- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release: 2011-06-29
- Director: N/A
- Writers: Elizabeth Kruger , Craig Shapiro
- Language: English
- Stars: Callie Thorne , Scott Cohen , Mehcad Brooks , Marc Blucas , Hannah Marks , Patrick Johnson , Gregory Alan Williams , Brandon S.K. Porter , Jaye Tyroff , Amanda Detmer
- Runtime: 1 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
- AKA: Necessary Roughness (India) , Неопходна грубост (Serbia) , Необходима грубост (Bulgaria) , Terapia de choque (Spain) , Dr. Dani Santino - Spiel des Lebens (Germany) , Necessary Roughness (Sweden) , Unelmien kolhimat (Finland) , Necessary Roughness (Singapore) , Necessary Roughness (United Kingdom) , Doktor D (Hungary) , Necessary Roughness (Philippines) , Necessary Roughness (Canada) , Необходимая жестокость (Russian Federation) , Necessary Roughness (Turkey) , Terapia d'urto (Italy) , Necessary Roughness , Necessary Roughness (Australia) , Necessary Roughness (India) , Nie ma lekko (Poland) , 네세서리 러프니스 (Korea) , Necessary Roughness (United States of America) , Necessary Roughness (Canada) , ダニーのサクセス・セラピー (Japan) , Terapia de Choque (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La diva du divan (France, French Republic) , Necessary Roughness (South Africa) , Sok terapija (Croatia)
- Plot: A Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others living in the spotlight clamor for her unique brand of tough love therapy during their moments of crisis. Although her career is reenergized, it wreaks havoc on her life as a newly minted single mom of two teenagers.
- IMDB:tt1657505
Necessary Roughness Cast · · · ALL
Callie Thorne
Dr. Danielle 'Dani' Santino
Scott Cohen
Nico Careles
Mehcad Brooks
Terrence King
John Stamos
Connor McClane
Karissa Lee Staples
Paloma Madsen