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Therapist Sees Herself on TV's `Billions,' Except for One Thing

  • Denise Shull sues Showtime, saying it ripped off her character
  • Wendy Rhoades just like her, except dominatrix part, she says
The cast of Billions Season 3, with Maggie Siff, center, as Dr. Wendy Rhoades.

The cast of Billions Season 3, with Maggie Siff, center, as Dr. Wendy Rhoades.

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Like many on Wall Street, Denise Shull has been a regular viewer of Showtime’s “Billions," a series that’s made a splash partly because of its not-so-subtle parallels to real-life money managers.

But there’s one similarity she says she can’t get over: Dr. Wendy Rhoades, the performance coach at fictional hedge fund Axe Capital who works with the firm’s traders. Rhoades’s character, a straight-talker who’s married to the Manhattan U.S. attorney, helps the company’s analysts manage emotions, quell fears and find confidence to better perform their jobs.