My toxic mother wants contact with my child – how do I approach this?

Dear Annalisa, I am expecting a baby later this year. Despite living in a different country, my mother wants to be as involved as she can. I…

I think the married woman I had an affair with is pregnant with my baby. What’s the right thing to do?

Dear Annalisa, Before lockdown, I began an affair with a married woman, J. She told me I was her soulmate and no one had ever made…

Dear Annalisa, After years of trying to have a baby, my husband and I adopted a girl of early primary school age. Despite doing lots of homework,…

Dear Annalisa My sister and I have always had a rather fraught relationship with my father. He failed to form bonds and took no interest in…

Dear Annalisa A year ago, once my siblings and I had left home, my parents moved to the other side of the country. They have made…

Dear Annalisa I am from a dysfunctional family where I was ignored, criticised and never given love or affection. I learned to be quiet, to never…

Dear Annalisa I am a woman in my 50s looking for advice on how to cope with my needy and manipulative mother, who is in her…

Dear Annalisa Some time ago, out of the blue, my husband told me he wanted a divorce. I was horrified and astonished – we had been…

Dear Annalisa I have been with my husband for 10 years. I am from London, where we live, and he is from the south-west of England,…

Dear Annalisa I’m coming to terms with a life that I wasn’t expecting after 20 years of marriage and am struggling to find a route to a new…