Former Intern Recounts Alleged Sexual Abuse By Dr. Phil

August 6, 2009 1:37 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - A woman is coming forth claiming she was the victim of sexual abuse by talk show host Dr. Phil. The woman, Sara Morrison, said in an interview with National Enquirer that she was a patient and interned for the then 34-year-old psychologist when the abuse took place.

"The first day I showed up for work, Phil had his hands all over me," she said. McGraw was already married to his second wife, Robin, at the time. Morrison also alleges he would have her sit on his lap while he talked on the phone to patients, doctors, even his wife.

Morrison was 19 when the incidents allegedly took place. She filed a complaint about him back in 1988, causing the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to issue a reprimand for an "ethical violation" citing an inapproriate relationship with the 19-year-old patient/employee. She is now a 44-year-old mother of one.

"Not a single day has gone by when I haven't been affected by what Phil McGraw did to me," Morrison told the Enquirer. The incident took place over 25 years ago when Dr. Phil was running a practice in Wichita Falls, TX.

"He profoundly affected the course of my life," she said. "The world should know this man is a predator and a bully. He shouldn't be telling Americans how to live their lives, how to improve themselves."