Dear Annalisa, A few years ago, my brother-in-law was arrested, cautioned and placed on the sex offender register (SOR) for two years, for downloading child abuse images. He denies it,…
Dear Annalisa, I love my mother most of the time, but sometimes I hate her. She has always been critical of me; it’s as if she…
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 I am desperately worried about my teenage granddaughter, who is in a very miserable state. Her self-esteem is at rock bottom, she has no…
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…
I have only once actively hidden a news item from my daughter. She was three when Madeleine McCann went missing, far too young to know about…
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,…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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