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
If you are looking for ways to be effective in managing stress and finding balance in your life, cognitive behavioral therapy is likely to empower you with improving your ability to reach your goals. This involves a practical approach in utilizing your strengths and becoming aware of some self defeating patterns with thoughts and behaviors that keep you from moving forward in your life, and...
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in TX as well as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in NM. I graduated from a CACREP accredited Counseling and Educational Psychology program. I have experience working with all types of mental health disorders in various settings (individual, group, couples, family); more specifically working with any issues of depression, anxiety, stress, grief,...
Stress can be psychologically toxic. Loss, Trauma, Injury/Illness and Shame can lead to problems with anxiety and depression as well as relationship and behavior problems. A therapeutic relationship is one that improves health by assisting with psychological detoxification and with the establishment of healthy emotional, interpersonal/social, mental, and physical habits to help inoculate agains...
My philosophy of therapy is holistic, meaning that I believe people are made up of many parts: body, soul (mind, emotions, will), and spirit. These parts must function in a balanced relationship in order for us to thrive. How we feel about ourselves and how we view the world affects the quality of our relationships. When we can balance a positive identity with our role in the world while also...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health is considered an essential service. I am continuing to provide mental health services in Teller County, both telehealth and in-person. All in-person sessions are conducted outside, with or without equines, following Safer At Home guidelines. DORA has approved telehealth for all sessions with a HIPAA compliant platform. I use Zoom Healthcare. I am...
I am a strength based therapist using eclectic and complimentary therapeutic approaches to treat diverse areas such as depression and anxiety, ADD/ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, work challenges, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and women's issues. I also specialize in EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which is a powerful and often dramatically effective...
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I am committed to guiding individuals toward inspired changes in a safe place without judgment. For over twenty years I've helped adults with anxiety, depression, personality concerns, and relationship concerns. Each of us has unique needs, but can find new mindfulness and empowering self-awareness. Mindfulness can be a state of liberating awareness and also an active practice. It can promote...
My clients seek help for relationship issues that make them feel disconnected, lonely, angry, and powerless to make things change. I start by creating a space for each individual to feel safe and heard. Approaching in a nonjudgmental way, we collaborate to allow their strengths to lead the way out of their darkness and find new ways to accomplish what they want most in life. Relationships are a...
I am a licensed psychologist based in Phoenix, AZ specializing in issues affecting men and the LGBTQ+ community. My research focuses on strategies targeted to resolve issues related to intimacy, sexuality, communication, anxiety, and trauma. What makes a good partner, husband, son, father? Am I a poor communicator? What is healthy sexuality? Is this addictive or unhealthy? Is what happened...
I hold a healing and restorative space for my clients with unconditional positive regard. I’m committed to guiding those who are struggling with psychological distress and repetitive self-defeating behaviors. These can often wreak havoc in our lives and in our relationships. Developing self-awareness helps us identify automatic thoughts, charged unpleasant emotions, and behaviors that do not...
Welcome! Visiting my page means you are ready to take the first step in making the change you want to see in your life. I work with individuals suffering from mood disorders, anxiety, depression, adjustment disorder and ADHD. I use a diverse approach based in, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness therapy, positive psychology, play therapy and solution-focused therapy. I...
I have worked in the mental health field for 15 years following a career as a junior and senior high teacher. I have experience with everyone from very young children to elderly individuals. I believe firmly in the individual's ability to change if they so desire, regardless of education level, socioeconomic status, or past challenges. I approach all people with an open mind and a non-judgmenta...
Make peace with your past and enjoy your life today. Your experiences should serve and strengthen you, not haunt you, but that is not always the case. Bad memories can spoil relationships, create chronic pain, anxiety, sleeplessness, shame, and stress. I would love to be your guide as you resolve the issues that weigh you down and as you rediscover joy, lightness and connection in your life. I...
Most of my clients are thoughtful young professionals or adolescents who want to do in-depth, transformative therapy. I enjoy helping people who want to heal from past trauma or loss, depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. I believe therapy serves as a way of liberating ourselves from problems and wounds of the past so that we can go out into the world to relate and live in newer, more...
