Encore: S04 Ep. 04 - Elise’s Angry Sister

Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

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Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re in session with Elise, who wants to have a better relationship with her angry older sister. We help Elise to see her sister’s perspective so she can approach her with empathy–and how to know when repair might not be possible.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:07.9	I'm Lori Gottlieb. I'm the author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, and I write the
0:12.7	Dear Therapist Advice column for the Atlantic. And I'm Guy Wynch. I'm the author of Emotional First
0:18.3	Aid, and I write the Dear Guy advice column for TED.
0:21.7	And this is Dear Therapists.
0:23.7	Each week, we invite you into a real session where we help people confront the problems in
0:28.2	their lives and then give them actionable advice and have them report back to let us know
0:32.7	what happened when they did what we suggested.
0:35.1	So sit back and welcome to today's session.
0:39.3	This week, a woman who wants to have a better relationship with her angry older sister,
0:44.3	wonders if that's possible.
0:45.3	I feel so attacked by her and her emails that just she's made it clear.
0:51.3	My vision and my view of the past is the right one
0:55.3	and the correct one and yours is not.
0:58.6	First a quick note,
0:59.5	Dear Therapists is for informational purposes only.
1:02.2	It does not constitute medical or psychological advice
1:04.7	and is not a substitute for professional healthcare advice
1:07.0	diagnosis or treatment.
1:08.2	By submitting a letter, you are agreeing to let
1:10.0	IHeartMedia use it
1:10.9	in part or in full, and we may edit it for length and clarity. In the sessions you'll hear,
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