I have to be honest, I don't really see much of what Dr. Phil has to say as useful, and most times he is stating the obvious. That may just be my opinion, but I think his show is overrated, and he is mostly popular because of his affiliation and recommendation from Oprah Winfrey.
He says some interesting things but I do not feel "touched" to the point I wanna go and change my life . As Malexander said, he says the obvious things and he is just popular because of Oprah and that's why everyone loves him. I do not see a big deal about him.
He always appeared to me as one who cares about theatrics more than he does about getting people well/ I don't normally watch his show but when it is in front of me I am more shocked about the people on it saying all that embarrassing stuff about themselves than what Phil has to say about it.