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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI 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.
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BIANCA BAGNARELLI Dear Therapist: My Husband and I Don’t Have Sex Anymore
I miss the closeness we had before our baby was born.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
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Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: It’s Hard to Accept Being Single
Listening to my friends talk about their relationship problems is getting really tough.
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Bianca Bagnarelli 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.
