Amber Portwood, Leah Shirley.
Ami/Mega; Thanks to Leah Shirley/InstagramAmber PortwoodThe daughter Leah is open about her decision to participate in the therapy.
“I just think I have a lot of problems because of amber in the experiences I have had,” Leah told, 16, to Dad Gary Shirley In the Thursday February 20, episode of Teen Mom: The next chapter. “I want to overcome that, so that I can forgive her and just go on, and I think it would help you to guide me about how I can forgive someone because it is difficult for me to do that. “
Leah has chosen to spend most of her childhood with Gary and his wife, Kristina Shirley.
Although Amber, 34, has acknowledged that things are far away with her daughter, she has expressed the hope of building a stronger relationship.
Gary Shirley shines a light on how the relationship of the distant Amber Portwood with daughter Leah has become. On the Thursday 18 July, episode of Teen Mom: the next chapter, Gary, 37, claimed that his 15-year-old daughter has shown interest to be hired by stepmother Kristina Shirley. ‘Believe me, the best that has ever happened to Lea […]
“She doesn’t want to be around with my daughter,” Amber said on the episode of 6 February of Teen Mom: The next chapter. “I’ve never been a mother who couldn’t care. Just off – Ed up mom. “
In recent years, Amber has been open about her struggles in mental health care and previously revealed that the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder was made.
During a rare confessional interview, Leah gave a look at her current relationship with her mother.
Although the high school student is not sure when she realized that her mother was ‘not there’, Leah claimed ‘abandoned problems of her not having’.
“I know that there are many things going on that make it difficult for her to be there for me,” Leah said. “I feel that it influences me every day, because I am always afraid that Kristina will leave me. I am always afraid that people will just leave me for no reason. “
When Leah started talking to a professional, Gary expressed his full support and assured his daughter that she could keep all her therapy sessions private.
“I just want you to have someone to talk to who is a safe space,” he said. “I want you to be happy. I love you. “
A Costar that supports Leah’s therapy trip is Tyler Baltierra. When discussing the idea with Gary, the 16 and pregnant Alum said that professional help at a young age was life -saving for him.
Amber Portwood’s loaded relationship with daughter Leah has been documented over the years on Teen Mom Og. Portwood was birth to her baby girl in 2008 with the then friend Gary Shirley. The former couple split three years later, with Shirley with Kristina Anderson, with whom he shares daughter Emilee. In terms of Portwood, the […]
Tyler’s support encouraged Gary to stimulate a conversation with his own daughter.
“She is a good child and has a great head on her shoulders,” said Gary. “She goes on a lot.”
Teen Mom: The next chapter Airs on MTV Thursday at 8 p.m. et.