our Marriage” (Feb 27) 114 - “My Wife Chose Her Boyfriend over Her Children” (Mar 2) 115 - Young, Jealous Love (Mar 3) 116 - Adoption Nightmare: “I Want My Baby Back” (Mar 4) 117 - “My Daughter Hasn't Spoken to Me in 7 Years: What's Wrong with Her?” (Mar 5) 118 - In Sickness and in Health: “Should I Get a Divorce from My OCD Wife?” (Mar 9) 119 - “Our 7-Year-Old Son Threatens to Kill Us!” (Mar 10) 120 - Exclusive: Bobbi Kristina’s Boyfriend, Distraught and Out of Control: The Nick Gordon Intervention (Mar 10) 121 - Inside the Mind of the Man Who Shot the “American Sniper”: A Dr. Phil Exclusive (Mar 16) 122 - Nine Seconds that Outraged a Nation/“My Racist Father Needs to Accept the Minorities in My Family” (Mar 17) 123 - Young, Beautiful and Missing/“Homeless Joe” Returns (Mar 23) 124 - Lifetime Grudge: Can Mother and Daughter Finally Bury the Hatchet? (Mar 24) 125 - 1,000 Lies and Counting: A Husband Who Can't Tell the Truth (Mar 30) 126 - Help! My Daughter is Addicted to Dangerous Men (Mar 31) 127 - “Falsely Accused of Murder and Now My Life is Spiraling out of Control” (Apr 1) 128 - Flirty Emails and Suspicious Photos: “Is My Husband a Cheater or Just a Charmer?” (Apr 2) 129 - Decades of Hatred, Accusations and Altercations: A Fight for Custody That's Tearing a Mother and Daughter Apart (Apr 6) 130 - “Is Our Son a Kleptomaniac?” (Apr 7) 131 - “I've Divorced My Ex Twice, but I'm Still in Love” (Apr 8) 132 - “My Mother Gambled $2.5 Million Away and Blames Me for Being Broke” (Apr 9) 133 - A Beautiful Teen Forced to Live a Horrible Nightmare: “I Was Held Captive by an Online 'Friend'” (Apr 10) 134 - “My Husband Makes Me Think I'm Crazy, Then Videotapes Me:” Accusations of Abuse Caught on Camera (Apr 13) 135 - “Keep My Ex-Daughter-in-Law Away From My Family” (Apr 14) 136 - Accusations of Beatings, Starvation and Being Locked in a Room: Who’s Telling the Truth? (Apr 15) 137 - A Family Fighting over a Double-Murder/Psychic Medium John Edward Returns! (Apr 16) 138 - An Ex Accused of Stalking, Obsession and Abuse: Who's Telling the Truth? (Apr 17) 139 - “I Believe My Parents are Enabling My Freeloading, Drug-Using, Model Brother & It Needs to Stop Today!” (Apr 20) 140 - My Model Brother Wants My Parents to Keep His Secret — Why He Stormed Off the Stage (Apr 21) 141 - Cleveland Abduction: The Michelle Knight Movie and the Brutal Scenes She Couldn't Face (Apr 22) 142 - A Deadly Love Affair: The Widow, The Lover and The Spouse Behind Bars (Apr 23) 143 - Exclusive: The Co-Eds and the Catfish (Apr 24) 144 - Was It Child Abuse, or Was It an Accident? (Apr 27) 145 - Real Housewife’s Exclusive: Kim Richards Tells All about Drunken Arrest (Apr 28) 146 - The College Professor and His Many Women (Apr 29) 147 - “My Stepmother Blew All of My Father's Money on a Scam Artist!” (Apr 30) 148 - Uncovering a Catfish: The Battle Between Kaye & Kathy Continues (May 1) 149 - Family's Fight over Father's Inheritance (May 4) 150 - A Family Divided: Why is Outspoken Dad Carl Boycotting His Daughter's Wedding? (May 5) 151 - “My Cyberbullied Daughter Killed Herself, Now I'm Being Harassed Online by a Stranger” (May 6) 152 - Convicted Grandpa Still Claims He is Innocent of Molestation (May 7) 153 - Convicted Grandpa Accused of Molestation Finally Speaks Out (May 8) 154 - “I'm Not Unstable; Give Me My Children Back” (May 11) 155 - A Mother Accused of Being Unfit and Unstable: Did Jennifer Pass the Drug Test? (May 12) 156 - Behind the Buggies and Bonnets: Amish Mafia Star Under Attack (May 13) 157 - Young and Beautiful: But Their Love is Ugly (May 14) 158 - Mother of the Year Turned Stalker: Terrorizes Couple for Outbidding Her on Dream Home (May 15) 159 - “My Friends Shaved Their Heads and Got Tattoos Because I Had Cancer, but It Was All a Lie” (May 18) 160 - Teacher Scandal Confession: She Had Sex with Her 15-Year-Old Student (May 19) 161 - A Wife Goes Missing: Is Her Husband to Blame? (May 20) 162 - She Left Her Babies Alone in a Car: Criminal or Mom Misunderstood? (May 21) 163 - Mentally Ill or Monster? Teen Convicted of Murdering Mom with a Sledgehammer Speaks (May 22) 164 - “I Hear Voices in My Head, but I'm Not Mentally Ill! Why Won't My Family Believe Me” (May 25) 165 - Hundreds of Photos in a Box: Snapshots by an Admirer Who She Calls Her Stalker (Jul 13) 166 - Won’t Work, Won’t Go to School: “My Son Just Wants to Game All Day” (Jul 14) 167 - “I Married My Sister's Boyfriend, And It's Time She Moves On” (Jul 15) 168 - A Teen Admits to Killing His 11-Year-Old Brother: Who is Really to Blame? (Jul 16) 169 - Stun Gun, Plastic Ties and Metal Handcuffs: “My Husband is Accused of Serial Rape” (Jul 17) 170 - Dead Man Walking: Susan Sarandon Tries to Save a Man from Death Row (Aug 31) 171 - Is This Father's Extreme Parenting to Blame for His Daughters' Disorders? (Sep 8) 172 - Lies, Lust and a Missing Million? My Ex Needs to Confess (Sep 9) 173 - Inside the Bill Cosby Sex Scandal: New Accusers with New Revelations (Sep 10) 174 - “My Wife Spends Thousands on Kratom Tea” ... “My Husband Tricked Me into Signing Our House over to Him!” (Sep 11)
Season 13 · Episode 83 Yes, I Abandoned My Children, but I’m Not a Bad Mom Jan 16, 2015 · 45m
Jamie says his girlfriend was an abusive, irresponsible mother who left him and their five children more than two years ago to start a new life with a man she had known for only a few days, and has not seen them since.
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When did Dr. Phil Season 13 Episode 83 air? Dr. Phil Season 13 Episode 83 aired on January 16, 2015.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 13 Episode 83? This episode runs for approximately 45 minutes.
