Dear Therapist: If My Sister Won’t Leave Her Awful Boyfriend, I’m Done With Her
My sister is beautiful, talented, and successful, and I don’t understand why she’s wasting her time with this guy.
Dear Therapist: My Husband Accidentally Caused the Death of Our Family’s Dog
My son blames his father and won’t speak to him, but my husband is making matters worse by not apologizing.
Dear Therapist: I’m Considering Leaving My Wife for My Co-worker
Should I work on my marriage or leave to make myself happy?
Dear Therapist: My Mom Ruined My Finances and Won’t Apologize
Over the years, she opened several credit cards in my name and now owes more than $10,000. Whenever I ask her to pay it back, she gets defensive and blames me.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend Has an Engagement Ring Meant for Someone Else
I’m worried that he hasn’t completely moved on and that this will hurt our future together.
Dear Therapist: My Son Makes My New Husband Feel Alienated in Our Family
My husband feels disrespected and unloved, and I don’t know how to bring harmony back to our family.
Dear Therapist: My Roommate Is Cheating on Her Boyfriend With Me
She wants to have a casual relationship with me while staying with him and I’m afraid to leave her.
Dear Therapist: I Can’t Stand My Sister-in-Law
Everything about her rubs me the wrong way.
Dear Therapist: I Survived Cancer, but Now I’m Afraid My Husband Resents Me
He regrets retiring early to take care of me when I was diagnosed.
Dear Therapist: I Cut My Volatile Brother Out of My Life. But My Parents Haven’t.
I haven’t spoken to him in months and I’m angry that my parents continue to maintain a relationship with him.
Dear Therapist: My Mother Wants Me to Cut My Fiancé Out of My Daughter’s Life
I’m happy with the way my fiancé and I are raising my daughter, but my mother isn’t.
Dear Therapist: My Son Is Angry About the Way He Was Treated Last Christmas
He returned home a year ago feeling sad and anxious. We tried to be supportive, but he felt slighted and he’s not over it.
Dear Therapist: My Girlfriend and I Are at a Crossroads in Our Relationship
She wants to start a family now, but I don’t want to make a decision based on her biological timeline.
Dear Therapist: I Will Probably Take the Secret of My Sexuality to the Grave
I’ve gone through life pretending, and my heart aches.
Dear Therapist: My Dad Expects Me to Spend Thanksgiving With His New Family
My parents recently divorced, and I’m not ready to spend the holiday with new people.
Dear Therapist: My Daughter Moved Back Home and Treats Me Like a Roommate
She’s been bringing a steady stream of men back to my house, and her behavior is testing my patience.
Dear Therapist: I’m Afraid My Boyfriend’s Sexuality Will End Our Relationship
He says he’s bisexual, but I’m worried he’s actually gay.
Dear Therapist: I’m Tired of Explaining Why I Don’t Want to Get Pregnant
What I do, or don’t do, with my uterus is nobody’s business.
Dear Therapist: My Girlfriend Had an Affair With My Co-worker
I’ve forgiven her, but I can’t forgive him.
Dear Therapist: My Fiancé Believes Spanking Is Good Parenting
His parents spanked him as a child, and he insists the punishment has shaped him positively.
Dear Therapist: My Dying Wife Has a Challenging Request for Her Funeral
She doesn’t want her estranged family to attend. I want to respect her wishes, but am not sure the excluded family members will.
Dear Therapist: I Don’t Approve of My Daughter’s Boyfriend
If she stays with her current partner, I’m worried that she’ll end up alone, childless, and unhappy.
Dear Therapist: I Can’t Stop Thinking About My Therapist’s Grindr Profile
I now know intimate details about his sexual preferences, and feel like I can’t interact with him normally.
Dear Therapist: I Divorced My Dying Wife Once She Was No Longer Lucid
After five years of being her caregiver, I couldn’t bear the emotional or financial costs alone any longer.
Dear Therapist: My Sister Constantly Complains, but Won’t Do Anything to Change
I want to have a good relationship with her, but I feel overwhelmed by her negativity.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend’s Son Is Impossible
His 5-year-old and I used to have a positive relationship, but lately he's been nothing but rude and mean.
Dear Therapist: My Friend Is Dying and Has Asked Me Not to Contact Her
I want to respect her wishes, but I feel hurt and confused by her request.
Dear Therapist: When I Bring Up Anything Serious, My Boyfriend Falls Apart
I need to talk to him about our future, but he can’t handle it.
Dear Therapist: I Can’t Deal With My Mother’s Hatred of My Father
During my parents’ divorce, nearly 30 years ago, my father kidnapped me. He and I now have a good relationship, but my mother has never forgiven him.
Dear Therapist: I’m Ashamed of How I Treated My Dying Husband
In his final days, I didn’t show him the love and care he deserved.
Dear Therapist: My Husband and I Don’t Have Sex Anymore
I miss the closeness we had before our baby was born.
Dear Therapist: I Don’t Understand Why My Girlfriend Dumped Me
She said that she loves me but doesn’t want to be with me.
Dear Therapist: Can I Still Trust My Husband?
After we cheated on each other 26 years ago, we promised to never let outsiders into our marriage again. But for more than two years, he’s been carrying on some sort of friendship with a woman from his high school.
Dear Therapist: I’m So Upset by My Kids’ Middle-School Drama
I’m not sure why I’m reacting so strongly to hearing about conflicts at school.
Dear Therapist: I Can’t Stand My Fiancée’s Ex-Husband
He wants to take pictures with her and their daughter like they’re still one happy family—and I want him to stop.
Dear Therapist: The Child My Daughter Put Up for Adoption Is Now Rejecting Her
She thought that her daughter would want to meet her one day. Twenty-five years later, that’s not true.
Dear Therapist: I Don’t Understand Why My Son Won’t Talk to Me
My husband and I live close to him, but he rarely visits us.
Dear Therapist: It’s Hard to Accept Being Single
Listening to my friends talk about their relationship problems is getting really tough.
Dear Therapist: My Friends Stopped Talking to Me After My Divorce
I’ve tried to be respectful to my ex-wife and keep things private, but our mutual friends seem to be taking her side.
Dear Therapist: I’m Hiding Something From My Therapist
Every time I try to talk about my problem, I just start crying.
Dear Therapist: Do I Need to Have ‘the Talk’ Again With My Daughter?
She just told me she’s gay. I’ve already talked to her about sex with boys—how do I talk to her about girls?
Dear Therapist: My Stepson’s Mother Kept a Big Secret From Him
His mother had to give up her first boy for adoption, and she never told her second son. I don’t know whether I owe him the truth.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend’s Mother Is Narcissistic and Mean
He has adapted to her behavior over the years, but I don’t know how to coexist with her.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend Is Going Through a Divorce
As he and his ex are nearing the end of their divorce process, I’m not sure how much I can actually trust him.
Dear Therapist: My Wife Is Pregnant With a Child Neither of Us Wants
Our birth-control methods failed, and we can’t afford a second child financially or career-wise.
Dear Therapist: A Professor Is Abusing My Friend
Her relationship shows all the typical signs of emotional manipulation and physical harm, but she refuses to admit that there’s a problem.
Dear Therapist: My Family Hates My Mother
She picks fights, doesn’t listen to others, and makes everyone uncomfortable. Nobody wants to invite her to events—and I feel awful about it.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend’s Depression Is Making Me Question Our Future Together
I want to be there for him, but his depressive episodes are difficult for me to handle.
Dear Therapist: Is It Wrong to Divorce My Sick Wife?
Before her health took a turn for the worse, we had both agreed that we should end our 14-year marriage.
Dear Therapist: I’m Worried the College-Admissions Process Is Rigged Against My Son
He has grades and test scores that I think should qualify him for the Ivy League—but he’s also white and upper-middle-class.
Dear Therapist: My Daughter Hasn’t Wanted a Relationship With Me for 25 Years
I want to reestablish our connection, but she won’t even acknowledge me at family events.
Dear Therapist: I Looked Through My Daughter’s Phone, and I Didn’t Like What I Saw
I thought something was off about one of her new friends—and my suspicions were right.
Dear Therapist: I’m Dating a Divorced Man With Kids, and It’s Harder Than I Thought
His ex-wife is constantly texting and calling him about problems with their kids, and I can’t help but feel annoyed.
Dear Therapist: Why Won’t My Boyfriend Propose to Me?
We’ve been dating for a while and have talked about marriage, but I’m worried that he’s still scared of commitment.
Dear Therapist: My Sister Is a Mess and I Don’t Know How to Help Her
My younger sister is constantly anxious whenever she comes to visit, and I want to help without completely draining myself.
Dear Therapist: My Co-workers Think I’m Rude, and I’m Not Sure How to Change
My supervisor isn’t allowed to give me more details for the sake of anonymity, and I don’t know how to change without changing my entire personality.
Dear Therapist: My Mother-in-Law Didn’t Mean to Ruin My Wedding, but I’m Still Angry With Her
After a weekend of not speaking to me, she collapsed and cut my wedding night short, and I don’t know how to deal with the resentment I still feel.
Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend’s Wealthy Family Isn’t Fair With Their Money
His parents give a lot of financial support to his twin brother and sister-in-law, and I wish they’d do the same for us.
Dear Therapist: I’m Not Sure Why My Sister Stopped Giving Gifts to My Children, and I’m Afraid to Ask
I don’t really care about the presents themselves—I just want to know what prompted the change.
Dear Therapist: I Don’t Know How to Set Boundaries With My Parents
They say they’re trying to protect me and my brothers during the divorce process, but they’re dragging us into their problems.