Psychologist: Brinkley, Cook Need Therapy

Court-Appointed Doc In Divorce Trial Suggests Both Parties Get Help

(AP)  Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children - but she and her narcissistic husband both need therapy, a court-appointed psychologist said Tuesday at their divorce trial.

Dr. Stephen Herman, questioned by the children's attorney, Theresa Mari, said the former Sports Illustrated model needs therapy as "an outlet for her anger and feeling of betrayal" by her unfaithful husband.

He said Brinkley, who's been married four times, also "needs to start working on deeper issues" including "her choice of male figures."

Herman met 11 times with the parents, their 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter.

He said Peter Cook is a "narcissist" who constantly needs to have his insatiable ego fed. The architect "needs constant reassurance that he is a terrific guy," Herman said in a psychological report.

The psychologist said shared custody "is not at all a viable option." But he later agreed during cross examination that both "Christie and Peter have done a superb job of being parents." And he said Cook should be involved in his children's lives - for instance, caring for them if their mother is away on business.

Brinkley also has a daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, with the musician Billy Joel. The 22-year-old testified that Cook picked on her and once shoved her head into a bucket of water after she showered too long and caused a plumbing problem.

Before the scandal, Brinkley described Cook to an interviewer as "just the greatest father."

The primary focus of the trial has been on Cook's teenage mistress and his Internet sex activities. He has apologized for both.

The court heard testimony last week from Cook, 49, and Diana Bianchi, who was 18 during their affair. Cook said he gave Bianchi a $300,000 payoff, had trysts with her in his office and Brinkley's Hamptons homes, and spent thousands of dollars on online pornography.

Infidelity was "certainly the immediate cause" of the marriage's collapse, said Herman, "but I think there were problems before."

Herman said adults should be able to engage in Internet sex if the activities occur in total privacy, without the children finding out.

[hp2bsqre]

I speak from experience!......Understandably Brinkley has been publicly wounded and she wants revenge. Her public method to humiliate Mr. Cook will do the job, but what good is it if their children are swept up in the deadly current as well. If Brinkley truly cared about her children, she would not have aired her dirty laundry in public. When she grows up someday, she''ll know what I mean. As a loving mother, she should have protected the kids from the ugliness and not revealed the ugly deeds of Mr. Cook. In the long-run, this is what would have made her a saint in the public''s eyes.

[hp2bsqre]

I speak from experience!......Understandably Brinkley has been publicly wounded and she wants revenge. Her public method to humiliate Mr. Cook will do the job, but what good is it if their children are swept up in the deadly current as well. If Brinkley truly cared about her children, she would not have aired her dirty laundry in public. When she grows up someday, she''ll know what I mean. As a loving mother, she should have protected the kids from the ugliness and not revealed the ugly deeds of Mr. Cook. In the long-run, this is what would have made her a saint in the public''s eyes.

[godofredo29]

Can you say menopause and andropause?

[toldyouso12]

They don''t need therapy. Stop trying to plug your questionable profession. They need to move on, get the divorce--and Cook needs to stop trying to sponge off Christie''s money. He probably would have no interest at all in those children if he did not already have a prenup and is looking for spousal and child support.

Where was all his parenting skills when he forced his stepdaughter''s head in a bucket of water while she was stark naked? Where is it, when he goes porn happy and when he chases teenagers. Save it, the man is a sexxxx addict and he needs lotion for the masturbation calluses on his hand and maybe a huge blow up doll--HE might need therapy--she needs to dump this loser--the courts need to reward him with NOTHING so that next time he gets a gravy train, he stays for dinner and does not go rooting through garbage to sup.

[rational_1]

They don''''t need therapy! They need morals!
Posted by fervan at 06:57 PM : Jul 08, 2008

You got that right! Nowadays if your cat dies it''s round after round of grief therapy and heart-to-hearts with anyone who will listen about how much Precious meant to you. In contrast, a few decades ago it was just a short trip to a hole dug in the backyard. Some people do need therapy, but for many it''s bandied about like this panacea for any problem you may have. What most people really need to do is undergo a critical self-analysis of their behaviour and then to dig up the resolve not to be such a f**k up in the future. But... it''s easier to yack with a therapist and blame it all on your upbringing. It''s not the X generation or Y generation - it''s the "woe is me" generation.

[whiskyrocker]

I''d marry her in a heart beat.

[keithle1]

Brinkley is one of those women that HAS to be married. They can''t stand being single. It''s torture for them. She''s only 54. Bouncing from divorce to marriage to divorce to marriage. After four marriages, something is wrong with YOU.

Too many women think marriage will make them happy.
"When I get married, I''ll be happy. It will give me meaning & vaildation. Someone loves me enough to marry me!"

[sociald63]

who cares - she''s an elizabeth taylor wanna-be

[valentin73]

HINCKLEY, BRINKLEY

How many husband a woman needeth
to know that she is not right upstairs
no psychologist needed
to know that she has fallen downstairs
into the dungeon of marriage life - gone - bad

Poor little rich girl
once an uptown girl
now, not even a downtown girl
can be said, of this, down - and - out girl
again, the dungeon of marriage life - gone - bad.

[morganbarber]

How could anybody be married four times and not believe that they are in fact the problem.

[shanev137]

I hear the 5th time is the charm.