I’d like to have a healthy adult relationship with my brother, but he fobs me off. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I’m the older sister. Growing up, neither my brother nor I had a great childhood because of the domestic abuse, child abuse and anger…
My stepmother is abusive to my father, who is 70. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am one of four adult children and we are extremely worried about our 70-year-old father. He has been married to our stepmother for…
I’m being emotionally abused by my husband. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I am a confident, independent woman who is being emotionally abused by my husband. We have been together for 15 years and have three…
Update on: “I escaped 14 years of domestic abuse but I worry I’m not a good enough mother and student”. The Guardian
Nearly four years ago now, I got a letter which I answered in my column from a woman who had left her husband, after 14 years…
My family doesn’t believe I was the victim of domestic violence. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa Ten years ago, I was a victim of domestic violence. Much of it happened in private – in public, my husband was charismatic, successful…
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…
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