Dr. Venus Nicolino
Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Podcast host in Los Angeles
The best path to a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is to grow up hard in West Philly in a 600- square-foot home packed with seven people and a German Shepherd. At least that’s the path Dr. Venus Nicolino landed on. Her mom never attended high school and her dad busted his knuckles on old Chevys for a living. She paid attention to that work ethic that taught her self-help was a must, in case nobody else was looking to help. Now she’s deep into the self-help world, toting an irreverent attitude that can never be mistaken for unengaged. Real people with real problems welcome genuine guidance.
Dr. V dropped a #1 best-selling book, Bad Advice: How to Survive and Thrive in an Age of Bullsh*t, nationally touted as one of the“five books that will change your life”. She’s helped shake up the modern self-help world by creating a new genre of self-help: Nobody’s an Expert. She’s smashing theories constructed by alleged gurus and life experts one day at a time, deconstructing bad advice early and often. The sharp-tongued Dr. V has done over 100 episodes of TV as well. People are responding to her powerful style bolstered by her blue-collar savvy; she is viewed as one of the leading forward thinkers in psychology today.
The good doctor is all business when it comes to leading people toward mental well-being and has the paperwork to back up her game. She holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Dr. V is seemingly everywhere that finds folks in need of managing that unruly organ between the ears, be it social media, television, radio, or print. Digitally, you can currently listen and watch the good doctor dish out shockingly sharp advice on her podcast; The Tea with Dr. V, where she uses her warm and fiery style of psychological support to influence the current generation and those to come.