Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: A Son I Didn’t Know Existed Just Found Me And my wife is very upset about me reconnecting with his mother. Lori Gottlieb May 27, 2024
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Flipped Out at My Brother, and I Regret It How can I apologize to him, but also explain that he makes me feel small? Lori Gottlieb April 29, 2024
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want to Take Care of My Aging, Homophobic Parents What do I owe them if they caused me pain growing up? Lori Gottlieb March 25, 2024
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Miss Having Sex I’m a 70-year-old widow, and I don’t know how to get my needs met. Lori Gottlieb February 26, 2024
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Daughter Tried to Confront My Ex-husband’s New Wife Now he has cut her off and expects an apology. Lori Gottlieb January 29, 2024
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: How Do I Talk to My Boyfriend About His Ex? I think he may still have feelings for her. Lori Gottlieb December 25, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want to See My Mom This Christmas She ruins the day, but guilt-trips me when I try to opt out. Lori Gottlieb November 27, 2023
Illustration by Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Cannot Support My Mother’s Marriage Her soon-to-be husband abused her and traumatized me. Lori Gottlieb October 30, 2023
Illustration by Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Mother Is Rewarding My Brother’s Bad Behavior I feel like she’s ignoring his mistakes by leaving him a substantial inheritance. Lori Gottlieb September 25, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Feel Tremendously Guilty for Not Taking Care of My Aging, Alcoholic Mother Distancing myself from her was heart-wrenching. It was also the healthiest choice. Lori Gottlieb August 28, 2023
Illustration by Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Husband Had a Relationship With His Best Friend The man he says is “like a brother” to him turns out to have been more than that. Lori Gottlieb July 31, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I’ve Been Dumped by My Friends I thought our shared history would keep us close, but it hasn’t. Lori Gottlieb June 26, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: How Can I Get My Stepdaughter to Dump Her Dead-End Boyfriend? He doesn’t seem willing to commit, and she needs to move on. Lori Gottlieb May 29, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Won’t Marry Someone With a Mountain of Debt After learning the full scope of my boyfriend’s finances, I don’t know if I should continue the relationship. Lori Gottlieb April 24, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: We Set a Deadline to Decide About Marriage, and We Still Don’t Know It’s been almost two years; am I wasting my time? Lori Gottlieb March 27, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Daughter’s ‘Brother’ Is Actually Her Father After 30 years, I want to tell her the truth, but I don’t know how. Lori Gottlieb February 27, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: Can I Cut My Mom Off From My Children If She Won’t Seek Therapy? She hasn’t been a great parent to me, and I don’t want her repeating those patterns with my future kids. Lori Gottlieb January 30, 2023
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: How Do I Hold Boundaries With My Sister at Christmas? I don’t want a relationship with her, but my parents want us to make up. Lori Gottlieb December 19, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Brother-in-Law Is a Thanksgiving Freeloader Do I have to invite him this year? Lori Gottlieb November 14, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Don’t Think I Can Accept My Boyfriend’s Past Seeing photos with his ex-wife and kids pushed me over the edge. Lori Gottlieb October 31, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: We’re Cutting My Husband’s Parents Out of Our Lives How do we explain the estrangement to our kids? Lori Gottlieb September 26, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Don’t Know How to Help My Best Friend Through Her Divorce She’s making some unhealthy choices, and it’s hard to watch. Lori Gottlieb August 29, 2022
BIANCA BAGNARELLI Dear Therapist: My Daughter-in-Law Is Posting Nasty Things About Me Online She seems to find fault with everything I do. Lori Gottlieb June 27, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Daughter’s Boundaries Are Preventing Us From Having a Relationship I have felt for many years that she has kept me at arm’s length, and it seems to have worsened recently. Lori Gottlieb May 30, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Dad Is Trying to Force His Way Into My Life I’ve told him that I don’t want to talk to him, but he won’t leave me alone. Lori Gottlieb April 25, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: Why Can’t My Wife Pretend to Like My Family? I feel like I am stuck in a fight I don’t want to have. Lori Gottlieb March 28, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: My Husband Secretly Donated Sperm. Now There’s a Kid. I feel betrayed and angry that he kept this from me for so many years. Lori Gottlieb February 28, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Can’t Turn to My Mom for Support After My Dad’s Death I don’t want to burden her when she’s going through such a difficult time, but I need to talk to her about my grief. Lori Gottlieb January 31, 2022
Bianca Bagnarelli How to Show ‘Wise Compassion’ to Struggling Loved Ones Being truly supportive of someone who is in pain requires strength, patience, self-knowledge, and discipline, “Dear Therapist” writes. Rebecca J. Rosen August 2, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli Why In-Law Relationships Can Be So Challenging Tough conversations provide opportunities for pain and conflict, but also for growth and healing, “Dear Therapist” writes. Rebecca J. Rosen July 5, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli The Paradox of Grief Loss often feels utterly isolating, but seeking out connection and support can help you find a way forward, “Dear Therapist” writes. Rebecca J. Rosen June 7, 2021
BIANCA BAGNARELLI 12 Pieces of Advice for Better Parenting Parent-child relationships are constantly evolving, and as children grow, “Dear Therapist” writes, parents have to recalibrate what their role is. Rebecca J. Rosen May 3, 2021
BIANCA BAGNARELLI 9 Pieces of Advice to Help You See Relationships More Clearly In some cases, “Dear Therapist” columns help us understand a situation from another person’s point of view; in others, they give us the language we need to name a situation. Rebecca J. Rosen April 5, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist’s Guide to Dealing With Regret Moving forward doesn’t mean leaving the past behind?it means figuring out how to make sense of it in the present. Rebecca J. Rosen March 2, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist’s Guide to Love and Relationships Talking honestly and openly won’t necessarily save a troubled relationship, but doing so can clarify whether one can and should be saved. Rebecca J. Rosen February 1, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist’s Guide to Starting Over Change can bring on a mixture of feelings; compassion is how you navigate them. Rebecca J. Rosen January 4, 2021
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Can’t Accept My Father’s Death From COVID-19 I was not there for his last breaths. I was not there for his last words. I’m trying to combat my guilt. Lori Gottlieb December 28, 2020
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: Christmas With My Divorced Parents Is Getting Harder Every holiday season, my siblings and I divide our time between them. Lori Gottlieb December 21, 2020
Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I Was the Other Woman I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair. Lori Gottlieb December 14, 2020