Lindsay Lohan has reportedly admitted that her love of partying and bed-hopping comes from personal insecurities and the affect of having an absent dad (absent either through substance abuse or in jail) for many of her formative years.

A source told Star magazine that Lindsay has been talking about her problems during rehab counselling sessions at Promises Treatment Center: “She’s admitted that most of her problems stem from the men in her life, specifically her father Michael.”

“He hasn’t been there for her. She knows her problems with her father transfer to her problems with her boyfriends [and] that she tries to keep relationships sexual so they won’t get too intimate. Then she feels lonely.”

“She needs alcohol to go out and be social. She thinks it’s hard to make friends in L.A and she needs a few drinks to loosen up, [she is] uncomfortable most of the time when she’s out partying and the alcohol eases her anxiety.”

Staff at the clinic are said to be pleased with the progress the starlet has made during her three weeks at the facility but are worried that she’s not eating enough: “At first she wasn’t eating anything, which everyone suspected was a result of the detoxification. But [now she is] just picking at her food.”

Lindsay’s 30 day programme is expected to finish next week but she is rumoured to be taking the treatment “very seriously” and considering a longer stay at the facility.