I have had two sessions with a psychiatrist and I am wondering if I am in the right place.

I am a 39 year old woman and I think I suffer from anxiety/panic. To make a long story short, my mother died in 2011. She was a "helicopter mom" and could be very controlling sometimes and at other times expected me to be independent at the snap of a finger. This left me feeling confused. Also she would brow beat my dad to the point where he couldn't or wouldn't support me when I had a problem presumably because he was made to feel useless by her.

I have tried so many times to get my life together and be productive, but can never get over the next "hump" or setback. And it's time for it to stop. I want to have a career, get married, have a family, stop living with my dad.

So I went to the psychiatrist twice. He had some insight into my problems but I left feeling confused. I wanted him to give me tools to conquer my fears and bolster my self confidence so I can achieve.

He kept saying "you look fine to me". Yet he kept asking me questions about how I got health insurance without a job ( my dad signed me up), how do I pay for stuff as an unemployed student, and could I even pay for his services!

So if he is asking me this, I must not be fine right?

I'm now looking into hiring a life coach. I found one who is a woman (like me) and she can advise me over the phone if I don't want to meet in person. I may even go to both her and the psych.

Has anyone here used a life coach? Has it helped? Am I really an anxiety sufferer or just a victim of bad parenting?