
One of the first things you learn when you’re training to be a counsellor or therapist is to suspend your own judgement in the face of another’s problem. But now and again, a dilemma comes along that’s so triggering, it’s hard not to immediately shout out from the back of the class. This, for me, is one of those situations. So, indulge me for a moment.
In this Ask Anna column, a reader wanted my advice about whether or not to sell her house to help her children get a deposit for a house – she and her husband couldn't agree.