Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: I Love My Girlfriend, but I Asked Her to Move Out

I do not want to lose her and I miss her terribly, but I believe I had no other choice.

• Lori Gottlieb
• August 17, 2020

Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want My Sister in My Bridal Party

My entire nuclear family is incredibly angry with me.

• Lori Gottlieb
• August 10, 2020

Dear Therapist: Is My Middle Child a Monster?

I’m so tired of people seeing only her bad traits.

• Lori Gottlieb
• August 3, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Husband Doesn’t Want Another Kid, so I’m Considering Divorce

I don’t know that I would ever be able to forgive him for taking this away from me.

• Lori Gottlieb
• July 27, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Best Friend Can’t Find a Job Because of COVID-19

She’s been having anxiety ever since the pandemic began.

• Lori Gottlieb
• July 20, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Husband and I Never Have Sex, so I’m Having an Affair

And now my husband wants to move halfway across the country for his job.

• Lori Gottlieb
• July 13, 2020

Dear Therapist: I Love My Trans Daughter, but I’m Still Struggling

I don’t know how to process what I’m going through.

• Lori Gottlieb
• July 6, 2020

Dear Therapist: I Can’t Stand My Dad’s New Wife

I have no interest in becoming one big happy family.

• Lori Gottlieb
• June 29, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Mom Needs Help

I don’t think a day has gone by that she hasn’t cried.

• Lori Gottlieb
• June 22, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Have Male Friends

He’s been cheated on before, and he gets very anxious that I will want to be with someone else.

• Lori Gottlieb
• June 15, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Daughter Doesn’t Care That I Want Her to Live Closer to Home

I don’t think she truly understands the impact that seeing her only once or twice a year is having on us.

• Lori Gottlieb
• June 1, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Father and Grandmother Haven’t Spoken in 30 Years

I’d like to meet her before she dies, but I’m worried he would see my fraternizing with her as a betrayal.

• Lori Gottlieb
• May 25, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Boyfriend Had an Affair and Now We’re Stuck at Home Together

He told me he was going out for errands, but he was really meeting with her in a parking lot.

• Lori Gottlieb
• May 18, 2020

Dear Therapist: I Staked My Identity on Attending an Ivy League School

I’m trying to accept that the school I’m going to is where I am meant to be, but I feel like my accomplishments mean nothing now.

• Lori Gottlieb
• May 11, 2020

Dear Therapist: The Pandemic Has Changed My Relationship With My Therapist

I don’t want to burden him with my feelings when he’s going through the exact same thing.

• Lori Gottlieb
• May 4, 2020

Dear Therapist: My Husband Thinks Social-Distancing Measures Are Too Extreme

He’s being way too lax about things, and whenever we try to talk about it, we have a fight.

• Lori Gottlieb
• April 27, 2020

Dear Therapist: I’m Growing Exhausted Dealing With My Sister’s Anxiety

How can I balance her need for support with my own need for boundaries?

• Lori Gottlieb
• April 20, 2020

Dear Therapist: I’m Losing Patience With My Boyfriend in Quarantine

I used to daydream about spending more time with him, but now his habits are starting to get on my nerves.  

• Lori Gottlieb
• April 13, 2020

Dear Therapist: What’s Your Advice to Parents Whose Kids Are Stuck at Home During the Coronavirus Lockdowns?

I’m making sure that our kids exercise, have a schedule, spend time outside each day, and try to maintain as normal a life as possible. What more can I do?

• Lori Gottlieb
• April 6, 2020

Dear Therapist Writes to Herself in Her Grief

My father died, there’s a pandemic, and I’m overcome by my feeling of loss.

• Lori Gottlieb
• March 30, 2020