Who is Suzie?
I’m a Relate-trained counsellor, an accredited parenting educator, an agony aunt with over 15 years experience of working on UK national magazines (including eight years as agony aunt of Women’s Own), newspapers, television, radio and online and the author of 26 books – the two most recent being Teach Yourself Step-parenting and Teach Yourself Single Parenting. I was the counsellor in ‘Stepfamilies’, a major BBC1 series, helping people sort their way through the difficulties of bringing new families together.
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After 27 years, am I selfish to want to be alone?
I’ve been married for 27 years but for 10 years, on and off, I’ve felt I would like to live alone. My husband is not a bad man and I have 3 brilliant children and would be hurting them if I left but I don’t know what to do. Continue reading
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I can’t take my mum’s depression!
Since my baby brother was born, my mum has been seriously depressed. We’ve done all we could but I don’t have a clue what more I can do. Please help. Continue reading
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Will we bring each other down?
We’re both quite depressive, and he’s going away soon. Should i let things continue? Continue reading
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I’m tearing my hair out
I have researched it but can’t stop. Continue reading
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