Codependency describes relationships where one person sacrifices their needs for the other, often leading to feelings of resentment, anxiety, and emptiness. Codependent relationships can occur between a parent and child, partners, or friends. These relationships may quickly spiral into toxicity and can leave one or both people hurt.
Available Treatment Options
Therapists for codependency involve examining a person’s thinking patterns to understand why they think and behave the way they do. Once this recognition sets in, people can then work toward changing their behavior. Other therapeutic techniques include practicing setting boundaries in the relationships, practicing self-care, and finding coping mechanisms that work when they feel intense emotions related to the relationship.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Codependency
The road to good mental health is often a hard and lonely one, but together we can take this journey into a better life for ourselves and the ones we love. Trust that with the right guidance we can change the things that must be changed and accept those that we cannot. My extensive experience in trauma has taught me that adverse experiences from our childhood are often the cause of our conflict...
As we walk through life, we encounter tragedy, challenges, unexpected events, and try to decipher how to overcome obstacles we find on the way. We are not always able to do so ourselves, and I feel honored and blessed to be in a position to help others find the way back to their authentic self, the path of their own choosing, and thus increase the chance to live in celebration. I utilize an...
Anxiety can be so overwhelming and persistent that it feels like it's taking over. Sadness, grief, and depression may feel so heavy and unmanageable that the simple but vital parts of life such as sleeping, eating, and work are difficult or complicated. Your pain might be related to a recent stressful event like heartbreak or the death of someone close to you, or maybe it is less acute but feel...
I help couples and individuals navigating life transitions and relationship difficulties to set boundaries and communicate their needs and wants in a way that creates the best outcomes for them and their loved ones, but some might also say that I make exploring your hard truths and expressing your vulnerabilities fun. Working together we will use evidence-based, systemic models, humor, empathy,...
**CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS** Are you feeling unfulfilled in your relationship, job, family role, or some other area of your life? Are you feeling anxious or depressed? I am here to help you get to the root of the issue and together, we can work on finding ways for you to feel better. My approach to therapy is eclectic; I blend psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based...
Keri is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in North Carolina and National Certified Counselor (NCC). She received her master’s degree in counseling from North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. She has worked in a variety of settings including community mental health agencies; outpatient substance abuse agencies; and elementary, middle, and high schools. Keri has experience providi...
I have experience in working with adolescents, young adults, and adults who have experienced trauma, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidality, self-harm, and loss. I am trained in and practice Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, other trauma-focused therapies, and bilingual Spanish therapy. I believe that there is always hope and th...
My goal in therapy is to hold a compassionate, non-judgmental space for clients to explore their inner lives and make day to day life better, one step at a time. I love working with children and adults alike, utilizing a variety of evidenced-based approaches, including child-centered play therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior therapy. Underpinning these...
Changing your thoughts can help to transform your life. Now, more than ever, it is important to challenge negative thinking and replace it with supportive and truth-filled thoughts. Become empowered as you learn new ways to manage stress, regulate emotions, improve relationship skills and heal painful memories that keep you stuck in the past. If you are feeling discouraged, anxious or depressed...
Sometimes circumstances in life can feel unbearable and we do not know how we are going to get through it. Experiencing trauma, a pandemic, racism, loss, pressures of work and/or school are some issues that make us feel anxious, alone, and depressed. Our need for inner peace and healthy coping is crucial for our mental, spiritual, and physical health. Overcoming the intense feelings of anxiety,...
Reaching out for help can feel like a matter of life and death. You might delay the call, hoping that whatever is wrong will go away. Unfortunately, profound suffering usually can’t be wished away. It needs to be confronted directly. Though perhaps not obvious, suffering internally or in your relationships may be an expression of unresolved childhood wounds. Now is the time to heal those wounds...
Are you tired of feeling stuck and that nothing seems to change no matter what you do? Maybe you are feeling overwhelmed and anxious and it’s starting to affect your relationships and your work. Or maybe it’s because you’re in a relationship where you have the same fights over and over and nothing seems to get better. Unresolved hurt and resentment may be making you feel distant from your partn...
Feeling stuck in the same old cycle? In need of change, encouragement and perspective? Take the first step by starting the journey of counseling. Therapy is powerful and promotes positive change when you have a supportive, accepting and accountable relationship with your therapist. You deserve happiness and wholeness. It’s time for you to be free of what has kept you stuck. ---The office has a...
My name is Matthew Stevens and I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C). I have over ten years of experience as a mental health therapist, both in an outpatient clinic and an acute care inpatient setting. Being a therapist in two extremely different settings provided me the opportunity acquire and hone my clinical skills with adults seeking treatment for a variety of challenges...
You have goals, but fear that you won’t live up to your full potential. Trying new things seems to come with too much risk of failure and rejection. You care about others, but struggle to find the words to set boundaries and protect time for yourself. You get anxious with confrontation, and so you become passive, and contain your emotions, which leads to feelings of depression, anxiety,...
