HE’S a psychiatrist but one who, over the past three decades, has carved a very special niche for himself. “Shrink to the stars,” Phil Stutz says, air quotes implied, though also with a degree of playful pride.
Phil (76) lives near Beverly Hills and receives clients in his apartment, which overlooks the crisp blue tennis courts and shimmering, sprinkler-fed fairways of a sprawling country club. The four walls of his book-lined study have been privy to the fears, failings and neuroses of assorted actors, directors, producers, writers, agents, deal brokers and studio executives.
His client list is closely guarded, but it includes the actress turned wellness businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow, who interviewed Phil on her Goop podcast, and the actor Jonah Hill, who directed Stutz, a Netflix documentary about his therapist,…
