EXCLUSIVE: Betty Ford Tells Lindsay - 'Deal With Your Dad, Once And For All'
Oct. 20 2010, Published 1:20 p.m. ET
Lindsay Lohan has been told by her treatment team at the Betty Ford Center that she must come to grips with what role, if any, her dad Michael will play in her life once she leaves rehab.
A source close to the Mean Girls star, 24, tells Breaking Celebrity News: "Lindsay blames a lot of her problems and issues on her dad. His name comes up constantly. Lindsay has a lot of unresolved feelings and anger towards Michael."
The insider told Breaking Celebrity News that Lindsay's counselors say it's time she deal with her feelings about her dad once and for all.
"Lindsay does love Michael. If she didn't, she wouldn't continue to lash out at him," the source said.
"However it's extremely unhealthy for Lindsay. In order for her to succeed with her sobriety once she leaves Betty Ford, she must decide if she wants a relationship with Michael or not.
"If she doesn't, then she needs to move on and realize she isn't a bad person for not wanting him in her life."
One of the obstacles preventing her from making this decision is the resentment she feels every time Michael talks to the press.
According to the source, Lindsay "absolutely despises the way that Michael tries to get attention in the press by using her name. Lindsay simply can't trust him."