Career
Shrinks.
Los Angeles Shrinks features segments of Nicolino meeting with patients as well as information about her personal life. She has appeared on other television shows, including Real Housewives of New Jersey and Millionaire Matchmaker, and as a recurring guest on Watch What Happens Live, The Doctor Oz Show, and Rachael Ray. She has been a commentator for Cable News Network. Nicolino is a proponent of balanced diets, exercise, and healthy eating.
She believes 20% of children in America are mis-diagnosed as having mental illness.
Nicolino is an outspoken critic of the over-prescription of drugs, especially to children. The show"s producers describe her as "sharp tongued with a mind to match".
They say she "serves up the sass" while being empathetic with her clients. Critic Robert Lloyd in the Los Angeles Times wrote that the show felt "uncomfortably contrived", and that Nicolino appeared to be "auditioning here for a show of her own".
Lloyd criticized the show for over-emphasizing popular-culture topics such as sexual
