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[quote=Anonymous]The therapy comment was out of line, IMO.  The way you describe it, it was not an actual suggestion that you go to therapy but instead a rude way to say you are annoying your boss with this question.

Take a step back, make a list of what you think are your duties, and ask your boss to verify that those are your duties and priorities.  Once your duties are clear, then:
If your co-worker is showing up at your desk because you have always been the helpful one, redirect her to your boss -- "I'd love to help you but I really need to focus on X.  You should check with Boss about this issue."
If your Boss directs you to help co-worker, say ok but ask which of your other work should be delayed -- "Happy to, Boss, but to help Larla I will need to delay X until next week.  Is that what you'd like me to do?"  Request overtime as appropriate.  
If you just need your co-worker to do her job so that you can do yours, let your boss know when the work is going to be late -- "Boss, just wanted to give you a status update: I have finished X and Y, but I can't deliver those to you until Larla finishes Z.  I don't have a date on that yet."
If you are officially responsible for your co-worker's performance in some way, then you document all the time you have to take to help / train.  Similar to the above -- "Boss, I spent 25 hours helping Larla this week.  As a result, I was not able to work on X."

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