I’m plagued by intrusive, violent thoughts. How can I lessen their impact?
Dear Annalisa, I am a 76-year-old widower. I lost my wife eight years ago and my daughter moved out two years ago, so I now live alone. …
I’ll miss my office husband after we’ve retired. How do I get to keep him?
Dear Annalisa, I have shared an office and a train home five days a week for 20 years with a chap I’ll call T. He calls me…
Do I need to leave my partner for the sake of my fragile son?
Dear Annalisa, I am 62 years old and semi-retired. I’ve worked hard all my life. In my 30s I had a son; it was just the…
My parents moved to a new area after my mother retired and now she is really isolated. The Guardian.
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…
I’m childless and lonely, I feel moving would help, but my husband isn’t keen. The Guardian.
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…
Annalisa Barbieri 