“Our dad is an angry chauvinist who puts us and our mum down.” The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I have an older sister and a younger brother who lives overseas. We are all close and get on very well. We are at…
Woman’s Hour with Jenni Murray: grandparents with favourites.
On Woman’s Hour with the fabulous Virginia Ironside. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dtdgc
“I have a phobia about going home in the holidays.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am a long-time student and have developed a phobia about going home for the summer holidays. Each summer when I visit, there seems…
“I get tongue tied during arguments.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am a young woman who has a problem arguing with loved ones – specifically, with boyfriends/partners. In social and professional contexts, I hope…
“My partner is sometimes too harsh with my little boy.” Published in The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My partner and I separated more than three years ago. We took every care to ensure that we put our son, now six, first…
“I’m 40 and I want to find out about my biological father.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa am a 40-year-old woman. I had an OK childhood with my mother and loving father, always in the knowledge that I had a different…
I think my sister’s trying to con me out of my inheritance. The Guardian
My mother sold her house in 2009 and moved in with my sister. I was living abroad at the time. Our mother died in October last…
How can we protect our daughters from abusive relationships? The Guardian
When I became the mother of one, then two, girls I would occasionally think about the prevalence of eating disorders and what I could do to…
I can’t stand my 12 year old nephew. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My sister married her husband and they emigrated 5,000 miles away in 2001. They have two boys, aged 12 and nine. The elder takes…
I worry that my son is wasting his life. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My son is 23, lives with me and does nothing. He likes reading and spends most days on his computer, watching films and writing…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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