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- Psychotherapy and Medication
- Female Therapist or Male Therapist?
- The Failure of Categories
- Psychotherapy: Clinical Supervision and Training
- Anxiety plus Depression
- Addiction to Drugs and Alcohol: Self-hatred, cravings, and therapy
- Finding the best therapist
- Empathy is not enough
- Psychotherapy in NYC
- Experiential psychotherapy
- Advertising psychotherapy: Attraction not promotion
- Expect the unexpected: Living with alcoholics and dysfunctional families
- Psychotherapy and spirituality
- Trauma and dissociation
- Finding meaning: Existential psychotherapy
- The anxiety spiral
- Depression: Struggling in the dark
- Codependency: Being dependent on others’ dependency
- Therapy and the 12 steps
- Trauma and memory
- CBT and the zeitgeist
- Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and Social Workers
Tag Archives: codependency
Expect the unexpected: Living with alcoholics and dysfunctional families
Kids in dysfunctional families learn a lot of lessons: don’t tell; don’t have friends over; keep a close watch for signs of an explosion; try not to be noticed; be ready to fix everything. Life is chaotic, unpredictable, and violent. Maybe you always wondered why you are so hard on yourself, or why your relationships are so difficult, and never connected those things with growing up in an alcoholic household. Deep wounds need to be cleaned and healed, but healing and recovery is certainly possible. Many people need psychotherapy. Many people find comfort and help from ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) groups, Al-Anon (Families with alcoholics) groups, and CODA (Codependents Anonymous) groups. Continue reading
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Codependency: Being dependent on others’ dependency
There may not be a simple test, or a clear marker, but if you consistently put someone else’s needs first, to the detriment of your own, you may be codependent. What is the boundary around codependency and how do you work through it? Continue reading
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Therapy and the 12 steps
Twelve-step programs and psychotherapy are not mutually exclusive. Rather, they can reinforce each other and provide help for you as a whole person. While there is some overlap, and there are some differences between the two, the differences are not in conflict. In fact, they can provide synergy to promote your overall welfare spiritually, emotionally, socially, and physically. Continue reading
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